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Televisionation

Tracy Swedlowwww.spreaker.com
Welcome 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).

Contact tracyswedlow@gmail.com to find out more or to pitch yourself to be interviewed!
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Episodes

TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Revision3 CEO, Jim Louderback

Jim 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.

May 27, 20081 hr 2 min

TV of Tomorrow Show Guest - Richard Baker, EVP, Ant plc Topic:

Richard 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.

May 08, 20081 hr 1 min

TVOT Guests: [itvt] Monthly Wrap Up of the News in the ITV Industry

Veteran 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

Apr 30, 20081 hr 2 min

TVOT Guest: James Joyce, EVP, Biz Dev of 2waytraffic - Topic: Participation TV

2waytraffic 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

Apr 22, 20081 hr 2 min

Guests: Executives from Mindark, a Swedish company that recently won an Emmy

Executives 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

Apr 18, 20081 hr 2 min

Cathy Hetzel, President of Rentrak's Advanced Media Information division - VOD Tracking

Hetzel 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

Apr 17, 20081 hr 3 min

TVOT Live - Guest is Gary Sohmers, CEO of Interactive Meet and Greet TV

Gary 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...

Apr 15, 20081 hr 2 min

TVOT LIVE with Tracy Swedlow - Guest: Executives from CableLabs

Phil 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.

Apr 03, 20081 hr 1 min

[itvt] Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV - with special guest, Ashwin Navin, CEO of BitTorrent

Our 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

Apr 01, 20081 hr 1 min

[itvt] Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV with an Exclusive on tru2way OEDN.net

[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

Feb 28, 200847 min

TVOT Live - Monthly Wrap on InteractiveTV

This 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

Feb 01, 20081 hr 4 min

TVOT Live - Andrew Solmssen, EVP, Schematic

Tracy 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.

Jan 29, 20081 hr
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