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Roku vs. Apple TV vs. Google TV
PC Magazine
Apple TV just got a mild refresh; how does it stack up against your other choices for putting Web and PC content on your HDTV? By Will Greenwald There are plenty of Web video services that would look great on your HDTV, and there are several media hubs ... 

TV and movies overtake online gaming on Xbox 360
Telegraph.co.uk
By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor The new figures, released by Microsoft, show that Xbox Live Gold members in the US are now spending an average of 84 hours per month accessing content through apps on Xbox Live. Entertainment app usage has more ...

Telegraph.co.uk

TV piracy claims heap more pressure on Murdoch empire
Reuters
The BBC Panorama documentary broadcast on Monday alleged that NDS hired a consultant to post the encryption codes of ITV Digital, a rival of Murdoch's then Sky TV, on his website. Widespread piracy after the online publication of the codes contributed ...

Bulk TV & Internet's Tom Conley Wins 2012 Top Entrepreneur
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, NC, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bulk TV & Internet, a leading provider of DIRECTV services for commercial properties nationwide, is pleased to announce that its COO and Co-Founder, Tom Conley, has been named as one of the Top 50 ...

cable TV
CNET (blog)
Can your game console act as a TV replacement? Very nearly, now that more and more video apps are hitting consoles at a record rate. HBO Go, which has become a symbol of sorts for the potential of app-based on-demand entertainment as a cable accessory, ...

Research and Markets: Ireland - Digital Media Market - Insights, Statistics ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It also notes the status of digital TV via the terrestrial, cable and satellite platforms, as well as interactive TV services. Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. By Lori MacVittie bmullan wrote: Why not also look at ...

Online media revenue to boom but offline will dominate till 2015: Google
The Australian
AUSTRALIA has a trade surplus in online video, according to a new report on digital media commissioned by Google Australia. The report by the Boston Consulting Group says the Australian media generated revenues of $24.8 billion in 2011, a figure that ...

VIZIO Licenses Digital TV Patent Portfolio to Westinghouse Digital, LLC
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VIZIO announced that Westinghouse Digital, LLC has become a licensee under VIZIO's QAM patent portfolio by virtue of a cross-license between the two companies. VIZIO, a leader in the American ...

Alticast and Videotron Collaborate to Provide the Next Generation in ...
Sacramento Bee
By Alticast BROOMFIELD, Colo. and SEOUL, South Korea, March 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Alticast, the leader in Interactive TV and Blu-ray™ solutions, is proud to have helped Videotron, one of the largest providers of telecommunications in Canada, ...

As Seen On TV, Inc. Expands Distribution Channels via Local Corporation's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Local Corporation is a local media company that specializes in connecting brick-and-mortar businesses with online customers using a variety of innovative digital marketing products including local rich media, local business and product search, mobile, ...

What you may not know about the boom in digital user data
USA TODAY
Companies want to engage and interact with you through multiple platforms that can include emails, mobile devices, social media and online video — and even use that new data trove to spawn new forms such as junk mail. They want you to linger, ...

USA TODAY

The MOA is Back - 2012 IPA Online Media Owner Awards Now Open
Sacramento Bee
Eight awards will be based on the findings of the IPA's Online Media Owner Survey (a combination of spring, autumn and year-on-year results). Says Pete Robins, IPA Digital MediaGroup Chairman and Managing Partner Agenda 21 "The inaugural MOA generated ...

Chyron Launches 'Engage' Second Screen and Social TV Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
MELVILLE, NY, Mar 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Chyron (NASDAQ:CHYR) today introduced its new Engage platform designed for integrating second screen, social media, and social TV data into live TV broadcasts. Making these popular technologies ...

New Entrant Spotify Takes Top Spot From Specific for First Time Since 2008 in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Spotify has taken the lead in the latest IPA Online Media Owner Survey, with 83.5% of respondents agreeing/agreeing strongly that "My overall experience of dealing with this supplier is a good one." This is the first time in over three years that a new ...

News Corp. Piracy Claims Are Serious, Australia Says
Bloomberg
NDS, a pay-TV software maker co-owned by News Corp., set up a unit in the mid-1990s to hack smartcard codes and leak them online, giving viewers free access to competitors' programs, the Australian Financial Review newspaper said yesterday.

Bloomberg

Fast-Simple-Customizable: Videotron Launches illico TV New Generation
Exec Digital (press release)
QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC and MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - March 27, 2012) - Building on 50 years of expertise in cable television, Videotron is introducing illico TV new generation, a service that propels viewers into a new interactive universe. illico ...

Murdoch's News Corp accused of hacking TV rivals
Channel 4 News
There are calls for investigations in Britain and Australia into claims that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp engaged in piracy to undermine pay-TV companies. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) claims that News Corp used a special unit called Operational ...

Channel 4 News

Quebecor steps up with illico TV in battle with BCE
Financial Post
Quebecor Inc. is stepping up in the battle with BCE Inc. for customers in Quebec with the launch of a new digital television platform, illico TV. This should enable Quebecor to pre-emptively protect customers from Bell's competing IPTV solution,...

Financial Post

Digital switchover: one in 10 London households 'not ready'
The Guardian
More than 1m TV sets are at risk of going blank when the London digital switchover begins next week, the body in charge of the process has warned. Digital UK executives said that with just seven days left until switchover from analogue todigital TV ...

The Guardian

Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TVBusiness
Daily Beast
by Peter Jukes Mar 28, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Allegations that a News Corp. subsidiary hacked pay-TV access codes of a rival broadcaster and that a hacker in the pay of the company pirated rival satellite channels in Italy could threaten the conglomerate's ...

Daily Beast

Xbox 360 gets more streaming media sources. Plus hands-on with HBO Go
ITworld.com
As part of a roll-out of three new streaming apps from the Xbox 360, Microsoft shared an interesting datapoint with the LA Times: Xbox Live Gold members now spend more time watching video and listening to music than they do playing online multiplayer ...

Scripps Co.: Old Media Dog Full Of New Tricks
TV News Check
“We made that decision going forward to tilt the dance floor more toward the TV and digital side,” he says. “That's not a comment about newspapers. It just says that in this season that we're in, television is a more robust business.

Local TV Goes Social
AdAge.com
Local TV stations are using social media to extend their coverage and conversations with viewers. They're also working to create more integration with advertisers and device companies, according to panelists at the Socializing Local TV session during ...

Call for AFP to look at pay TV 'dirty tricks'
Stock and Land
Reports in The Australian Financial Review yesterday alleged that a News Corp subsidiary, NDS, had engaged in a ''dirty tricks'' campaign that encouraged pay TV piracy - including in Australia - in the mid to late 1990s, in the early days of the local ...

The 50's TV Star Who Drove The Real 'Mad Men' Mad
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
He was the original King of All Media from the late 40's to the early 1960's. He was beloved by Americans for his seeming honestly and authenticity, for saying (or seeming to say) exactly what was on his mind. He hawked blue chip products including ...

Google marketer Felten notes 'TV works well with digital'
Marketing
by Sarah Shearman, 28 March 2012, 12:45pm TV works well with online advertising, although digital remains at the heart of Google's marketing activities, according to Obi Felten, director of consumer marketing for Google EMEA, ahead of the launch of the ...

How Do TV Networks See The Internet? « Agency Collaboration
By Chris Yeh
How Do TV Networks See The Internet? 28 Mar. Mike Biard, Fox. Edward Erhardt, ESPN. Jim Lanzone, CBS Interactive. J.B. Perrette, Discovery Communications. TV numbers are stable, butdigital TV is growing; MB: “Our core business is connected with our distribution partners. When new content comes ... Over 60% of online viewers say they watch more offline as a result.” JL: “Unlike TV, you ... digital guys own it.?” EE: “The prices of different media are driven by supply and demand.
Agency Collaboration

News Synergy Mobile App Partners Sign 22 Media Companies ...
By Sharon Hill
News Synergy and News Synergy Deals are on display at the Borrell Local Online Advertising Conference, March 21-22, in the Inergize Digital booth at the Grand Hyatt in New York, New York.... News Synergy Deals mobile apps include: • Bahakel Communications – WCCB-TV • Bay City Television, Inc. – XETV-TV • Calkins Media, Inc. – WWSB-TV • Cedar Rapids Television Company, Inc. – KCRG-TV • Diversified Communications – WABI-TV, WCJB-TV • Farm JournalMedia – Farm ...
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Zee TV Launches Mobile Site & Apps For Dance Reality Show ...
By Vikas SN
Last month, Zee New Media, the digital business of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, had launched an online TV subscription service called Ditto TV, that offered live TV streams andvideo on demand content on mobile phones, tablets, PCs, ...
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

Google helps make Mandela archives accessible to all
By Chris Marlowe
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) and the Google Cultural Institute today went live with an interactive online experience intended to educate and inspire people for generations to come. ... Remember me. Lost your password? Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge —. music · mobile · video · games · marketing · deals · law · jobs · social · FREE Webinar on Media Recommendations this Wed & Chance to Win a SmartTV! ANNOUNCEMENT. Menu Item ...
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Latin America - Digital Strategy Consulting
The 2012 Latin America Digital Future in Focus examines how the prevailing trends in social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile and search are defining the current marketplace and how they are likely to shape the coming year. “ 2011 was an extraordinary year for digital media in Latin America as more people than ever before went online and began adopting behaviors like social networking and watching online video with increasing frequency,” said Alejandro Fosk, ...
Digital Intelligence

Foxconn To Invest $1.6B In Sharp For Flat Panels, Maybe For The ...
By Ingrid Lunden
Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect. When it comes to work, she feels most... → Learn More. foxconnstores. Apple has yet to ... Foxconn is investing a combined 133 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in TV maker Sharp Corporation and a flat-panel JV it has with Sony — and it has added a commitment to buy up to 50 percent of all of Sharp's LCD panel output. The deal is the largest-ever by a Taiwanese manufacturer in a Japanese supplier and ...
TechCrunch

Innovator's award issued to CBS Local Digital Media executive Ezra ...
Combining the assets of CBS's owned and operated television and radio stations , CBS LocalDigital Media brings together the most trusted brands in media ...
www.borrellassociates.com/.../279-innovators-award-issued-to...

New Data Is Bringing New Insight To TV Viewing | Forrester Blogs
Marketers have struggled with accurately measuring their reach across TV and digital mediaplatforms. Today's TV watchers multitask with digital devices, fluidly ...
blogs.forrester.com/.../12-03-23-new_data_is_bringing_new_i...

Crystal Palace lightshow will celebrate London's digital TV ...
Crystal Palace lightshow will celebrate London's digital TV switchover from Media Week. MediaWeek magazine - news and information from the world of media.
www.mediaweek.co.uk/.../Crystal-Palace-lightshow-will-celebr...

Digital Media | Emmy TV Legends Blog
It's no secret that people now have multiple platforms on which to consume media. From phones and tablets, to Roku and gaming consoles, the once- dominant ...
www.emmytvlegends.org/blog/?tag=digital-media

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