Televisionation
578 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to our Televisionation podcast show, which showcases executives, innovators, creatives, and invited analysts, in dialog with ITVT founder and editor-in-chief, Tracy Swedlow. These podcasts also offer audio of sessions from our TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) conferences (produced twice a year in San Francisco and New York); video interviews, as well as other types of updates and content.
Our readership is mostly made up of thousands of listeners in over 150 countries.
Founded in 1998 by Tracy Swedlow, InteractiveTV Today ITVT is the most widely read and trusted news source online on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform, networked, broadband interactive television. We provide concise, original coverage of industry developments, technologies, content projects, and the people building the business through our Web site (itvt.com).
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Episodes
Integra5, CEO, Meredith Flynn-Ripley on Social IPTV
August 08, 2008 20:30 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBMeredith Flynn-Ripley will talk about their new social IPTV platform, MediaFriends, and the latest news about their Tier 1 customer which is deploying their suite of products. Integra5 enables television not only to be interactive, but telephony-friendly. Your host is Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
Anystream, CEO, Fred Singer - VOD Olympics
August 07, 2008 19:00 - 36 minutes - 8.25 MBAnystream, CEO, Fred Singer will discuss the work his company is doing to provide on-demand video to NBC for all their Olympics coverage online. Your host is Tracy Swedlow, www.itvt.com
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Patrick Koppula
July 18, 2008 21:30 - 1 hour - 14 MBCEO Patrick Koppula is head of an innovative company called ffwd or "fast forward." In this show, he will reveal his beta broadband TV Electronic Programming Guide and other apps possibly that can be manipulated by a Nintendo Wii wand. Your host is Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
TV of Tomorrow Show Guests - Emmy Awards Finalists for Interactive Category
July 16, 2008 22:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBFive members of the Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group (all highly-experienced experts) stop by to discuss the finalists for this year's Emmy Awards Interactive categories.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Move Networks CSO, Tom Morgan
July 01, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBTom Morgan, chief strategy officer at Move Networks, has been in the ITV advertising business for a long time. He'll be here to talk about all the devleopments industry-wide and keep us up to date with Move Networks' developments (note: Move provides high quality streaming to major networks and new ad insertion methodologies). Your Host is: Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
TV of Tomorrow Show - End of Month Wrap Up - June 2008
June 30, 2008 19:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBExpert veteran ITV industry guests talk about the latest news of the month including the fact that the ITV Network is sending Cease & Desist letters to companies for using the initials "iTV" and "ITV." Other topics: conferences, tru2way, David Verklin of Canoe Ventures. We also have a sci-fi bonus question featuring an old movie. Your host is Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - David Sarnoff Library, Director, Alex Magoun
June 20, 2008 18:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBDavid Sarnoff Library, Director, Alex Magoun, will discuss Sarnoff's legacy; how the early days of developing TV technology are similiar or different from today's work with digital and interactive TV; various interesting projects at the Library including the recreation of the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast; The Farnsworth Invention; and his book, "Television: The Life Story of a Technology," which talks about all of the above. Host is Tracy Swedlow, www.itvt.com InteractiveTV Today.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Sangita Verma, CEO of TAG Networks
June 20, 2008 06:30 - 48 minutes - 11.1 MBSangita Verma, co-founder and CEO of TAG Networks--a company that has developed a games-on-demand service, called TAG, that integrates with existing VOD infrastructures and supports community features and multi-device interaction--will discuss the company's trial deployment of the service with Time Warner Cable in Dothan, Alabama.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - DirecTV SVP, Steven Roberts
June 03, 2008 17:30 - 54 minutes - 12.4 MBThe next live broadcast of "The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow" is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3rd at 10:30AM Pacific/1:30PM Eastern. Steven Roberts, SVP of new media and business development at DirecTV, will provide an update on that company's interactive TV offerings.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Dish Network's Mike Finn and Scott Higgins
May 28, 2008 17:30 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBMichael Finn, VP of advertising sales at DISH Network, and Scott Higgins, the company’s director of interactive programming, will discuss DISH’s new interactive TV advertising deal with NBC Universal, and provide a general update on its ITV ‘deployments and strategy.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Revision3 CEO, Jim Louderback
May 27, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBJim Louderback, CEO of Revision3, will discuss his company--which bills itself as "an actual TV network for the Web," and which produces its own original, broadcast-quality programming--and the current state and future of the broadband video space in general.
TV of Tomorrow Show - NCTA 2008 Post Show Review
May 22, 2008 17:30 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBTV of Tomorrow Show - NCTA 2008 Post Show Review
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Richard Baker, EVP, Ant plc Topic:
May 08, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBRichard Baker is responsible for driving demand for ANT’s next-generation TV applications targeting cable and satellite operators who want to deliver TV across a range of consumer devices from gaming platforms to the TV set. He also advises advertisers on the opportunities enabled through the convergence of the Internet, TV, social media and advertising.
TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Andrew Keen, Author of "The Cult of the Amateur"
May 05, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBSilicon Valley pundit and author, Andrew Keen ("The Cult of the Amateur"), will discuss his skeptical take on user-generated content and other participatory media. Tracy Swedlow is your host. www.itvt.com or blog.itvt.com
TVOT Guests: [itvt] Monthly Wrap Up of the News in the ITV Industry
April 30, 2008 00:00 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBVeteran panel of expert executives from various industries (cable, broadcasting, research, and advertising) discuss the most important interactive TV industry stories of the last month and critique developments. It's always a good "Wrap" group. Tracy Swedlow is the host www.itvt.com or blog.itvt.com
TVOT Guest - Mark Goldenson, CEO of PlayCafe.com -- Topic: Live Internet ITV Game Show
April 28, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBMark Goldenson, CEO of PlayCafe.com, will discuss why this type of Participation TV might become very pervasive and powerful. Later today, Ken Jennings, the biggest winner in Jeopardy! history, will be on his show. Tracy Swedlow is your host. www.itvt.com or blog.itvt.com
TVOT Guests: Execs from Vidiom Systems - CEO, Tim Wahlers and Others - Topic: tru2way and Cable
April 24, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBThree top execs. from engineering firm, Vidiom Systems, discuss their ongoing work with OCAP/tru2way, working with the cable industry, testing platforms, the ETV spec, and provide insider details about their upcoming tru2way conference at NCTA in May 2008. Host is Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
TVOT Guest: James Joyce, EVP, Biz Dev of 2waytraffic - Topic: Participation TV
April 22, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.2 MB2waytraffic is a developer of many well-known and popular TV formats/shows that offer ITV experiences called "Participation TV" - the ability to play along with a show. EVP, James Joyce, will talk about their European and US business and challenges when launching this technology into the market. Host is Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
Guests: Execs. from Interactive Media Peer Group of the Emmy Awards Talking About New Awards
April 21, 2008 17:30 - 57 minutes - 13.1 MBTVOT Live welcomes 3 execs. from the Interactive Media Peer Group of The American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ("The Emmys") who will talk about the new awards and how they embrace interactive storytelling and broadband technologies. www.itvt.com or blog.itvt.com
Guests: Executives from Mindark, a Swedish company that recently won an Emmy
April 18, 2008 16:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBExecutives from Swedish company, Mindark, (Christian Bjorkman, Director of Special Projects, and Magnus Ericsson, Chief Development Manager) will discuss their Interactive Emmy win for "The Truth About Marika," an interactive TV drama that incorporated extensive Alternate Reality Gaming elements and a real economy. Entropia universe is 700,000 users. Host: Tracy Swedlow www.itvt.com
Cathy Hetzel, President of Rentrak's Advanced Media Information division - VOD Tracking
April 17, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBHetzel will discuss the company's OnDemand Essentials offering--a Web-based ASP service which measures and reports anonymous, aggregate VOD usage data, such as viewership volumes and trends, and which is intended to provide customizable reports designed to help better understand viewers' VOD content preferences (note: according to Rentrak, the service processes daily data from 45 million set-top boxes. Tracy Swedlow, host. www.itvt.com
TVOT Live - Guest is Gary Sohmers, CEO of Interactive Meet and Greet TV
April 15, 2008 17:30 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBGary Sohmers, president and chairman of Interactive Meet and Greet Entertainment (IMAGE), will discuss his company's flagship Video Queue technology, which allows TV viewers to have face-to-face encounters with celebrities. (Note: Sohmers will probably be familiar to [itvt] readers who are also PBS viewers: he is a regular guest on the popular program, "Antiques Roadshow," where he appraises toys, collectibles and memorabilia.) Your host is Tracy Swedlow of [itvt]. http://blog.itvt.com
TVoT LIVE with Tracy Swedlow - Guest: Chairman and CEO, Morgan Guenther, of AirPlay Networks
April 04, 2008 18:30 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBMorgan Guenther, chairman and CEO of AirPlay, a mobile services company, will talk about his new deal with Sony Pictures Television to provide multiplayer play-along mobile gaming for the popular game show, "Jeopardy!" Join host, Tracy Swedlow of [itvt]. For more news, subscribe at www.itvt.com
TVOT LIVE with Tracy Swedlow - Guest: Executives from CableLabs
April 03, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 14 MBPhil Bender, project director for OpenCable at cable R&D organization, CableLabs, and industry veteran, Roger Brinkley, mobile and embedded community leader at Sun Microsystems, will join host, Tracy Swedlow, to discuss the current state of the OpenCable project and the tru2way spec, Java.net, the CableLabs InterOps, and upcoming conferences where tru2way/OpenCable will be featured.
[itvt] Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV - with special guest, Ashwin Navin, CEO of BitTorrent
April 01, 2008 17:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBOur monthly “Wrap Up” panel today will feature Bill Niemeyer, chief of analysis and research at BlackArrow; David Preisman, VP of interactive television at Showtime Networks, and Paula Byrne, CEO of PushButton, an ITV developer in the UK. Our special guest will be Ashwin Navin, Co-Founder and CEO of BitTorrent who will discuss the news about Comcast. Tracy Swedlow hosts. For more: subscribe at itvt.com
[itvt] Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV with an Exclusive on tru2way OEDN.net
February 28, 2008 18:00 - 46 minutes - 10.7 MB[itvt] EXCLUSIVE!! Our monthly “Wrap Up” panel featuring Patrick Donoghue, VP of ITV product management at Time Warner Cable; Bill Niemeyer, chief of analysis and research at BlackArrow; David Preisman, VP of interactive television at Showtime will talk to Will Kreth, director of product management for Interactive TV at Time Warner Cable. The focus is on the news, but also on the launch of OEDN.net, the first OCAP/tru2way users group. Tracy Swedlow hosts. For more: subscribe at itvt.com
TVOT Live - Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV
February 01, 2008 01:30 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBThis broadcast will feature three high-profile figures from the interactive TV space--Patrick Donoghue, VP of ITV product management at Time Warner Cable; Bill Niemeyer, chief of analysis and research at BlackArrow; and David Preisman, VP of interactive television at Showtime Networks --providing a retrospective of the last month in interactive TV and presenting their picks for the month's most important ITV stories as well as a "featurette" on a special topic. Subscribe at itvt.com
TVOT Live - Andrew Solmssen, EVP, Schematic
January 29, 2008 19:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBTracy Swedlow, editor-in-chief of itvt.com, interviews Andrew Solmssen of Schematic during our hour about interactive TV advertising and what makes a well-designed and effective ad. He will give us great examples about what works and what doesn't and discuss the changing landscape of advertising across platforms.