Clearleap unveils an EBIF application designed to give cable, IPTV and satellite TV subscribers a continuous, lean back viewing experience for short form programming on VOD. The application, dubbed MyPlaylistTV, provides TV viewers with the ability to generate pre-populated play lists from their VOD libraries and have the video segments stream in a linear fashion, with numerous options to navigate forward, backward and between different play lists without the usual stops and starts of today’s VOD systems.

IMS Research is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a one-of-a-kind TV forecast model and online database. For each of the 64 countries, it provides extensive country-by-country data on a large number of parameters including:

• TV households
• # of TVs per household
• TV installed base
• % of TV sets replaced each year
• Days of retailer inventory
• TV shipments by technology – CRT, LCD, PDP, Projection and OLED
• TV shipments with and without tuners
• Cable, satellite and terrestrial households
• Analog, digital and IPTV households
• Cable, satellite and IPTV share by operator

TVover.net and Web 2.0 Expo are giving away 1 free 3-day pass to the Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, on May 3-6, 2010 in San Francisco, CA, USA. Enter to win by emailing us at media@tvover.net with name, email, company, address and phone number by May 1, 2010. The winner will be randomly drawn.

The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Organization for the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies teamed up once again to deliver the fourth annual IP Possibilities Conference & Expo. With a sold out exhibit hall and nearly 550 attendees, it was the largest IP Possibilities to date. The conference aimed to deliver a comprehensive forum specifically for rural telecom executives to engage in the broadband debate. The theme of the show was centered on the question, "What does the future of IP-based technology hold for you in 2010?"

Metrological and Fluendo announce that Metrological will integrate Fluendo’s technology into its Metroconnect Operating System to ensure that TV viewers are able to enjoy superior quality, over-the-top video content on the new Metrological Mediaconnect TV platform.

Fluendo is an established leading provider of multimedia plug-ins for the GNU/Linux Market, and has succeeded in offering legal end-to-end solutions working with multiple formats and platforms. Metrological Media Innovations’ software for set-top box devices enables operators to extend over-the-top home media entertainment services to their subscribers. Whilst watching conventional television, TV viewers are able to simultaneously access an extensive range of additional next generation, web based multimedia applications. Mediaconnect TV’s capability includes combining cable, satellite, terrestrial with IPTV and Internet TV services to ensure subscribers have the highest quality experience available on content delivered over the Internet.

VerizonFiOS TV subscribers, providing access to hundreds of stations nationwide and the ability to stream music from the PC to the TV.

Verizon's Internet Radio and Internet Videos services are both accessible via Media Manager, which already allows subscribers to search and view on their TVs user-generated content from online video-sharing sites blip.tv, Dailymotion and Veoh. In addition, Verizon has expanded the Media Manager service, making it available to all FiOS TV HD customers. Previously, it was available only to DVR customers. The availability of YouTube, the world's most popular online video community, will add thousands more daily videos to the service.

Once viewed as a rising star in the digital television ecosystem, IPTV has largely failed to deliver on its promise, according to a report just published by analyst firm Strategy Analytics. As a result, many industry watchers—including Strategy Analytics—have revised their IPTV estimates downward.

“IPTV service providers have failed to answer the fundamental ‘why’ question,” according to Ben Piper, Director of the Strategy Analytics Multiplay Market Dynamics service. “Why would an otherwise satisfied customer drop an existing service and sign up for IPTV? What features, content, or functionality does IPTV have that cable and satellite lack? Interactivity was IPTV’s promise, but so far we’ve seen little delivered.”

KIT digital has closed the previously announced sale of 4,230,770 shares of common stock at $13.00 per share for gross proceeds to the company of $55.0 million.

The net proceeds received by the company are expected to be approximately $50.3 million, after deducting the proceeds from underwriting discounts, commissions, legal fees, and certain deal-related expenses payable by the company.

As previously announced, KIT digital has granted a 30-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional 634,615 shares to cover over-allotments.

TechnoTrend Görler has announced its move into the fast emerging HbbTV market by partnering with ANT, the influential provider of software and services for digital TV. TechnoTrend Görler has licensed the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform in order to target TV service providers and operators in the HbbTV retail market.

HbbTV was announced in August 2009 as a new industry initiative aimed at harmonising the delivery of broadcast and broadband TV services. Since the announcement, the specification has been submitted to ETSI for review and has received strong interest from across the industry with over 50 supporters now listed on the HbbTV website. Driven by broadcasters, software solution providers and device manufacturers, HbbTV is well positioned to deliver a scalable hybrid solution across Europe.

Cameron Communications has tapped BTI Systems to extend its fiber-based network services, providing residents, schools, libraries, municipalities and businesses greater access to advanced broadband, video-on-demand and IPTV services. Cameron Communications joins over 200 service provider, utility, and enterprise companies working with BTI Systems to increase service delivery capabilities and network capacity utilizing BTI Systems’ packet optical networking platforms.

LIGA total! is the Bundesliga service of Entertain. It allows customers to view all 612 1st and 2nd Bundesliga soccer matches live, via the confer-ence service and on demand . For the first time, TV viewers can also ex-perience all Bundesliga matches in HD. In addition to broadcasts of all individual matches and conference services, all the fixtures of a given match day are available on demand. Entertain customers can access full-length individual games, conference recordings or match-day highlights at any time from the TV archive. Round-ups of all fixtures for a given match day can be accessed just 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Youku.com announces that FIFA and CCTV have jointly authorized Youku.com with online broadcast rights to all FIFA 2010 matches. CCTV has also granted rights to Youku.com for on-demand broadcast of CCTV's self-produced FIFA programs. With these agreements in hand, Youku now is positioned to offer the most complete range of World Cup broadcasts of any online video site in China.

Youku.com's new World Cup Channel will be dedicated to broadcasts of matches as well as interactive activities for football fans. Programming will include match play, an extensive collection of highlights, background information on teams, and much more. In addition, the Youku World Cup Channel will also broadcast all FIFA-related programming airing on CCTV.

Ooyala announces that SyncLive is utilizing its live streaming technology to power online video for the Scout.com presentation at the 2010 NFL Draft. The NFL draft will kick off in prime time for the first time in 2010. The first round of the 2010 NFL Draft will start on Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. ET, with the second and third rounds on Friday, April 23 at 6 p.m. ET, followed by Rounds 4-7 on Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m. ET. Scout.com will analyze rounds 1-3 on Thursday and Friday. This is the 75th Draft in NFL history and will once again be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Comcast Media Center, is preparing to expand the reach of its content solutions to support the distribution of Latin American video programming into the North American video market. The CMC announced its plans to support the Latin American video market in conjunction with its participation at Expo Canitec 2010, an industry event serving telecommunications leaders from Latin America, being held in Monterrey, Mexico, April 28-30.

A leading North American provider of centralized solutions for television programming networks and other video companies, the CMC’s video content solutions include transmission (satellite, fiber, IPTV), network origination and playout, video on demand distribution, live events distribution and disaster recovery/business continuity

With a roster of NFL, college and draft experts and analysts, complete with a full array of interactive features, CBSSports.com is bringing fans the most comprehensive multimedia coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft. The centerpiece of this coverage will be INSIDE THE DRAFT LIVE, a live show providing complete coverage of the first, second and third rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft. Produced by CBSSports.com, INSIDE THE DRAFT LIVE will air live online at CBSSports.com and be simulcast on CBS College Sports Network. INSIDE THE DRAFT LIVE will originate from CBS College Sports Network's studio in New York City and feature live segments from Radio City Music Hall, site of the 2010 NFL Draft and CBSSports.com headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.