Online TV providers challenge cable operators

Online TV providers present challenge to cable operators
Jamaica Observer
THE expected introduction to the market of new media companies such as Netflix and iVu present a challenge to traditional media providers and cable companies, according to executive director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordel Green. 

I Want My Aereo TV
Forbes
Attendees also had a chance to hear from the founders of Folio, which makes it easy for graphic designers or anyone in the content creation business to monetize their own digital content. And what would the New York Tech Meetup be without the...

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Research and Markets: Digital Media - Impact on the Media Industry Insights - 2012
SunHerald.com
These changes, combined with an economic downturn, have led to much unrest in the mediasector. Major competing sectors include TV and radio broadcasting, newspaper publishers, film and video industries. The digital media companies are the clear ...

Verizon FiOS Best Overall of Widely-available TV, Internet, and Phone Bundle ...
Kansas City infoZine
Yonkers, NY - infoZine - There are few TV, phone, and Internet providers that manage to please subscribers on all counts, and those that do don't typically serve a lot of consumers. Verizon FiOS, which is available in portions of 12 mostly Eastern ...

As the online and physical blur, digital citizenship is now paramount
ZDNet (blog)
In a recent Digital Media IX survey (.pdf) comprising of 2000 college students, the defacto social network of choice was unsurprisingly Facebook, whereas YouTube and Twitter were also very popular. LinkedIn became more important for those soon to leave ...

What Do Mike Nichols and Multi-faith TV Have in Common?
Huffington Post
Two media talkathons grabbed me this week -- each very different, though their messages chimed together in an intriguing way. One was veteran film, TV and theater director (oh, and one-time improv comedian) Mike Nichols showing up to talk at the New ...

Social Media Thought Leader: India's Gautam Ghosh
Forbes
Gautam Ghosh is far from the most famous person in Social Media. He does not run companies or build online empires as some have done. You never see him at Silicon Valley meet-ups and tweet-ups because he lives about 8700 miles away in Bangalore.

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'Hundreds' of Cablevision iO TV on-demand rentals now last 48 hours ...
Engadget
By Joe Pollicino posted May 11th 2012 2:51AM Last we heard from Cablevision, it was bringing its Optimum Online live TV streaming to Windows and Macs. Shifting directions to its more "traditional" cable offerings, the company now has good news for ...
United Nations Foundation Calling All Influencers with a Global Perspective on ...
PR Web (press release)
On June 19, 2012, emerging leaders in digital media will join with sustainability innovators, UN leaders and world government representatives at Rio+Social. This global conversation will open the Rio+20 dialogue to everyone, to facilitate the exchange ...

Sony Bravia KDL-46EX523 46-Inch LED TV
PCWorld
Priced at $990 (as of March 28, 2012), this set has a lot of features that a budget buyer might want, including an edge-lit LED display, full HD support, built-in Internet apps, and Wi-Fi capabilities that make it a good option for people who enjoy ...

Nielsen Unveiling Suite Of Next Generation TV Meters: Designed To Enhance ...
MediaPost Communications
by Joe Mandese, 2 hours ago In what is likely the most significant change in the methods Nielsen uses to measure TV -- and potentially all forms of video content -- the ratings company this week quietly began informing clients of a major initiative to ...

Vidable, Inc. Sees Strong Demand for Digital Advertising as It Rolls Out Its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
According to a recent report issued by BIA/Kelsey, small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to gravitate to digital/online media, particularly to self-serve advertising and promotional tools, including video, social media and search engine marketing ...

Kids Are More Than Data Points
The Atlantic
Today, I see a very similar split personality emerging among the engineers and tech industry pioneers who now dominate the online and social media worlds. They too are driven by the pursuit of advertising profits as well as the stock price of their IPO ...

Hungama is Facebook's 'Preferred Marketing Developer'
Times of India
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd has been conferred with the Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) badge by Facebook. The Digital Services division of the company was given the PMD badge. The badge is given to companies that demonstrate ...

Digital media guru takes charge
Simon Fraser University News
By Adam Ovenell-Carter Walk into the office of Richard Smith and you know you're dealing with a digital media guru: phones are ringing, email's pinging and the iPhone's chirping. Clearly the man who goes by @smith on Twitter is at ease in thedigital ...

Simon Fraser University News

Onstream Media Corporation to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial ...
Sacramento Bee
Onstream Media Corporation (NASDAQ:ONSM), is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand corporate audio and web communications, virtual event technology and social media marketing. Onstream Media's innovative Digital Media Services ...

Online Insider: Social Media on Bing, Fishing Tips on Twitter
KSTP.com
Check out these digital tools for tomorrow's fishing opener. Plus, a search engine is now providing social media search results. Bing will be making a different sound. Microsoft is revamping the search engine with a three-pane interface.

KSTP.com

VeggieTales® Signs with Ruckus Media Group for Interactive Digital Storybooks
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Big Idea Entertainment, a leading studio and producer of children's and family programming and Ruckus Media Group, the global children's digital mediacompany, announce a digital partnership under which Ruckus has been ...

Zecco Announces Partnership With TheStreet
MarketWatch (press release)
TheStreet, Inc. is a leading digital financial media company that distributes its content through online, social media, tablet and mobile channels. "This partnership gives Zecco customers access to one of the most credible sources of investing content ...

Your digital reflection
Kawartha Media Group
Even if you delete an account, or post on a social media site, it may not mean it's gone. On Facebook, some information remains in Facebook's computers for up to 90 days. - Know what you can't protect. Your name and profile picture are public.

What financial reports reveal about entertainment
CBS News
May 1: CBS Corp. says net income grew 80 percent in the first quarter, as revenue surged ondigital licensing deals for its TV shows and overseas sales of reruns. Satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc. says profit rose 38 percent, as it continued ...

Rahul Swani Joins Aeris Partners as Vice President
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
As a senior M&A professional, Rahul will assume a key role in supporting the firm's growth and industry initiatives in software, data and analytics, healthcare IT (HCIT) and digital media. “We are delighted to have Rahul join us.

Starcom USA and Tapestry Write First "Forefront" Total Market Deal Shifting ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The main dialogue of the past few weeks in the industry has centered around the need to break down the walls between traditional TV and digital video, which is absolutely critical, and a key element to this deal," says Mike Rosen, president of ...

Zap! New DVR Wipes Out Ads
Wall Street Journal
On Thursday, the satellite-TV operator began offering its customers a DVR feature that allows viewers to completely avoid commercials—rather than just fast-forward through ads, as the old model digital-video recorders do. The new "Auto Hop" feature ...

Blockdot Releases Free Clink Game for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Sacramento Bee
By Blockdot, Inc. DALLAS, May 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Blockdot, Inc. the award-winning developer of mobile games, apps and digital media platforms today announces the release of Clink, a mobile version of the popular web-based classic word, ...

Nielsen: Moms at Center of Digital Family
Broadcasting & Cable
The data shows that mothers are particularly active in social media, where nearly three in four (72.5%) visited Facebook in March of 2012, and view blogs, where they are 27% more likely than the general population to visit Blogger and 26% more likely ...

Dish's ad-skip feature: bargaining chip or ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
Dish Network has a new feature that allows subscribers to skip TV commercials, a capability so controversial that it inspired lawsuits when ReplayTV introduced it 12 years ago.
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Digital media to be highlight of BroadcastAsia 2012 - CIOL News ...
MUMBAI, INDIA: Asia's premium digital multi-media event Broadcast Asia 2012 will showcase innovative digital media technologies this year. According to Singapore Exhibition Services, BroadcastAsia and CommunicAsia events will ...
CIOL

Digital media has growing impact on kids' health | Public Health ...
By Patricia
Digital media has growing impact on kids' health. by Patricia on May 11, 2012 • 10:38 am No Comments. With the ever-evolving and increasingly accessible digital and media landscape, health and media advocates convened a symposium ...
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Connected Moms: Nielsen Says 54% Own Smartphones; 75% Use ...
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. whistler's mother blogger. Nielsen has been running some research into different demographics and ...
TechCrunch

Asus O!Play Media Pro Smart TV set-top box makes every TV smart ...
By editor
The Asus O!Play Media Pro Smart TV set-top box continues to extend the O!Play range as global markets shift ever more towards all-digital and fully-live home entertainment. Its powerful mediaplayer component supports over 50 formats to ... The user interface comes with direct access to several popular live services, including YouTube XL, Acetrax, Facebook, DailyMotion, Picasa, and dozens of internet TV and radio channels. Exclusive O!Direct and O!MediaShare technologies allow ...
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Foxconn CEO Says Apple Is Prepping TV - Business Insider
By Seth Fiegerman
Summary. Apple TV is a digital media receiver made and sold by Apple Inc. It is a small form factor network appliance designed to play IPTV digital content originating from the iTunes Store, Netflix , YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe or any... More » ...
SAI

Samsung acquires mSpot, an online music-streaming and radio ...
By Ankit Banerjee
mSpot already has deals in place with major studios such as Disney, Lion's Gate, Sony, Universal, and Paramount to stream their movies and TV shows to handheld devices. This latest move highlights Samsung ... May 9, 2012 – Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., a global leader indigital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today it is acquiring mSpot, Inc., a leading mobile cloud contents service provider based in Palo Alto, California. The acquisition will provide a ...
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