ASBN.tv congratulates Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan in there recent sale of their startup LX.tv for an undisclosed sum.  Rumor has it that it was in the 10 million rage.  Joseph and Morgan were former MTV execs that left Viacom back in 2006 to launch a number of niche channels.

ASBN.tv is proud to announce the recent acquisition of CrankON.tv  Stay tuned….more to come!

The world is rapidly changing and so are our entertainment needs. The traditional family room model of sit and watch on a TV set seems yarns ago. Today we are mobile and and unconfined. Everyone in one household can be watching something different and be in different areas….at home….in the car….in a hotel….wherever.. Content has become so mobile that “WE” control it and it does not control us. At ASBN.tv we are working on ways to deliver raw content to you whereever YOU are. We will not be the millions of sprouting clones you see aggregating and passing along the same content. We will show you something unique when we come out of our shell (beta). Our Geo cities will be about YOU and your city in an all encompassing

Due to an overwhelming response of our Users we decided to add more requested features to platform and of course spice of the user interface. As we embark into 2008, our web design team has been aggressively working on the soon to be released Beta 2.0 of our proprietary GEO platform. It is our current objective to be selecting a few cities in our footprint to test our new interactive design and functionality. You still have some time to gives us your two cents so post away.

The world’s largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched a personal site utilizing video at PwC.tv! This is a company that generates a world revenue exceeding 25 billion dollars and is the third largest privately owned organization in the United States. It is great to see such a powerhouse company leverage the use of the extension .TV to compliment their .COM site in a more video centric fashion.

Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:02am EST

Major Consumer Electronics, Technology and Broadcast Companies Announce the Formation of dotTV Consortium dotTV(TM) to Develop Standards for Next-Generation Interactive TV Viewing Experience

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — A group of major consumer electronics, technology and broadcast companies today announced the formation of dotTV, an industry consortium whose mission is to build a next-generation interactive TV viewing experience leveraging social networking and online video to engage viewers. As viewers increasingly demand an anytime, anywhere, any-device viewing experience, dotTV seeks to bring the interactivity of online media and social networking to the TV and set-top box. Members of the consortium include broadcasters KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), EBS (Educational Broadcasting System), and SBS, technology providers Irdeto and VMark, Inc. and major consumer electronics makers Samsung and LG.

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