Nintendo's Wii U bets on second screen TV

Nintendo's Wii U bets big on second screen TV
GigaOM
Nintendo's Wii U won't just come with Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant video. It will also tap into your TiVo library and even deliver game stats, tweets and other info to the second screen while watching a sports event on live TV. wii u tvii ...

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YouTube Blocks Access to Controversial Video in Egypt and Libya ...
In an unusual move, YouTube announced today that it was blocking access to a video showing clips from "The Innocence of Muslims"—an anti-Islamic film that ...

Nintendo TVii for Wii U smart TV revealed
SlashGear
Nintendo has announced Nintendo TVii, the company's take on the smart TV, using the Wii U GamePad as a second-screen to navigate live, on-demand, and DVR content. Built on the fact that, for many, the Wii has been the single way their TV has been ...

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Streaming media could have larger carbon footprint than plastic discs
paidContent.org
Streaming media is hot – maybe too hot. music streaming could be more energy-intensive than CD production and distribution, while YouTube could soon guzzle one percent of global electricity, says a report calling for solutions. Man listening to music...

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Deseret Digital Media Launches OK.com, Empowers Parents with Interactive ...
Embedded.com
13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a bold business expansion, Deseret Digital Media today launched Ok.com. A groundbreaking online family media guide that provides a platform for customized, crowd-sourced ratings and reviews of the latest movies, the site ...

Tech Mate - smart TV
ABC Online
First our bombs became smart, then our phones, and now we're getting Smart TVs. As someone who's been in radio his whole life, I think it's about time that TV became intelligent! That was a cheap shot, but I couldn't resist it. Smart TV basically means ...

Digital media classes offered
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Digital media sessions will provide students with the tools and techniques necessary to take better photos and video, edit photos and footage, and share their finished projects with others. The pre-requisite to this class is that participants have ...

Smart TV will play a huge part in future of broadcast
Broadcast
Over the past couple of years, Smart TV has quickly established itself as a credible platform. It enables the intelligent management of multiple content sources including broadcast and internet. The majority of Samsung TVs sold today are Smart TVs, and ...

Digital Media Trailblazer Bob Lambert Dies at 55
Film Journal
Digital Media Trailblazer Bob Lambert Dies at 55. Sept 12, 2012. -By Mike Barnes, Carolyn Giardina. Bob Lambert, a technical strategist at Disney for 25 years and a guiding force in the industry's sweeping transition from film to digital cinema, died ...

Print and digital media remain strong propositions for advertisers
Media Update
“Print and digital media remain a strong proposition for advertisers as they continue to reap the benefits from campaigns in the sector,” says Ingrid Louw, CEO of Print and Digital Media South Africa (PDMSA). She was commenting on PwC's South African ...

Digital media to drive M&E revenues through 2015
IPTV News
A major new report from professional services firm Ernst & Young has found that digital medialooks likely to increase overall media & entertainment revenues over the next few years, and will account for a growing proportion of the total. The report is ...

Is Streaming Media Bad For the Planet?
By Jamie Condliffe
Is Streaming Media Bad For the Planet? Streaming is fast becoming the way most of us consume media, whether it's music, TV of film. But caught up by the sheer convenience of it all, it's easy to forget to question its environmental impacts.
Gizmodo

iPhone 5 is great, but wild enthusiasm is slightly ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
Apple today made the iPhone 5 official, and simultaneously proved the Internet's inability to maintain rationality regarding anything iPhone-related.
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Streaming media not so green after all? | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
Going paperless has been touted by some quarters to be part of an effort to go green. After all, since there is no printed media and eliminates the need for a truck to deliver your daily newspaper or monthly magazine [...]
Ubergizmo

Roku, TiVo, Epix Ask if Internet Television Is ... - Streaming Media
Internet television has barely just begun, but could it be broken already? Are the types of shows and movies available, and the tools for finding that programming moving in the wrong direction? Executives from Roku, TiVo, Epix, and Envivio ...
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TubeMogul Launches BrandSights, the World's ... - Streaming Media
TubeMogul Launches BrandSights, the World's First Targetable Brand Survey Tool. Free with any media buy, brand marketers can now easily gather insights by ...

TelVue Online Video Player Goes Social
Broadcast Newsroom
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 09/12/12 -- TelVue® Corporation (OTCQB: TEVE), the innovation leader in Television and Internet Broadcasting for communities, cable operators, and media companies announces the release of the TelVue ...

Online Video Doesn't Need to Replace TV, and Won't
ReelSEO Online Video News
Online video burst on the scene not too long ago, and we have studies upon studies about how well it's doing and where we think it's going. For every study that shows amazing growth, there is always somebody out there who has to make a point that ...

DNC Beats RNC In Online Video Views
MediaPost Communications
When it comes to online video views, the Democratic National Convention generated more than 13 million views from its Top 10 convention speakers, compared to 7.3 million views for the Republican National Convention, according to an analysis of YouTube ...

Surfers 27 times more likely to click online video ads than standard banners ...
Campaign Asia-Pacific
GLOBAL – The clickthrough rate for online video ads is 27.4 times that of standard banners and almost 12 times that of rich media ads, according to digital agency Mediamind. Tweet. Comment Now. Surfers 27 times more likely to click online video ads ...

Youku-Tudou tie-up covers 80% online video users
China Economic Net
The new company Youku Tudou Inc will keep the Youku and Tudou brands, continuing to occupy the 1st and 2nd positions in the online video industry. Victor Koo, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Youku Tudou Inc said that: "In the era of the integration of ...

China Economic Net

TV Worldwide Internet TV Channel, Maritime TV, Receives Strategic Investment ...
Broadcast Newsroom
TV Worldwide Internet TV Channel, Maritime TV, Receives Strategic Investment for New Program Development and Expansion. September 13, 2012 --. Washington D.C., Sept. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TV Worldwide, (www.TVWorldwide.com), a ...

Opportunities In Online Video – Part I
MediaNama.com
Bear in mind that most pundits are projecting India to be a “mobile first” online market, so most of my thoughts apply equally to mobile video as to online videoconsumption. I am consciously leaving out user-generated content as these are ostensibly ...

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Senate Upgrading Online Video
Bartlesville Radio
The Oklahoma Senate is expanding online video access to all of its committee rooms and installing monitors to display votes. Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman announced the changes Tuesday and says the equipment is being installed to allow ...

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Lights, Camera, Learn: SchoolTube Strives to Be YouTube for K-12 Education
TIME
And 71 percent of adults visit video-sharing sites like Vimeo and YouTube. YouTube boasts an entire section of educational videos called YouTube EDU — but some schools block the video-sharing tool because of the explicit content on other parts of the ...

Netflix set to host RTÉ content
RTE.ie
Episodes of RTÉ television dramas and comedies including The Clinic, Trivia, Killnaskully and Mattie will be added to Netflix in Britain and Ireland under a new deal between the broadcaster and the online subscription service. The hit series, Raw, will ...

'Arrested Development': Stair Car Returning For Netflix Episodes
Huffington Post
One of the biggest stars of "Arrested Development" not included in the main cast will return for the new episodes on Netflix -- the stair car. Series star Jason Bateman revealed the news in an interview with Vulture. But is it the original stair car ...

Bell Canada to launch French-lingo news net: Telco/media giant to create ...
Chicago Tribune
11:55 p.m. CDT, September 12, 2012. MONTREAL -- Telecom and broadcast giant Bell Canada plans to bow a 24-hour, French-language news network and a bilingual Netflix-like service in Canada. But Bell will only commit to these projects if local broadcast ...

Road-Tripping Rocker to Livestream Brain Wave Music While He Sleeps
Wired
Mark Mallman plans to create music for seven straight days and nights by wiring himself up to sensors that translate his brain waves into music around the clock. “At night I will create the sound of dreaming while actually dreaming,” Mallman said in an...

Wired

Tour the US with 'Up to Speed,' A Hulu Original Series
Curbed National (blog)
Tour exciting American cities with Timothy "Speed" Levitch in Up to Speed, A Hulu Original Series, from Richard Linklater, the writer/director behind Before Sunrise, Waking Life, and Dazed and Confused. The quirky historian and travel guide explores ...

Does Netflix Canada suck? Our readers weigh in
Globe and Mail
Since we started highlighting the best and worst of Netflix Canada a couple of weeks ago, hundreds of readers have chimed in with their own recommendations, cautionary tales and general Netflix pro tips. As such, we've decided to include some of our ...

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Topshop to Debut Interactive, Shoppable Livestream During London Fashion ...
Mashable
A look comes down the runway, you click on it, and are able to browse all of its color options and add it to your cart without pausing the livestream. You could even, if you were quick enough, place an order for that look before the show finale began ...

Netflix Shifts from Data Center to Amazon's Cloud
The Complete Managed Services Resource
Internet streaming media company Netflix came out with a surprising announcement earlier this week: the company is shifting from running its corporate IT's data center in-house to Amazon's cloud service. Netflix's corporate IT services operate ...

Jason Biggs to star in Netflix series 'Orange is the New Black'
Zap2it.com (blog)
Netflix has ordered 13 episodes of the hourlong series as part of the online streaming and rental service's commitment to ramping up original programming. They've also got fresh (and long-awaited) episodes of "Arrested Development" on tap for next year ...

Zap2it.com (blog)

Netflix and RTE Digital Partnership for Streaming RTE TV Series
By Jamillah Knowles
Netflix and RTÉ Digital have announced an agreement to bring a variety of RTÉ television series toNetflix members in Ireland and the UK.
The Next Web

Sony NSZ-GS7 Google TV player review | Android Central
By Jerry Hildenbrand
Checking in at $199 puts it at odds with plenty of other (and often cheaper) competition like a Roku, or even a cheap HTPC. I was a big fan of the first generation of Google TV hardware, so I was excited to have a look how it works with newer, ...
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