As British schoolchildren look forward to the bonfire night festivities, the polls will be closing on perhaps the most important American election in many years.
On November 4th (local time) the American population will decide who will spend the next four years running the White House.
This may be big news for American citizens and other [...]
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US Election Viewing and Combined Live Chat
CBS.com leads
all other TV Network Web sites in unique monthly viewers (6.1 MM), video streams (44.4
MM) and minutes streamed (143 MM), according to comScore Video Metrix (Sept. 2008).
This marks the second consecutive month that CBS.com has led the other broadcast networks
in metrics across the board. CBS.com also experienced double digit growth in unique
viewers month over month (16%) and year over year (60%), and triple digit growth in
streams over last year (107%).
CBS Interactive’s leadership position among its network peers mirrors the success
at the CBS Television Network, which has opened the 2008/09 broadcast season as the
number one network in total viewers and the key adult 18-49 and 25-54 demographics.
Additionally, in an ongoing customer survey commissioned by CBS and conducted by Magid
Media Labs, 83% of more than 71,000 people polled across the CBS Audience Network
said they were very satisfied with their online experience on the CBS Audience Network.
In addition, the Magid Study also shows that CBS reaches a younger demographic online
than on air, with an average age of 36 vs. 53 years old. The study also measured key
advertiser metrics which found a typical advertisement on the CBS Audience Network
receives a 33% brand lift and viewers indicate a 26% lift in intent to purchase.”
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CBS.com Leads TV Network Websites Monthly Users, Video Streams and Total Minutes Spent
Sky
Angel adds several significant upgrades to their nationally-available IPTV subscription
service. These enhancements include upgraded security features, greater wireless router
support, ongoing additions to the VOD library and other features that provide subscribers
with more ability to determine what programs they watch on their schedule.
Existing Sky Angel customers automatically receive this software upgrade to their
Sky Angel IPTV set-top box. The upgrade is integrated upon activation and installation
for new subscribers.
Another recent feature that all Sky Angel customers can take advantage of is the compatibility
to TiVo brand DVR boxes. Customers will now be able to pause, rewind and record live
TV among other popular TiVo features, which include online scheduling, title search,
program descriptions and the ability to create a favorite channel list. Customers
will have the option to purchase a brand new Series2 TiVo box for $149 or a refurbished
box if available.
Sky Angel’s Video on Demand also received a boost from new partnerships with Exploration
Films and Christiano Brothers Films. Additional categories now include history, archeology,
wildlife features and biographies. New feature films have been added, with some releases
in Spanish, such as “Time Changer,” “Unidentified,” “Late One Night,” “End of the
Harvest”, “Deadly Choice” and “Pamela’s Prayer.”
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Sky Angel Upgrades its IPTV Service
Entone’s Hydra
IP video gateway has been chosen by Interstate Telecommunications for their IPTV rollout.
ITC provides local telephone, digital television and broadband services to subscribers
in South Dakota and Minnesota. ITC has been providing telecommunications services
to its communities for over 50 years, and now offers a triple play service bundle
of voice, video, and data using Entone’s Hydra IP video gateway.
The field-proven Hydra IP video gateway is part of Entone’s Connected Home Solution
that eliminates the need for multiple set-top boxes or new home wiring to deliver
IPTV services. Using patent-pending technology, Hydra can deliver multiple video streams
over a single DSL or Ethernet connection using existing in-home coax cabling. The
result is a dramatic cost savings over single decoder set-top box solutions. Hydra
also supports whole home networking technologies such as HomePNA, HomePlug, and 802.11n
for enabling high speed delivery of rich media throughout the home using existing
coax wiring. This dramatically improves the business case for IPTV services by reducing
the installation costs and eliminating the complexities associated with IP video deployment.
Entone’s Connected Home Solution provides a platform for delivering broadcast television
and enabling media sharing throughout a networked home using existing in-home coax
cabling. Users can watch live TV or enjoy simultaneous recording and playback from
any TV in the home with just a single device. Entone enables a true connected home
experience that offers operators additional revenue streams while providing users
with added benefits and viewing flexibility.
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ITC Selects Entone for IPTV Deployment
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