Social TV's Evolution: A New Era Of Content Creation

Social TV's Evolution Ushers In New Era Of Content Creation
MediaPost Communications
by Kristin Frank, 2 hours ago Stripping away all the buzz and technology, at its core social media is just another way to tell a story and simultaneously grow your audience base and drive ratings. At MTV, we've been hyper-focused in growing our social ...

MTV: "Social media can't make bad content good, but it can make good content ...
IPTV News
Kristin Frank, General Manager of Digital Media at MTV and VH1, took to the stage at the IP&TV World Forum this morning to provide some compelling examples of how she is using social media to build the MTV brand. MTV has already achieved huge success ...

Intel Chases Smart TV Business With New Chip
PCWorld (blog)
By Agam Shah, IDG News Intel hopes to find a foothold in the lucrative smart TV market with the introduction of a chip for TVs and set-top boxes. The Atom CE5300 media chip, announced on Tuesday, will allow users to watch broadcasts, ...

ID Digital Media Targets Film and TV Production
mediacaster
Montreal-based independent film distribution company ID Communications launched its interactive digital media development arm, ID Digital Media, to target and develop mobile applications and interactive media. ID Digital will produce smartphone apps ...

NY Times Company Digital Revenue Expert Joins Savtira
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"He gives us another knowledgeable and respected voice who can show media publishers how to generate new digital revenues using our cloud-based ecommerce platform, our cloud locker personal digital media storage and our white-label Entertainment ...

Celebrities Select LOL Social Media Group for Social Media Management
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- LOL Social Media Group LLC (LOLSMG) has quickly become the social media management agency of choice for young celebrity talent and the industry's most visible stars. In celebration of the group's ...

Leading Games Industry Figures Join PlayJam
MarketWatch (press release)
Comments Tony Bartel "We're excited about the potential of Smart TV gaming and we see PlayJam as a clear leader in its field. By leveraging GameStop's resources, we can further accelerate PlayJam's growth to capitalize on the latest market ...

Eyes on the Go, Inc. Launches Gander.tv - an Interactive Social Media ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PK) has successfully launched their interactive social media distribution network providing real-time live streaming video and audio available to the hospitality industry. The site will be launched in beta mode as beta.gander.tv while the company makes ...

Intel chases smart TV market with Atom CE5300 chip
Techworld.com
By Agam Shah | Published: 09:43, 20 March 2012 Intel hopes to find a foothold in the lucrative smart TV market with the introduction of its Atom CE5300 chip for TVs and set-top boxes. The CE5300 media chip, announced this morning, will allow users to ...

Stations Up The Ante For Audience Research
TV News Check
More TV stations are investing in audience research than have since before the economic troubles that began four years ago. And they are doing so using more and more onlinetechniques that let them reap better feedback from a larger pool of ...

Pew: Social Media Not Yet Driving News Traffic
Mashable
According to Pew, social media use is on the rise, more people are reading the news online and advertisers are spending more money on Internet advertising than ever before. All of those factors have the potential to make social media one of the most ...

Digital Gadgets Make Us Read More News
WBAL Baltimore
More than a quarter of Internet-connected Americans now follow news on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and e-readers, according to the Pew Research Center's annual State of the News Media report, which was released on Monday.

Nielsen Tool Aims to Bridge TV-Digital Divide
ClickZ
Advertisers have long complained about the disconnect between TV and digital metrics. Today, Nielsen unveiled a system called Nielsen Cross-Platform Campaign Ratings that it says will finally bridge that gap. The new system, developed in partnership ...

Agama Provides OTT Video Quality Assurance Solution to Finland's Maxisat
Reuters
"As a provider of high-quality TV services, it is of strategic importance to provide the best transparency for our organization and enable them to act quickly in case of a detected problem. For our pioneering nationwide OTT service to connected Samsung ...

MirriAd delivers over 900 seconds of guaranteed digital brand integration for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MirriAd, the digital product placement experts, have announced another UK product placement deal in partnership with KTC Edibles, the UK's leading ethnic food specialist and Zee TV, the largest media franchise serving South Asia.

Social Media's Role in Police Investigations Is Growing
CIO Today
By Roger Yu Law-enforcement agencies are turning to social media sites to dig up clues left by criminals and victims and victims in targeted investigations. But the issue of properly handling social-media content is also igniting heated debates about ...

CIO Today

Espial Media Service Platform Introduces Powerful TV Everywhere Capabilities
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
OTTAWA, March 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Espial, a leader in on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced the latest enhancements to its Espial Media Service Platform, a TV service management and delivery solution that enables operators to deliver TV ...

Mompreneurs: From Real Life Mom to Digital Doyenne
Huffington Post
She's the executive producer of the Go-To Mom series and the producer of the branded entertainment show MommytoMommy.TV. She's also a mom to two kids, ages 5 and 10 years. So, how did she go from real life mom to this digital doyenne?

Digital News Consumption Grows, But Slowly on Social Media
Marketing Pilgrim
This extensive report looks at all the ways we consume news, from TV to print to digital. Pretty amazing, given that only 9% of US adults said they got their news from these social networks. News websites and search were much more popular options.

Filmart 2012: Small Screen Looms Large On Day Two of Filmart
Hollywood Reporter
Dwindling DVD market and the rise of cable outlets throughout Asia leads to flurry of TV deals. HONG KONG - IPTV and the growing number of cable channels in Asia are becoming increasingly important sales outlets for companies at Filmart, while the lack ...

Mullen's mediahub lands account for National Geographic TV channels
Boston.com
By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff Boston ad agency Mullen said its media-buying unit, known as mediahub, said it has been awarded the business of National Geographic TV channels after winning an agency review. Financial details of the new account were not ...

February Video Rankings: Yahoo Topples Vevo
StreamingMedia.com
By investing in original online videos and rebranding, Yahoo is finding a video-viewing audience. By Troy Dreier Online video viewing continued a slow decline in February, 2012, found onlinemeasurement company comScore, with 179 million US Internet ...

Israel To Be First Middle East and North Africa Country To Have 100% Digital ...
Hollywood Reporter
Report predicts legitimate pay TV revenues for the 16 countries will hit $3.67 billion in five years time. LONDON – Israel is set to become the first country in the Middle East and North Africa region to reach a 100 percent household digital TV ...

All-in brawl over footy TV rules
The Australian
A NEW brawl is looming over rules that keep major sports events on free-to-air TV as Communications Minister Stephen Conroy introduces anti-siphoning legislation that will ensure the biggest games remain accessible to all viewers.

Montreal Firm Develops App For Film Industry
Crave Online
By Jennifer Cox The Montreal-based firm ID Digital Media has created an iPhone, iPad and Android app for the media sector of the international film industry. “Increasingly the filmed medialandscape is becoming multi-screen. The TV market and the ...

Get TV Political Ad Data Out of the Cabinet, Onto the Web: View
Bloomberg
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed requiring broadcasters to post online the name of anyone who buys time for political advertising along with the purchase price and airdates. It's an excellent idea, made more salient in an era of shady ...

Bloomberg

reed.co.uk report on the rise of the Digital Native in the workplace
Yahoo! Contributors Network
Job site note the increasing opportunities for IT savvy digital natives with an understanding of online presence and digital media. • Businesses are seeking employees with a greater knowledge of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google +, ...

Verimatrix Enables TV Everywhere for SBB and ... - Digital TV News
By Digital TV News
Verimatrix has announced that Serbia Broadband (SBB) and Telemach, a Slovenian and Bosnian cable TV and broadband Internet provider, have deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Internet TV platform. ... three different client platforms to date, including Android, PC/Mac and iOS with set-top boxes (STB) expected to be ready in the near future to support the launch of 60 live channels, 40 catch-up TV channels, and video-on-demand(VoD) content.
Digital TV News

L.A. Miku Concert Wins Digital Media Awards' Top Prize – Anime ...
By LangleyB
L.A. Miku Concert Wins Digital Media Awards' Top Prize. Japan's Association of Media in Digital(AMD) awarded the Mikunopolis concert with the grand prize in the Digital Contents of the Year '11 awards on Monday. The virtual idol Hatsune ...
Anime Expo® 2012 - Los Angeles...

TRAI Releases Consultation Paper On Advertisements In TV ...
By Anupam Saxena
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India -TRAI, has released a consultation paper on 'Issues related to Advertisements in TV channels', taking up a review of.
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

TV App Agency debuts cross-platform app tools for smart TVs ...
The TV App Agency has launched a new platform that lets brands and agencies create apps for the growing number of smart TVs. The 'develop once / deploy to many' cross platform TV app Engine enables brands, agencies and developers to ...
Digital Knowledge Centre - Digital...

Digital Media and Learning Competition Winners | Now and Then ...
By Ellen Noonan
We're very pleased to announce that ASHP/CML is one of the winners of the 4th Digital Media and Learning Competition, held in collaboration with Mozilla, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and administered ...
Now and Then: an American Social...

Espial media service platform introduces powerful TV everywhere ...
By Editor
This allows operators to customise TV channel line-ups, pricing models, movies, and services including linear TV, video-on-demand (VOD), time-shift television (TSTV), digital video recording (DVR), and pay-per-view (PPV) for their target markets. The open and extensible platform supports multiple ... It supports TV service delivery to set-top boxes (STBs), tablets, PCs, and smart phones over IPTV, cable, and OTT, from a unified platform. The Espial Media Service Platform now also ...
Advanced Television

The CW Television Network Signs TV Measurement Contract with ...
By EntertainmentNews
PORTLAND, Ore., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced a TV Essentials contract with The ... Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. ... PacketVideo Brings Toon Goggles Online Kids Channe.
International Entertainment News

OSN launches new platform to watch TV online, anytime, anywhere
By Samer Marzouq
Dubai, 19 March 2012: OSN has today announced the launch of OSN Play, the region's firstonline TV platform, allowing its customers to watch the latest movies and series over theInternet on a variety of devices, anywhere, anytime at no ... OSN remains committed to being at the forefront of technological advancement and OSN Play will continue to expand to a wide range of digital devices in the coming weeks.” ... Dubai Press Club Begins Compilation of Fourth 'ArabMedia Outlook' ...
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AppNexus Rich Media RTB Solution; Aegis Reports Big 2011 ...
By admin
AppNexus Addresses the Challenges of Rich Media in RTB AppNexus Console customers now have a fully-featured Creative Template capability, the company. ... Besides TV, the investment would go mainly in the field of digital media. The willingness to ... According to the study, the drivers in this category are the areas of online video and social media. ... Collective's Bi-annualOnline Video Advertising Market Report Reveals 51% of video-on-demand (VOD) Media Buyers Want RTB ...
ExchangeWire.com

Free Webinar with Howard Rheingold March 22 | Center for ...
By Stacey Kizer
In Rheingold's newest book, Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, he discusses the use of digital and social media as a source of empowerment. There is a difference between using it actively and passively, and Howard shows us how to bridge ...
Center for Teaching

Encouraged by nearly 500K digital subscribers, NY Times is making ...
By Ben Popper
Apparently emboldened by the nearly half a million people who signed up to pay for onlineaccess to the New York Times, the venerable media company is cutting the number of free articles non-subscribers get from 20 per month to just 10.
VentureBeat

BBC's iPlayer The Latest To Join Microsoft's Xbox Platform, Free ...
By Ingrid Lunden
Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect.  Another big content partner for Microsoft and its Xbox Live Platform, and another win for those in favor of all TV eventually going over-the-top rather than through a pay-TVprovider: the BBC has now made its popular catch-up/on-demand TV and radio service, iPlayer, accessible via the ...
TechCrunch

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