BBC reduces Red Button video

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The BBC has confirmed plans to reduce the amount of video content delivered over the Red Button.

T-Home gains interactive subs

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Magyar Telekom’s T-Home interactive TV service saw its subscriber total rise above 280,000 during the London Olympic Games, when it was made available on a national level.

Record numbers for BBC multiscreen Olympics

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17 million people have watched the BBC’s 24-screen ‘Red Button’ coverage of the London 2012 Olympics for at least 15 minutes.

BBC builds interactive portfolio

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The BBC has officially unveiled its new Interactive Video Player (IVP), which will make its debut for the Olympic Games.

Ziggo makes zapper boxes interactive

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Holland’s largest cable operator Ziggo has started to make some of its set top boxes interactive.

US TV stations go social

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Ten television broadcast groups with stations in markets covering 76 million US households have announced a long-term commercial partnership with Silicon Valley-based start-up ConnecTV.

Eutelsat launches KabelKiosk Choice

Eutelsat will start marketing KabelKiosk Choice, its new VOD service using the HbbTV hybrid standard, in January 2012.

De Telegraaf launches interactive TV app

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Holland’s largest newspaper De Telegraaf has launched an interactive TV app on the Glashart Media FTTH networks. The app provides a mix of news, background articles, pictures and videos.

Magyar Telekom plans hybrid platform

IP&TV Forum EurAsiaEastEurope 2011 – ISTANBUL. Magyar Telekom has room to grow with interactivity and “needs technology to expand its reach.”

S&T and FourthWall Media to partner

Strategy & Technology (S&T) has announced its partnership with FourthWall Media to integrate key features of each company’s EBIF tools.