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Small Screens, Big Dollars
New York Times
The goal of the NewFronts, or new upfronts, is to encourage marketers and agencies to spend more money on digital ads, either by increasing budgets or shifting to online media some of the estimated $70 billion a year that is spent on television ... 

New York Times Launches Social Media Ad Program
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Keach Hagey News media outlets are increasingly realizing that online readers are finding their websites' content through people sharing stories on social media. Finding a way to sell advertising against those readers has been a challenge.

Perform to put sport channels on Facebook
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent More than 50 sports channels are to launch on Facebook as Perform Group, the UK digital video provider, bets that fans of international football, tennis and other games will watch with friends on the social ...

Financial Times

PERFORM Group Integrates LIVESPORT.TV With Facebook - Quick Facts
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Digital sports media group Perform Group plc said it launches over 50 digitalsports channels on Facebook today. The company noted that the integration would see LIVESPORT.TV opened up to Facebook's 845m monthly active users through the ...

Digital Media Wire chooses Luxembourg for first European event, hosted by ICT ...
Digital Media Wire
Digital Media Wire and Farvest Group have announced their collaboration for the upcoming ICT Spring Europe conference next this June 19 and 20, during which the first Digital Media Wire Event will be held in Europe. The collaboration was initiated and ...

Digital Media Wire

Research and Markets: Austria - Digital Economy and Digital TV - Insights ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
This report profiles media convergence in Austria, including developments in the digital broadcast market, IPTV and VoD, as well as regulatory measures on the switch to digital TV. ASO completed in mid-2011 with 98% DTTV coverage; regulator prepares ...

Synacor TV Everywhere Expert Michael Bishara to Speak at Digital Hollywood ...
Albany Times Union
TV Everywhere, Broadband, Cable Expert, Force Behind HBO GO, Michael Bishara to addressDigital Hollywood with speakers Randa E. Minkarah, Fisher Communications; Tim Sale, thePlatform; Stuart Rosove, Irdeto; Scott J. Fierstein, Microsoft; ...

Smart TV May Be Too Smart for Its Own Good
TechNewsWorld
In a Smart TV, these OTT products can be combined with traditional broadcast programming and a cable or satellite provider's own VoD (Video on Demand) services. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) TV'sSmart TV product, for example, is designed to enable a ...

In some cases, digital media limits conversation
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
by Nick Smirniotopoulos, guest columnist As our generation becomes more accustomed to using new technology, observing the trends for increasing digital media usage highlights some stark realizations about the changes our generation has — and raises ...

Influencing the influential voter online
Campaigns & Elections
Americans are online, a lot. As a result, digital media will be at the forefront of this election cycle. The opportunity to influence voters is immense with social media. Sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google + were built to connect people, ...

IPL fans switching from TV to new media
India Today
The Indian Premier League's (IPL) overall TV viewership hit its lowest point last year with an average television viewer rating of 3.5, according to TAM Sports, a unit of TAMMedia Research Pvt Ltd. The all-India data for the first 16 matches this year ...

India Today

PNI Digital Media Sets Fiscal Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for May 10th ...
Technology Digital (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 26, 2012) - PNI Digital Media (TSX:PN)(OTCBB:PNDMF) ("PNI" or the "Company"), the leading innovator in online and in-store digital media solutions for retailers, will hold a conference call on Thursday, ...

esd and associates Director of PR and Social Media Gina Galaviz Presented With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
At this event, the 2012 La Prensa Foundation Diamond Awards, one notable honoree was Gina Galaviz -- award-winning Director of Public Relations and Social Media for esd and associates, San Antonio's leading digital creative agency.

Landmark Federal Court ruling rescues TV sport
The Daily Telegraph
BILLIONS of dollars worth of TV rights to the country's biggest sporting events, and reality shows like MasterChef, have been preserved, after a landmark ruling of the full Federal Court closed a legal loophole being exploited by Optus.

VideoDaily Roundup: Digital Video Still a Drop in TV's Bucket
MediaPost Communications
In his weekly Online Spin column, Dave Morgan -- who sold behavioral targeting pioneer Tacoda to AOL in 2007 -- points to a number of observations by Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research about the TVand video markets this year.

New FCC rule will shed light on political attack ads
Orlando Sentinel
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Once the election season heats up again this summer, and an endless stream of political attack ads invade your TV, a few clicks online may let you know who's behind the messages and how much they ...

Rogers Digital Media Renews Partnership with NBA.com
mediacaster
Rogers Digital Media will stay courtside with word that it has a two-year deal extension with sports website NBA.com as the exclusive Canadian representative for its online advertising. The partnership with NBA.com underscores the importance of key ...

Landmark Federal Court ruling rescues TV sport and reality shows
Herald Sun
Ruling preserves sport, reality TV Appeal by the NRL, AFL and Telstra successful Judgment is particularly significant for the NRL's hopes BILLIONS of dollars worth of TV rights to the country's biggest sporting events, and reality shows like MasterChef ...

Media to Get More of Hulu
Wall Street Journal
But that goal has at times conflicted with media companies' efforts to safeguard their traditional TV businesses in a whirlwind of digital change—even at the expense of Hulu's own growth. Hulu, for instance, has negotiated online rights to the media ...

Optus halts TV Now after court loss
Sydney Morning Herald
The three appeal judges disagreed with the primary judge that users were solely responsible for making recordings in the TV Now service. Justices Arthur Emmett, Annabelle Bennett and Paul Finn found that both Optus and the user were responsible for ...

Google cites Acceller as industry leader for US Hispanic Marketing
MarketWatch (press release)
Acceller is an industry leader in comparative digital lifestyle products. "Acceller has become the leader in Hispanic Marketing for TV, Internet, Phone and other digital home services by employing and optimizing Google's media offerings and insight," ...

Obama slow jam on 'Fallon' just a taste of 'epic' social media war ahead
Christian Science Monitor
President Obama's slow jam on 'Jimmy Fallon' shows how candidates will try to become part of clips that will be passed around on social media. A huge social media effort by MoveOn.org also shows how Election 2012 may play out online.

Christian Science Monitor

It's TV sweeps time, if you are watching
Edmonton Journal
(MCT) The big broadcast networks ushered in the May "sweeps" period Thursday night, and with it, the final batch of original series and stunts before a summer of reruns and reality TV. Among highlights: series finales of onetime hits Desperate ...

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q ...
WBOC TV 16
The online commerce giant said its Kindle Fire tablet computer was its best-selling item and helped lift revenue from digital movies and books. Amazon chief financial officer Tom Szkutak told analysts that media sales are up, particularly in North ...

comScore validated Campaign Essentials(TM) (vCE) Gets Global Adoption from ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"GRPs must be truly cross-media comparable if digital is ever going to effectively compete with TV for ad dollars. While viewability is indeed a critical component of campaign delivery and management, what sets vCE apart is its ability to validate ...

In the Era of Online Networking, Offline Connections Are More Powerful Than Ever
Huffington Post
And I'm regularly asked, "How can you possibly run a successful business -- especially a business in the business of promoting people and projects -- without social media and online professional networking?" I have several responses to this question ...

CASBAA: Record Numbers for KL Upfronts
MarketWatch (press release)
Hong Kong, Apr 27, 2012 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) -- The power of multichannel TV continues to resonate throughout the Asia Pacific. Attracting over 130 representatives from advertising agencies, clients and networks, CASBAA's TV Upfronts - The Kuala ...

Internet rights court ruling a cash win for football
The Australian
In a decision that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said guaranteed the financial health of Australian sport for years, the court unanimously found that the Optus TV Now recording system, which downloads games for viewing on hand-held devices such as iPads ...

Business Partner Marketing Coach(R) Emphasizes Social Media Marketing as We ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The explosive growth of social media provides an excellent opportunity to reach a new demographic, but many entrepreneurs are unsure how to best use the medium. Brian Miller, president and COO of Business Partner Marketing Coach (R) says, ...

Google Fiber in Kansas City Makes Hollywood Nervous
BusinessWeek
By John Lopez on April 26, 2012 Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital world—news, music, publishing—Hollywood has held up comparatively well. Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray are falling, ...

Digital never dies
The Korea Herald
A striking case in point is Kim Gu-ra, a comedian who built up his career through intentionally fiery comments that had long entertained TV audiences. Kim recently exited from all the TV shows he was hosting after suffering a public setback over his ...

Report: Four Hulu partners buying out fifth at $2 ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
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NewFront: Stressing Original Programming, Online Video Is 'TV On ...
By David Kaplan
But the big question hanging over the proceedings this year has been whether web video can – or even needs to – compete with the TV upfront, which this year is expected to bring in some $10 billion in commitments for the fall season. ... “We refer to ourselves as the first digital network because of our huge scale,” said Yahoo's McPherson. “TV viewership is not going down. So I don't know if onlinevideo is replacing it. I think we're just media addicts. We're producing over 40 video ...
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NSPA to host CoverItLive chat May 1: “Inspiration from the Online ...
By Aaron Manfull
NSPA will host a live chat on CoverItLive, “Inspiration from the Online Pacemakers,” from 6-7 p.m. CDT with Lauren Rabaino, online producer for The Seattle Times, and Logan Aimone, NSPA executive director. Rabaino worked on the staff of ...
jeadigitalmedia.org

Podcast, Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge: Exploring the Digital ...
By Andrew Whitacre
Among other things his work in the network will include leading a team of researchers in an ethnographic study of teens and their participation in diverse digital media cultures and communities. Working with an Austin-based game studio Craig is also developing a ... digital media, game authorship, literacy, and civic engagement. Craig blogs for dmlcentral, the online presence for theDigital Media and Learning Research Hub hosted at the UC Irvine campus, and the HuffingtonPost.
MIT Comparative Media Studies: News

MTV selects YANGAROO's DMDS to power and secure online ...
TORONTO, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, has ...
digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/.../MTV-selects-YANGA...

New developments in accessible TV by John Paton, RNIB Digital ...
New developments in accessible TV by John Paton, RNIB Digital Media Development Officer. Print preview · Email. On this page: Post details; Comments; Add a ...
www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/.../updates/.../Post.aspx?...

Huffington Post Pulitzer a Milestone for Digital Media | OpenMarkets
Though the Pulitzer-winning series deals with a subject outside our focus area of futures markets, the award marks a milestone for online and digital media.
openmarkets.cmegroup.com/.../huffington-post-pulitzer-a-mil...

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