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IBC 2012 from the show floor, Part 1
The first part of a series of blogs from Ben Schwarz reviewing what he saw on the showfloor at IBC 2012. In this post he considers KIT Digital's multiscreen demos, Zappware's user interface capabilities and never.no's social TV solutions....
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