Cisco is forking out $99 million in cash and retention-based incentives in exchange for all of the shares of BNI Video in order to bolster its Videoscape TV platform. Led by former Broadbus executive Conrad Clemson, BNI Video has made its mark with modular video back office and content delivery network (CDN) analytic capabilities, both […]
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Building the iTV brand: Canoe releases guidelines for ExpandTV
In an effort to promote interactive television among networks, advertisers and cable operators, Canoe Ventures has released usage guidelines for ExpandTV. Canoe Ventures first talked up the ExpandTV initiative at The Cable Show earlier this year. The goal of ExpandTV is to let viewers know that a program or ad is interactive. The ExpandTV moniker […]
Harmonic to supply PRTC with transcoding
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) will be using Harmonic’s real-time transcoding system to support its IPTV service. PRTC, which operates an IPTV network based on Microsoft’s Mediaroom platform in Walterboro, S.C., will install Harmonic’s ProStream 1000 to support picture-in-picture (PIP) capability, plus provide support for HD and SD, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video, and […]
SCTE announces board, operations committee
The Society of Telecommunications Engineers announced its 2011-12 board of directors and the members of its operations committee. The SCTE board of directors, which will take office on Nov. 14 at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta, Ga., are: Dick Amell, Bright House Networks Terry Cordova, Suddenlink Communications Tony Faccia, Rogers Cable Communications Bob Foote, TriNet […]