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The purpose of the on-screen guide has shifted. By connecting the guide to content-recommendation engines and advertising platforms, service providers and connected-TV device manufacturers are using the EPG as an access point for understanding consumers and reaching out to them to own the living room. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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VidCaster seeks to take on Brightcove and Ooyala by taking the pain out of video distribution. While other platforms provide just a player, which requires separate web design and a CMS for the actual website, VidCaster enables customers to quickly create complete video sites in minutes. Read more »

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While Kit Digital has spent the last few years on a shopping spree with seemingly no signs of slowing down, the acquisition of ioko may be the final piece it needs to go after big, Tier 1 service providers and media companies offering online video services. Read more »

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KIT Digital has spent the last several years acquiring customers and new features by buying out competitors. That shopping spree continues, with the company announcing that it has purchased New York-based KickApps, San Francisco-based Kyte and Paris-based Kewego all for a total of $77.2 million. Read more »

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KIT Digital is continuing its two-year buying spree, announcing this morning it has acquired video management provider and systems integrator Benchmark Broadcast Systems for approximately $9.5 million in a cash and stock deal that will give it a leg up in the Asia-Pacific market. Read more »

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Warner Bros. Acquires Turbine, Developer of Lord of the Rings Online; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the video game division of the Burbank movie studio, said it has acquired Turbine Inc., a Massachusetts developer of massively multiplayer online games. (LA Times blog) Kit Digital to Power Tribeca […] Read more »

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KIT Digital has been aggressively buying competitors over the past two years, picking up the assets and customers of companies like The Feedroom, Nunet AG and Narrowstep. Its buying spree continues today with the acquisition of rival Multicast Media for roughly $18 million in cash, stock […] Read more »

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BBC Launches Projectcanvas.info; the site was built as a hub for Project Canvas partners — like the BBC, ITV, BT, and Five — to host information about the project. (BBC Internet Blog) Is Netflix Wooing Comcast?; CEO Reed Hastings claims that the company’s streaming service can […] Read more »

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Exits in the world of online video don’t happen every day, but today we have a trio of acquisitions from KIT Digital and AEG. Confirming early reportslast week, white-label video provider KIT Digital announced today that it has acquired Nunet AG of Cologne, Germany and TheFeedRoom […] Read more »

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KIT Digital, the white-label video company that was recently listed on the Nasdaq, will acquire The FeedRoom, Dan Rayburn is reporting. A spokesperson for KIT Digital declined to comment on whether an acquisition was happening, saying over email, “This one should be treated as speculation.” The […] Read more »

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French Government Rejects Internet Piracy Law; the proposed legislation would have given music and movie companies the ability to analyze downloads of individual users and would have cut off Internet access for repeat offenders. (The New York Times) Confirmed: Sony is in Talks with YouTube; companies […] Read more »

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DISH to Fork Over $104 Million to TiVo; with the Supreme Court not hearing its case, the satellite service announced that it will pay up over the patent dispute. (Ars Technica) SNL Skit Yanked Over Legal Concerns; economic bailout sketch pulled because two people depicted in […] Read more »

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We’ve found it hard to find anything in common between the white-label video provider ROO Group and what it has become in the five months since new Chairman and CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman joined the company. It’s now called KIT digital, operates out of Dubai, has […] Read more »