- TVN Entertainment Corporation
TVN Entertainment Corporation is a US-based provider of
video on demand (VOD) services to various cable,telecommunication anddirect broadcast satellite (DBS) companies. The company currently provides more than 8,000 hours of content available in a given month. [cite web | title=Hoover's Profile | url=http://www.answers.com/topic/tvn-entertainment-corporation | accessdate=2008-07-29]VOD Virtual Networks
In addition to offering programming from Hollywood studios, major cable and subscription networks, TVN offers nine exclusive VOD-only networks:
* Ambient TV
* Caught On Demand
* Eurocinema
* The Karaoke Network
* Kids Unlimited
* Music Unlimited
* SAAVN
* Telecentral
* UrbanXtraADONISS
TVN created a proprietary system called ADONISS to create and manage
metadata for the programs TVN offers. This metadata is used to build the on demand menus customers see on their cable systems, as well as to help the systems manage the flow of content. [cite web | title=TVN Launches New Version of its ADONISS VOD Content-Management System | publisher=Interactive TV Today | date=June 27, 2006 | url=http://blog.itvt.com/2006/06/27/tvn-launches-new-version-of-its-adoniss-vod-content-management-system/] ADONISS was nominated for a Technical Emmy in 2007. [cite news | last=Patterson | first=Traci | title=Technical Emmy nominees announced | publisher=CED Magazine | date=October 17, 2007 | url=http://www.cedmagazine.com/Technical-Emmy-nominees-announced.aspx]External links
* [http://www.tvn.com Official Site]
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