Televisionation

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This episode, in two parts, features Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of BroadwayHD, a niche SVOD service devoted to theatrical productions.

In the first part (26:15), Comley and Lane discuss their backgrounds, BroadwayHD’s distribution footprint (the service is currently in over 170 countries on multiple streaming platforms), how they launched the service and developed it over the past 7 years, the types of content the service offers, how they ensure the service is discoverable by consumers, and more.

In the second part (22:20), they discuss the importance of BroadwayHD to the theater community, as well as outline their plans to enhance the service’s features, content and technology infrastructure going forward.

http://tvotshow.com/televisionation - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Our guest for this week’s Friday Fireside is television industry veteran and scholar Craig Leddy, Founder, President and Senior Market Analyst for Interactive TV Works. We start with an exceedingly timely conversation on the role of media in the January 6th events in Washington DC, and move on to Craig’s amazing work with the Interactive Case Competition. The Interactive Case Competition (for which the good doctor has been a coach) features top student teams presenting Pay TV and OTT streaming models before an industry audience and a judging panel of leading executives. The winning teams receive cash prizes and are eligible for additional competitions.

https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

If you are in the streaming business, or considering a move to streaming, you need to watch our guest for this week’s Friday Fireside: Andrea Clarke-Hall, Head of Global Business Development at Tubi. Andrea takes us through a fascinating look at the early days of Tubi (she’s been at Tubi for about as long as Tubi has been Tubi), including the work they did to help content owners prepare their content for streaming distribution (this was WAAAAY back in 2015; just shows how quickly this industry is moving). Andrea also leads Tubi’s app distribution deals, including their deal with Comcast Xfinity, where Tubi was the third streaming app available on the cable service after Netflix and YouTube. We also discuss the acquisition of Tubi by Fox (which in the opinion of the good doctor puts Tubi in the same position with Fox as PlutoTV is with ViacomCBS).

http://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This episode features Dan Garraway, Co-Founder of Wirewax, a UK company which last month announced the launch of an interactive-TV and television-commerce (tcommerce) app—called INTERACTIVE, Powered by WIREWAX—for Chromecast with Google TV and other Android TV OS devices. The app, which can be downloaded from Google Play, allows viewers to use their existing remotes to pause video and immediately access detailed information on the program they are watching, add creative “stickers” to the paused image and turn it into a shareable meme (this feature employs AI algorithms for face detection and motion tracking), and shop products via direct links to retailers and universal shopping carts. Among other things, Garraway describes the process that led to the launch of the new app; discusses Wirewax’s plans going forward; and explains why he believes interactivity will play an crucial role in the future of streaming.

Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

This week’s Friday Fireside features Gary Arlen, noted media and entertainment journalist, analyst, prognosticator and FCC interpreter. In a session recorded on Inauguration Day 2021, we talk about the impact of the pandemic on the industry, including the very thin line between Innovation and Desperation. Gary gives us a sense of the industry’s future through 2024, the role of wireless and 5G, the prospects for Universal Broadband and the future of Netflix.

PART 2 - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This PART 2 episode features the second half of a two-part interview with Mark Aitken, SVP of Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group, and head of the team that won the 2020 ITVT Award for Leadership in Interactive Television: Achievement in Local Broadcasting. He explains the importance of O-RAN (Operator-Defined Open and Intelligent Radio Access Networks), outlines new data services Sinclair is developing, discusses where the company will be rolling out ATSC 3.0 in the near future, and more. (Note: The first part of the interview can be accessed here.)

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PART 1 - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This PART 1 episode features the first half of a two-part interview with Mark Aitken, SVP of Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group, and head of the team that won the 2020 ITVT Award for Leadership in Interactive Television: Achievement in Local Broadcasting. He discusses Sinclair’s ongoing rollouts of ATSC 3.0 and other new technologies, why the company considers the nexus of broadcasting and the phone to be so important, emerging opportunities he sees in the local broadcast space, and much more.

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http://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.

This episode features Greg Diefenbach, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alliant Content, the company behind the documentary-focused niche VOD service, MagellanTV. Among other things, Diefenbach explains the reasons behind the founding of the service, why he believes there is increased interest in documentaries and non-fiction programming right now, what kinds of content are proving most successful on MagellanTV, how the service uses creative and unusual contests in order to encourage usage, its distribution and monetization strategies, and its plans for the future.

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http://tvotshow.com/televisionation - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

Our guest for this week’s Friday Fireside is television industry veteran and scholar Craig Leddy, Founder, President and Senior Market Analyst for Interactive TV Works. We start with an exceedingly timely conversation on the role of media in the January 6th events in Washington DC, and move on to Craig’s amazing work with the Interactive Case Competition. The Interactive Case Competition (for which the good doctor has been a coach) features top student teams presenting Pay TV and OTT streaming models before an industry audience and a judging panel of leading executives. The winning teams receive cash prizes and are eligible for additional competitions.

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https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - Televisionation: Friday Fireside features Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor, in conversation with prominent figures from the advanced-TV/video industry.

If you are in the streaming business, or considering a move to streaming, you need to watch our guest for this week’s Friday Fireside: Andrea Clarke-Hall, Head of Global Business Development at Tubi. Andrea takes us through a fascinating look at the early days of Tubi (she’s been at Tubi for about as long as Tubi has been Tubi), including the work they did to help content owners prepare their content for streaming distribution (this was WAAAAY back in 2015; just shows how quickly this industry is moving). Andrea also leads Tubi’s app distribution deals, including their deal with Comcast Xfinity, where Tubi was the third streaming app available on the cable service after Netflix and YouTube. We also discuss the acquisition of Tubi by Fox (which in the opinion of the good doctor puts Tubi in the same position with Fox as PlutoTV is with ViacomCBS).

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