At Network TV's Gathering, Web Is Central

At Network TV's Gathering, Web Is Central
New York Times
TWO media rituals took place in New York City last week: the television upfront presentations and the city-sponsored celebration of all things digital, Internet Week. At times, it was hard to tell which was which. At the upfronts, network TV executives ...

Digital media brings erotic books out of the closet
Phys.Org
British author EL James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy has been parked atop the New York Timesdigital bestseller list for weeks, but it's not alone in the genre. "Sales have always been good," said Tina Haveman, founder of eXtasy books, ...

DigiDev (DIDG): Pioneering the Internet TV Revolution
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... online or call (406) 862-5400. Giving the ability to deliver media to any internet-enabled device, including smartphones and tablet PCs, the company is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the emerging multi-billion dollar Internet TV revolution.

Social TV Has Arrived: Technicolor, Entropic Communications Power Comcast's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"There is a large and growing market for interactive applications over broadcast TV," said Jason Blackwell, director, Service Provider Strategies, Digital Consumer Practice at Strategy Analytics. "Technicolor and Entropic's video chat over live TV ...

Is the Internet hurting children?
CNN
The explosive growth of social media, smartphones and digital devices is transforming our kids' lives, in school and at home. Research tells us that even the youngest of our children are migrating online, using tablets and smartphones, downloading apps ...

Digital Domain Announces Abu Dhabi Expansion, Receives $100M Grant for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Digital Domain Institute/Abu Dhabi, modeled after the Digital Domain Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, will train students in the essential skills of digital media production for entertainment, simulation and related applications.

TV's Upfront Pitch: Our Shows Offer Best Social-Media Traction
AdAge.com
Sure. Social media is the sort of stuff, the TV honchos argued, for which their programs provide the greatest fuel. News Corp.'s Fox took the strongest stand, telling advertisers its top-rated programs generated more social-media reaction than anything ...

AdAge.com

TV Ad Agency Cheap TV Spots Strikes Gold With 199th International Award for ...
Exec Digital (press release)
Bringing their astounding total to 199 awards, the affordable, Internet-based TV advertising agency Cheap-TV-Spots.com wins the Gold Remi at the prestigious 2012 Worldfest competition. LOS ANGELES, CA, May 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Now reaching an ...

DOGTV Selects BlueSnap and RayV as eCommerce Solution for Subscription and ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
CloudTV+Plus monetizes subscriptions for Internet streaming for first television channel for canines. Fremont, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 BlueSnap, a global provider of Open Commerce technology and services that maximize revenues through recurring payment ...

Social Media Explorer Merges With Full Frontal ROI
MarketWatch (press release)
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- As the need for digital marketing consulting and expertise becomes more deeply rooted in bottom-line, measurable implications, Louisville-based Social Media Explorer (SME) is leading the way.

Coincident and Audible Magic Partner to Deploy ScreenSync TV for Over-the-Top ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The move - which leverages Audible Magic's patented digital fingerprint ACR technology to identify and synchronize television content and advertising, including live TV programming - adds a new control mechanism for deploying ScreenSync TV via ...

Zoom Media & Marketing Adds to Sales Leadership
MarketWatch (press release)
The addition of these two executives follows on the heels of the announcement that TV industry veteran Catherine Warburton joined the Zoom team after 20 years in the traditional television/agency world. Bryson, Senior Vice President of Business ...

Marchex to Present at Investor Conferences
MarketWatch (press release)
... CA Needham Internet & Digital Media Conference Date: Tuesday, June 5th Time: 9:00am Eastern Time Location: Essex House Hotel, New York, NY Marchex, Inc. is a leading mobile andonline advertising company that drives millions of consumers to connect ...

Live TV still rules for majority
Telegraph.co.uk
The majority of people still prefer to watch TV live, rather than catch-up on demand, a new study has found. In excess of 3000 people were polled by Digital Spy, a large UK entertainment site, in a bid to discover British people's TV viewing habits.

Telegraph.co.uk

Birla Joins Reliance in Content Search
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Aditya Birla Group will buy a 27.5% stake in Living Media India, which controls the India Today news magazine and TV Today Network. Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group's announcement of an entry into the nation's fast-growing media industry ...

Conan O'Brien, Julius Genachowski to Attend NCTA Convention
Hollywood Reporter
Top cable TV industry executives from Turner Broadcasting, Comcast Cable, Time Warner Cable, ESPN, News Corp. and Fox Sports Media Group will be at the Boston event. Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski, NBA Basketball Commissioner David ...

Cannes 2012: Digital Domain to Launch Abu Dhabi Studio
Hollywood Reporter
The company, co-founded in 1993 by James Cameron, made the announcement with twofour54, the Abu Dhabi government-backed media and entertainment hub in the emirate, here in Cannes. They said the move will further drive development of the film, TV and ...

Hollywood Reporter

Three Ways to Find Happiness on Facebook
Huffington Post (blog)
According to some interesting research, social media arguably can make us feel more connected and less lonely. Alternately, it can make us feel more isolated and depressed, and for kids, lead to what Erik Erikson posed as the critical psychological ...

Multi-TV gives Ghana its first ever 24-hour live reality show
Myjoyonline.com
Multimedia Group's premium digital television platform, Multi-TV has entered the history books by giving the country its first ever 24-hour live reality show. The show dubbed I'm in love with Bomaye is a sweet, well carved reality show centered around ...

Myjoyonline.com

Buyers See Plenty of Content, But No Sure Hits
Broadcasting & Cable
“It's great to see the big TV-based media companies investing in their product and doing their best to engage viewers with content, which is more important than ever,” said Chris Geraci, president of broadcast at media agency OMD.

Digital Domain to set up Abu Dhabi studio
Rapid tv news
Hollywood visual effects powerhouse Digital Domain is to establish a Middle East outlet in Abu Dhabi's twofour54 media zone to further develop film and TV production in the region. Abu Dhabi will play host to a new animation, visual effects and motion ...

Facebook denies plans to open up site to under-13s
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: AP By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor Simon Milner, head of policy in Britain for Facebook, had been quoted in The Sunday Times as saying Facebook had plans to lift the ban. He told the paper that the decision to allow children to create ...

Telegraph.co.uk

TwoFour54 unveils 30% rebate for TV producers
DigitalTVEurope.net
Abu Dhabi media development group TwoFour54 is introducing a rebate for TV and film producers shooting in the Emirate. The scheme is the first of its kind in the Middle East and TwoFour54 chief operating officer Wayne Borg told told DTVE's sister ...

Checkout Coupon King Catalina Takes Plunge Into Digital Buying
AdAge.com
The upshot is that Catalina, best known for its retailer loyalty-card programs and Checkout Coupon machines that spit out offers at the cash register, is now getting into digital-media buying. It will be selling inventory from internet publishers, ...

AdAge.com

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba ...
WBOC TV 16
More By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash ...

Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle
Telegraph.co.uk
Waterstones has struck a deal with Amazon to sell the Kindle, its ereader, despite the managing director of the high street bookseller calling the online retailer a “ruthless devil” last year. The Amazon Kindle. Photo: AP By Emma Barnett, Digital Media ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Television is not digital media enemy: Kent Wertime
afaqs (press release)
By Biprorshee Das and Kapil Ohri, afaqs!, Mumbai, May 21, 2012 Ogilvy's Kent Wertime talks to afaqs! on how perception towards the digital media needs to evolve. Kent Wertime, president, executive manager and chief operating officer, ...

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Digital media brings women's erotica out of the closet | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
“Ebooks are cheaper than paperbacks, and easier to buy because of the convenience of theInternet,” she added, “and people can read them without having to hide them from prying eyes.” “You could be a mom, like, sitting in the park on a ...
The Raw Story

Why Are TV Networks Still Discounting The Value Of An Online ...
By Josh Feldman
And yet, it seems that even with the rise of the internet, there has been a rather lethargic embrace of an ever-expanding online audience from the broadcast networks. Fewer people watch TV shows live ... opportunities the internet has to offer. [A] dvertisers continue to primarily spend on traditional TV units, to allocate most of their budgets months in advance, Swartz said, even though changes in the digital media market — and market opportunities — continue to come at a rapid rate.
Mediaite

Two Steps Forward and One Big Step Back: GRP | Darren Herman
By Darren
I receive different newsletters each morning from digital media industry sites & blogs. ... TVmeasurement should migrate to digital media measurement as televisions become more like computers. It is easy to understand why people are talking about GRP's. I meet with at least 5 startups a week who are going after brand dollars and those brand dollars are measured by GRP's. Nielsen, comScore, and others are releasing products that measure the onlineequivalent to the offline GRP.
Darren Herman

3 Ways to Be More Responsive to Social Media Feedback | ReviewPro
By Josiah Mackenzie
Increasing attentiveness through technology that enables 360° listening, but then also simplifying responses to requests internally at the operational level – and externally to the guest and others that are watching that interaction online. Creating an efficient .... It's one of the big reasons the hotel has become a hub in New York for the arts and digital media elite, attracting influential ambassadors like Chris Brogan, Ann Handley, CC Chapman and Pamela Slim. Regardless of the type of ...
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