Inside OnCue: The story behind Verizon’s Internet TV acquisition

Almost one year after Intel first confirmed it was building an Internet TV service, telecommunications giant Verizon announced it had purchased the assets of Intel Media, the arm responsible for developing cloud TV products and services. The long and short of the deal was that Verizon was taking on board Intel’s yet-to-be-launched OnCue Internet-based TV platform. Erik Huggers headed up the Intel Media brand up until its acquisition by Verizon earlier this year, and now Huggers claims the title of senior vice president of Verizon, while heading up OnCue for the company. Huggers, who was Director of BBC Future Media...



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