Seen that? - Atlas Interactive to Use BitBand VOD Tech for Indian Deployment

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Atlas Interactive to Use BitBand VOD Tech for Indian Deployment The Digital TV Weblog

Israel-based IPTV technology provider, BitBand, says that Atlas Group-subsidiary, Atlas Interactive, has chosen its VOD technologies for a large-scale deployment of IPTV on the networks of an undisclosed Indian incumbent telco and in various Indian hotels. In the first phase of the 200-million-Euro project, dubbed netTV, service will be rolled out to over 50,000 customers in the New Delhi region. The second phase of the project will take place later [...] Read More


Acacia projects that New Tools will Push Interactive Advertising The Digital TV Weblog

interactive advertising is an idea that opens up a 2-way connection between advertiser and consumer. We all know that online interactive advertising has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 10 years. However, that growth may be crude when compared to what could happen after interactivity is added to television, phones, and other devices. OpenTV, the acquirer of the last company I built, is in that field of expertise. One [...] Read More


Do You Want Interactive Television? The Digital TV Weblog

I tend to write about video on demand (VOD) in business terms and as a technology that effects life style choices. However, strictly speaking VOD is a subset of interactive television (ITV) technology. As such, a larger universe of possibilities is possible. The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) has published its latest "Pulse" survey, which seem to indicate that US consumers might be interested in interactive television, and that [...] Read More


Online Interactive Mouse Brain Atlas The Biotech Weblog

Thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse is now available. "Neuroscientists around the world can now download these extremely accurate anatomical templates and use them to map other data -- such as which parts of the brain are metabolically active and where particular genes are expressed -- and for making [...] Read More


Indian Giant Videocon Plans to Enter Mobile Market Through CDMA; Huh? The Smart PDA

Videocon is a company with a pretty varied portfolio. Now the group is planning to take on more by becoming a service provider in India. The thing is, Videocon has decided to use a cdma, rather than GSM, network. All this despite the fact that GSM remains the world's most popular cellular communications technology. The numbers aren't very encouraging for Videocon. With the majority of Indian mobile users under GSM coverage, one [...] Read More