Showing posts with label apple TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple TV. Show all posts

Why Apple does not care about your living room

Apple does not care about your living room | ZDNet: " . . . Apple's model with iOS has two strands -- apps, and content. Apps don't belong on a TV at all, other than those that frame delivery of audio/video content. This is because apps are very intimate, very private affairs. Your Facebook stream is your Facebook stream, no one else's. Tablets are consumed in the same way that people consume a good book. (In fact, tablets only became popular when we learnt how to make them about the same size, weight, and have the same level of simplicity as a book.) Think reclining on a sofa with either a tablet or a book -- both are equally pleasant. In a living room on their own, no one is going to want to throw Twitter up on the TV screen X metres away when it's more comfortable right in front of your face. . . ." (read more at link above)

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Roku vs. Apple TV vs. Google TV

Roku vs. Apple TV vs. Google TV
PC Magazine
Apple TV just got a mild refresh; how does it stack up against your other choices for putting Web and PC content on your HDTV? By Will Greenwald There are plenty of Web video services that would look great on your HDTV, and there are several media hubs ... 

TV and movies overtake online gaming on Xbox 360
Telegraph.co.uk
By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor The new figures, released by Microsoft, show that Xbox Live Gold members in the US are now spending an average of 84 hours per month accessing content through apps on Xbox Live. Entertainment app usage has more ...

Telegraph.co.uk

TV piracy claims heap more pressure on Murdoch empire
Reuters
The BBC Panorama documentary broadcast on Monday alleged that NDS hired a consultant to post the encryption codes of ITV Digital, a rival of Murdoch's then Sky TV, on his website. Widespread piracy after the online publication of the codes contributed ...

Bulk TV & Internet's Tom Conley Wins 2012 Top Entrepreneur
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, NC, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bulk TV & Internet, a leading provider of DIRECTV services for commercial properties nationwide, is pleased to announce that its COO and Co-Founder, Tom Conley, has been named as one of the Top 50 ...

cable TV
CNET (blog)
Can your game console act as a TV replacement? Very nearly, now that more and more video apps are hitting consoles at a record rate. HBO Go, which has become a symbol of sorts for the potential of app-based on-demand entertainment as a cable accessory, ...

Research and Markets: Ireland - Digital Media Market - Insights, Statistics ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It also notes the status of digital TV via the terrestrial, cable and satellite platforms, as well as interactive TV services. Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. By Lori MacVittie bmullan wrote: Why not also look at ...

Online media revenue to boom but offline will dominate till 2015: Google
The Australian
AUSTRALIA has a trade surplus in online video, according to a new report on digital media commissioned by Google Australia. The report by the Boston Consulting Group says the Australian media generated revenues of $24.8 billion in 2011, a figure that ...

VIZIO Licenses Digital TV Patent Portfolio to Westinghouse Digital, LLC
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VIZIO announced that Westinghouse Digital, LLC has become a licensee under VIZIO's QAM patent portfolio by virtue of a cross-license between the two companies. VIZIO, a leader in the American ...

Alticast and Videotron Collaborate to Provide the Next Generation in ...
Sacramento Bee
By Alticast BROOMFIELD, Colo. and SEOUL, South Korea, March 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Alticast, the leader in Interactive TV and Blu-ray™ solutions, is proud to have helped Videotron, one of the largest providers of telecommunications in Canada, ...

As Seen On TV, Inc. Expands Distribution Channels via Local Corporation's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Local Corporation is a local media company that specializes in connecting brick-and-mortar businesses with online customers using a variety of innovative digital marketing products including local rich media, local business and product search, mobile, ...

What you may not know about the boom in digital user data
USA TODAY
Companies want to engage and interact with you through multiple platforms that can include emails, mobile devices, social media and online video — and even use that new data trove to spawn new forms such as junk mail. They want you to linger, ...

USA TODAY

The MOA is Back - 2012 IPA Online Media Owner Awards Now Open
Sacramento Bee
Eight awards will be based on the findings of the IPA's Online Media Owner Survey (a combination of spring, autumn and year-on-year results). Says Pete Robins, IPA Digital MediaGroup Chairman and Managing Partner Agenda 21 "The inaugural MOA generated ...

Chyron Launches 'Engage' Second Screen and Social TV Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
MELVILLE, NY, Mar 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Chyron (NASDAQ:CHYR) today introduced its new Engage platform designed for integrating second screen, social media, and social TV data into live TV broadcasts. Making these popular technologies ...

New Entrant Spotify Takes Top Spot From Specific for First Time Since 2008 in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Spotify has taken the lead in the latest IPA Online Media Owner Survey, with 83.5% of respondents agreeing/agreeing strongly that "My overall experience of dealing with this supplier is a good one." This is the first time in over three years that a new ...

News Corp. Piracy Claims Are Serious, Australia Says
Bloomberg
NDS, a pay-TV software maker co-owned by News Corp., set up a unit in the mid-1990s to hack smartcard codes and leak them online, giving viewers free access to competitors' programs, the Australian Financial Review newspaper said yesterday.

Bloomberg

Fast-Simple-Customizable: Videotron Launches illico TV New Generation
Exec Digital (press release)
QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC and MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - March 27, 2012) - Building on 50 years of expertise in cable television, Videotron is introducing illico TV new generation, a service that propels viewers into a new interactive universe. illico ...

Murdoch's News Corp accused of hacking TV rivals
Channel 4 News
There are calls for investigations in Britain and Australia into claims that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp engaged in piracy to undermine pay-TV companies. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) claims that News Corp used a special unit called Operational ...

Channel 4 News

Quebecor steps up with illico TV in battle with BCE
Financial Post
Quebecor Inc. is stepping up in the battle with BCE Inc. for customers in Quebec with the launch of a new digital television platform, illico TV. This should enable Quebecor to pre-emptively protect customers from Bell's competing IPTV solution,...

Financial Post

Digital switchover: one in 10 London households 'not ready'
The Guardian
More than 1m TV sets are at risk of going blank when the London digital switchover begins next week, the body in charge of the process has warned. Digital UK executives said that with just seven days left until switchover from analogue todigital TV ...

The Guardian

Murdoch Hacking Scandal Could Go Global, Threaten News Corp. Core TVBusiness
Daily Beast
by Peter Jukes Mar 28, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Allegations that a News Corp. subsidiary hacked pay-TV access codes of a rival broadcaster and that a hacker in the pay of the company pirated rival satellite channels in Italy could threaten the conglomerate's ...

Daily Beast

Xbox 360 gets more streaming media sources. Plus hands-on with HBO Go
ITworld.com
As part of a roll-out of three new streaming apps from the Xbox 360, Microsoft shared an interesting datapoint with the LA Times: Xbox Live Gold members now spend more time watching video and listening to music than they do playing online multiplayer ...

Scripps Co.: Old Media Dog Full Of New Tricks
TV News Check
“We made that decision going forward to tilt the dance floor more toward the TV and digital side,” he says. “That's not a comment about newspapers. It just says that in this season that we're in, television is a more robust business.

Local TV Goes Social
AdAge.com
Local TV stations are using social media to extend their coverage and conversations with viewers. They're also working to create more integration with advertisers and device companies, according to panelists at the Socializing Local TV session during ...

Call for AFP to look at pay TV 'dirty tricks'
Stock and Land
Reports in The Australian Financial Review yesterday alleged that a News Corp subsidiary, NDS, had engaged in a ''dirty tricks'' campaign that encouraged pay TV piracy - including in Australia - in the mid to late 1990s, in the early days of the local ...

The 50's TV Star Who Drove The Real 'Mad Men' Mad
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
He was the original King of All Media from the late 40's to the early 1960's. He was beloved by Americans for his seeming honestly and authenticity, for saying (or seeming to say) exactly what was on his mind. He hawked blue chip products including ...

Google marketer Felten notes 'TV works well with digital'
Marketing
by Sarah Shearman, 28 March 2012, 12:45pm TV works well with online advertising, although digital remains at the heart of Google's marketing activities, according to Obi Felten, director of consumer marketing for Google EMEA, ahead of the launch of the ...

How Do TV Networks See The Internet? « Agency Collaboration
By Chris Yeh
How Do TV Networks See The Internet? 28 Mar. Mike Biard, Fox. Edward Erhardt, ESPN. Jim Lanzone, CBS Interactive. J.B. Perrette, Discovery Communications. TV numbers are stable, butdigital TV is growing; MB: “Our core business is connected with our distribution partners. When new content comes ... Over 60% of online viewers say they watch more offline as a result.” JL: “Unlike TV, you ... digital guys own it.?” EE: “The prices of different media are driven by supply and demand.
Agency Collaboration

News Synergy Mobile App Partners Sign 22 Media Companies ...
By Sharon Hill
News Synergy and News Synergy Deals are on display at the Borrell Local Online Advertising Conference, March 21-22, in the Inergize Digital booth at the Grand Hyatt in New York, New York.... News Synergy Deals mobile apps include: • Bahakel Communications – WCCB-TV • Bay City Television, Inc. – XETV-TV • Calkins Media, Inc. – WWSB-TV • Cedar Rapids Television Company, Inc. – KCRG-TV • Diversified Communications – WABI-TV, WCJB-TV • Farm JournalMedia – Farm ...
world news releases

Zee TV Launches Mobile Site & Apps For Dance Reality Show ...
By Vikas SN
Last month, Zee New Media, the digital business of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, had launched an online TV subscription service called Ditto TV, that offered live TV streams andvideo on demand content on mobile phones, tablets, PCs, ...
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

Google helps make Mandela archives accessible to all
By Chris Marlowe
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) and the Google Cultural Institute today went live with an interactive online experience intended to educate and inspire people for generations to come. ... Remember me. Lost your password? Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge —. music · mobile · video · games · marketing · deals · law · jobs · social · FREE Webinar on Media Recommendations this Wed & Chance to Win a SmartTV! ANNOUNCEMENT. Menu Item ...
Digital Media Wire | connecting...
Latin America - Digital Strategy Consulting
The 2012 Latin America Digital Future in Focus examines how the prevailing trends in social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile and search are defining the current marketplace and how they are likely to shape the coming year. “ 2011 was an extraordinary year for digital media in Latin America as more people than ever before went online and began adopting behaviors like social networking and watching online video with increasing frequency,” said Alejandro Fosk, ...
Digital Intelligence

Foxconn To Invest $1.6B In Sharp For Flat Panels, Maybe For The ...
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. foxconnstores. Apple has yet to ... Foxconn is investing a combined 133 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in TV maker Sharp Corporation and a flat-panel JV it has with Sony — and it has added a commitment to buy up to 50 percent of all of Sharp's LCD panel output. The deal is the largest-ever by a Taiwanese manufacturer in a Japanese supplier and ...
TechCrunch

Innovator's award issued to CBS Local Digital Media executive Ezra ...
Combining the assets of CBS's owned and operated television and radio stations , CBS LocalDigital Media brings together the most trusted brands in media ...
www.borrellassociates.com/.../279-innovators-award-issued-to...

New Data Is Bringing New Insight To TV Viewing | Forrester Blogs
Marketers have struggled with accurately measuring their reach across TV and digital mediaplatforms. Today's TV watchers multitask with digital devices, fluidly ...
blogs.forrester.com/.../12-03-23-new_data_is_bringing_new_i...

Crystal Palace lightshow will celebrate London's digital TV ...
Crystal Palace lightshow will celebrate London's digital TV switchover from Media Week. MediaWeek magazine - news and information from the world of media.
www.mediaweek.co.uk/.../Crystal-Palace-lightshow-will-celebr...

Digital Media | Emmy TV Legends Blog
It's no secret that people now have multiple platforms on which to consume media. From phones and tablets, to Roku and gaming consoles, the once- dominant ...
www.emmytvlegends.org/blog/?tag=digital-media

Apple TV: A simpler interface, easier access to media through iCloud; Mixtape | SXSW 2012 Top Picks

Apple TV: A simpler interface, easier access to media through iCloud
Washington Post
Apple announced some enhancements to its Apple TV device on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports: Apple is making it easier for people who buy movies through iTunes to play them on the various devices they own. Apple said Wednesday that customers ...

Apple TV Easter Eggs: Cloud Matching for Movies, Netflix Billed to iTunes, and ...
Wired News
I purchased the 2009 release of Star Trek on Blu-ray which came with a digital copy… In the earlier versions of the Apple TV software, I was able to watch it via iTunes home sharing, streaming from my iMac (and iTunes had to be running).

Wired News

Mixtape | SXSW 2012 Top Picks
Thousands of musicians fill bars, public and private parties, street corners and wherever they think someone will listen during this 10-day multi-media festival in Austin, Texas. ... Twinkle VanWinkle, LIN Digital Media Entertainment Producer ... http://sxsw.com/    http://sxsw.com/music
Entertainment | WVBT TV

Netflix's Apple TV Deal Could Signal New Business Model
Mashable
The new Apple TV software update didn't just bring better iCloud and iTunes Match support to Apple's set-top box; it introduced a way for users to sign up and subscribe to select content subscription from the device, while paying for the services via ...

Sky's internet TV service could off pay-as-you-go programmes
MediaTel Newsline
BSkyB's upcoming internet TV service could create a new ecosystem for pay-per-view and pay-as-you-go TV shows. Speaking at the FT Digital Media Conference, finance chief Andrew Griffith said: "There'll be a spectrum all the way down to individual shows...

MediaTel Newsline

4seven: Channel 4's bold move to reinvent catch-up TV
Digital Spy UK
The launch of 4seven means that active discussion around programmes such as Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and US drama Homeland on social media, blogs and online forums will give the programmes another spin on the new channel. However, the Digital Spy article ...

Apple TV, iOS devices now recognize DVD Digital Copies in iTunes in the Cloud
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong iTunes Digital Copy movie files now show up under the Purchased tab of Apple TV and iOS devices and can be re-downloaded through iCloud. Apple teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to introduce the iTunes Digital Copy format in 2008 as a way ...

USA Network's Redniss: Our Showrunners Are Leading Us Forward in Social TV
AdAge.com
Last November, USA Network won a Media Vanguard Award for Most Innovative Broadcast Brand Extension for its "Burn Notice" digital graphic novel. As part of our series of interviews with MVA winners, we spoke with Jesse Redniss, USA Network's senior ...

AdAge.com

Channel 4 to launch 4Seven catch-up TV channel
Macworld UK
Channel 4 is to launch a new catch-up TV channel with content decided based on how much chatter the programmes generate through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. The broadcaster's first new service since 2005, viewers will be given the ...

Macworld UK

Kenya to Miss Digital TV Deadline - CCK
AllAfrica.com
By Nderitu Ndegwa, 9 March 2012 Nairobi, Kenya — The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has now admitted that Kenya will not meet its June 30 deadline to migrate TV broadcasting todigital platform. Acting Director General Francis Wangusi said ...

Apple TV: What took so long?
Washington Post
After downloading the updated software to my existing Apple TV device and imagining the speediermedia playback with better picture quality, I'll admit that the overall device is coming into its own. But most of what's new about the Apple TV's new ...

More TV Stations to Open
AllAfrica.com
Tele 10 Group of companies and Family TV owned by a local company, Beat Entertainment, have been given the nod by Rwanda Media High Council (MHC) to apply for transmission permits. The permits are issued by the Rwanda Utility Regulatory Agency (RURA).

Social media has the power to misinform but it can also provide tools to save ...
The Age
KATRINA Chambers, one-time contestant on reality TV show The Block, had plans for her anniversary this year. Her sister was coming to town to look after the kids while she and her hubby had a night out. Then the waters came and covered her home town of ...

The Age

South by Southwest: Social media startups will have to share spotlight
Washington Post
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Social-media startups will need to share the spotlight this year at South by Southwest Interactive, the annual technology geekfest that catapulted Twitter Inc. to stardom in 2007. Rock Health, an incubator focused on health-care ...

Advocacy Media: Global Online Awareness and Democratization of Information ...
Bradenton Herald
Like the Arab Spring, the speed, reception and online mobilization has culminated into shaping and lifting the message on the collective digital backs of millions of people all throughout social media. "Our research finds 96% of the volume of the ...

Is pay TV ready for the NBN?
Business Spectator
With subscription TV household penetration still around 30 per cent, more content available onlinethrough IPTV, the extra FTA channels available for viewing under digital TV, the NBN rollout and faster broadband and the availability of digital radio, ...

eMedia Vitals Launches the Chief Digital Officer Council
Sacramento Bee
Exclusive networking group provides a forum for digital media executives to share ideas for building sustainable publishing models. By eMedia Vitals NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- eMedia Vitals (www.emediavitals.com), the essential online ...

Meet the Other Upgrade Apple Rolled Out: Apple TV
Sci-Tech Today
By Adam Dickter Apple TV's set-top box, which Apple calls an "entertainment powerhouse," allows users to join and access Netflix directly from iTunes, as well as access other media there, and connects via an HDMI connection using your Wi-Fi network.

Sci-Tech Today

EC plans connected TV policy paper
Advanced Television
The European Commission is to produce a policy paper on Connected TV as part of its efforts to get every European digital and stimulate a vibrant market in ultrafast broadband. Delivering a keynote address at the Cable Congress in Brussels, ...

UK's Channel 4 launches catch-up channel
DigitalTVEurope.net
4seven will launch later this year, Channel 4 chief executive David Abrahams said at the FT Digital Media Conference in London. The channel will be the first new service from Channel 4 since 2005. It already operates an online catch-up service, 4oD, ...

Channel 4 to launch catch-up TV channel
Digital Choices
By Anthony Hill Channel 4 has revealed it is soon to launch a new digital TV channel, the broadcaster's first new addition since 2005. 4Seven will give viewers an extra opportunity to watch the most popular Channel 4 content from the past seven days.

Google launches Google Play to offer digital media content
MediaMughals
Google has introduced a new online store called Google Play, offering consumers a one-stop marketplace for music, movies, books, applications and other digital media content. The store will create a unified digital entertainment destination that ...

How Do You Watch TV? How Would You?
Sacramento Bee
By Verizon WASHINGTON, March 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Do you watch TV programming on a smartphone? How about an Internet-connected tablet or computer? A sea change is under way in how consumers are tuning into their favorite TV programs or other ...

Smart TVs are smarter than this
The Guardian (blog)
There are about 10 million Roku, Apple TV and WDTV Live internet set top boxes in homes today, which are likely 100% connected, as they are otherwise useless. But what about those connected, or smart TVs? The connection rate slips to somewhere around ...

The Guardian (blog)

Social Media, Mobile, Tablets Key at eTail West Conference
Apparel News
DIGITAL STRATEGY: This year's eTail conference featured Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist for Apple, in addition to three days of panels and workshops. Mobile and tablet integration and how to drive revenue from social media were some of the topics ...

Apparel News

ViXS® Showcases the Future of Media Processing, Connectivity and Mobility at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ViXS Systems Inc. will demonstrate to cable operators the latest in the connected home digital media processing and networking technologies at the CableLabs® Winter Conference in Philadelphia March 11 - 13. "With the rapid growth in tablets, ...

Starbucks Appoints New Chief Digital and Information Officers
MarketWatch (press release)
"Over the past several years, there has been a seismic shift in consumer behavior in large part because of the rapid adoption of social and digital media as a primary means of connection and communication," said Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman, ...

HDTV and Home Theater Podcast - Podcast #521: Simple.TV – A DVR for a ...
HDTV Magazine
TV. At $149 it seems to fit the bill exactly. The Simple.TV set top box is a single-tuner DVR that plays back recorded content via 1080p HD video streaming throughout your home. The single tuner supports ATSC digital broadcasts or Clear QAM basic cable...

HDTV Magazine

The digital strategy that scores for TV advertisers
iMedia Connection
Unless you were living in a cave, you probably noticed that brands pre-released the majority of their Super Bowl commercials on the web days before the actual game, along with longer-form versions of the commercials that would appear on TV on the big...

iMedia Connection

Channel 4 launching 4Seven social channel
Computer Business Review
The new catch-up TV channel programme schedules will be based on how much buzz content on the main channel is getting on social media outlets. The new service will allow viewers to catch up on any content they have missed during a live broadcast ...

Tamil TV Channel Peppers Launches Mobile Stream - MediaNama
By Saptarishi Dutta
Earlier, 9X Tashan, a Punjabi channel from 9X Media Group, had also tied-up with Zenga TV, a mobileTV service, to distribute its content on mobile and tablets for free. Most tv networks partner with mobile tv aggregators like Apalya, Zenga, ...
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

Hispanic Digital Media: Latinum Network Launches New Online ...
By LatinVision Media
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Hispanic Digital Media ... LatinVision Media's Facebook Wall. Loading.... I have been quoted saying that, in the future, all companies will be Internet companies. ... Latinum Network Launches New Online Community , VozLatinum, to Help Corporate America Connect With the U.S. Hispanic Consumer .... CBeebies, BBC Worldwide's Spanish-language Preschool Channel, now available via Comcast Media Center's VOD Content Distribution Service. MIAMI ...
Hispanic Digital Media

Nigeria: Ekiti – Driving Governance With Digital Media Technology ...
By AfricanBrains
Re-stating government's eight point agenda for development, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who spoke at the launch of the state owned integrated digital media channels last week in Ado Ekiti, said the state would continue to leverage on ICT ... We are also using IT to run governance as well as working to do telemedcine while making our state a call centre hub in the country, riding on the fibre optic cable that would bring up to 45 megabyte of internet capacity into the state.
AfricanBrains

SportelRio 2012: Speakers Announced for SVG's TV and New ...
By Jason Dachman, Managing Editor
The afternoon session, “Using Digital Media to Engage with Fans and Commercialize Content”, will assess the most effective digital strategy across all platforms, increasing fan engagement and monetizing content with the conversation steered by rights owners and digital production companies. Speakers include: Steve Ayles ... To register online, please contact Mr. David Jones atsportelsales@sportelsales.com or +34 650 76 71 26 to receive your registration code. Name (required) ...
Sports Video Group

Tech savvy consumers want access to TV on multiple devices ...
By Allan Maurer
It's all about enhancing the borderless lifestyle for our customers and being able to download or stream on-demand and TV programming to multiple devices from the Internet or other services,” said Chris Anderson, director of consumer marketing for Verizon. ... The campaign includes immersivedigital advertising, an emphasis on social-media engagement and local events involving prospective customers. ... Tags: online TV, smartphones, tablets, tech-savvy consumers, Verizon ...
TechJournal South

International Entertainment News: Crown Media Holdings, Inc ...
By EntertainmentNews
--Success with Rentrak's Stickiness Index prompts Expanded Relationship to Full Subscription of Rentrak's TV Ratings Currency for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel--. PORTLAND, Ore., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK ... cable TV viewing data commercially available. About Rentrak Corporation. Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry.
International Entertainment News

Friday's social media round up | Social Media PR | Online PR ...
By Jen Isles
Social Media PR | Online PR agency | Digital PR | Wolfstar Consultancy · What we do · About ...Friday's social media round up. Following the absence of the social media round up last week, we've got a load of cool links to feast your eyes on from the last two weeks. Here goes: Kony 2012. This week has been transformed by the video released from Invisible Children about Joseph Kony, which has had over 52 million views on YouTube since 5th March 2012. Amongst all the coverage ...
Social Media PR | Online PR agency...

Upcoming Event : Social TV World Summit 22-23 May 2012 Royal ...
By Sidhaarthaa
Convergence of Mobile,Internet,Connected TV, Social,Location & Commerce Technologies & · Mobile · Apps ... Social TV has arguably become a game-changer in the way ordinary people watchTV and many broadcasters see Social Media as a major way to evolve the brand relationship with their audience and drive new revenue streams. Therefore at this ... Tweet Email Tweet EmailUser Experience Keynote during the IPTV World Forum conference in London. Dennis Miloseski ...
WirelessDuniya

How Do You Watch TV? How Would You? - Retail Digital
By WDM Group PR Network
How Do You Watch TV? How Would You? WASHINGTON, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you watch TV programming on a smartphone? How about an Internet-connected tablet or computer? A sea change is under way in how consumers are tuning ... With FiOS Internet, Verizon customers get the fastest, most reliable online link. ... The campaign includes immersive digital advertising, an emphasis on social-media engagement and local events involving prospective customers.
Press Releases

2012: A Mobile Odyssey
By AdExchanger.com
Elizabeth Zalman is co-Founder at Media Armor, a mobile advertising technology company. "The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward." - Winston Churchill. Mobile display advertising has yet to achieve the gains made by ...
AdExchanger.com: Exchanging Ideas...

EC plans connected TV policy paper | Advanced Television
By Editor
The European Commission is to produce a policy paper on Connected TV as part of its efforts to get every European digital and stimulate a vibrant market in ultrafast broadband. Delivering a keynote address at the Cable Congress in Brussels, ...
Advanced Television

Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Enters Into Long Term TV Measurement ...
PORTLAND, Ore., March 9, 2012 -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ-NMS: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced a long-term TV Essentials .... NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 -- On the heels of a record-breaking January, Interactive One, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans, reached 9.9 million unique visitors according to Omniture SiteCatalyst, February 2012.
ITbriefing.net

Interactive One Boasts Another Record ... - Manufacturing Digital
By WDM Group PR Network
NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of a record-breaking January, Interactive One, the largest digital media company serving Black Americans, reached 9.9 million unique visitors according to Omniture SiteCatalyst, February 2012. ... Growth can also be attributed to Interactive One's new social media sites BlackPlanetNEXT and BlackPlanetRADIO which gave Black Americans a culturally relevant outlet for expression in a way that has never been done online.
Press Releases

Apple Announces New iPad, Apple TV | The Digital Media Zone
As expected, Apple yesterday announced the pending availability of a new iPad. But that wasn't all they had to offer. New Apple TV hardware, OS and cloud ...
thedigitalmediazone.com/.../apple-announces-new-ipad-apple-...

What the new iPad and Apple TV mean for media; Google launches digital media destination Google Play

What the new iPad and Apple TV mean for media
Lost Remote
Apple took the wraps off a new retina display iPad (with 4G LTE) and a 1080p Apple TV box today (sorry no TV set), both of which will be available on March 16th. While the announcements themselves aren't particularly groundbreaking — solid incremental ...

Lost Remote 

Google launches digital media destination Google Play
39online.com
By Jessica Guynn and Alex Pham It's creating a single destination for digital mediacalled Google Play, putting books, music, movies and games all in one spot. It's a bid to build a powerful entertainment hub on par with Apple, Amazon.com and Microsoft ...

39online.com

Smarter TV: Living Room as Digital Hub From Samsung and Microsoft to Apple and ...
Wired News (blog)
Instead, here's my big takeaway from Samsung's event — at least as I see it now, with an eye toward Apple's definitely-an-iPad, most-probably-an-Apple-TV event on Wednesday. In the future, the living room will replace the home office as most ...

Wired News (blog)

Apple Brings 1080p High Definition to New Apple TV
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Apple(R) today announced the new Apple TV(R) featuring 1080p programming including iTunes(R) movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, photos and more in HD. With iTunes in the Cloud, customers can purchase and ...

AEG Digital Media Helps Live Events Get Social with MC Player
SunHerald.com
LOS ANGELES -- AEG Digital Media, the leading provider of complete webcast management for live streaming events and online video, announced the release of its latest innovation, the MC, which vastly increases viewer engagement and ad impressions, ...

Saying Yes to Digital Media in Preschool and Kindergarten
Huffington Post (blog)
Though the groups discourage "passive screen technology" usage -- like TV and DVDs -- with children under two, they don't suggest a ban on screens for preschoolers or kindergartners as some child-advocacy groups have suggested.

Roxon seeks to archive Australian digital media
The Australian
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon want to see blogs, and digital new media items archived alongside national treasures. THE National Library will expand its archives to include selected blogs, onlinenews stories and e-journals under proposed reforms ...

LXTV Co-Founders Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan To Acquire Plum TV
PR Newswire (press release)
Plum TV will operate as a national network, expanding distribution across the country via digital, television and out-of-home media. Plum TV is currently distributed on cable television systems in Miami, Aspen, Vail, Telluride, the Hamptons, ...

BBC expects Olympics to usher in new TV age
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent The London Olympics will transform the British media landscape by ushering in a new age of “connected TV”, the BBC's digital chief predicts, just as the Queen's coronation did almost 60 years ago.

PNI Digital Media Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- PNI Digital Media (TOR:CA:PN) (OBB:PNDMF) ("PNI"), the leading innovator in digital media solutions for retailers, reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 ...

NAB Show to Feature Super Session Exploring the Future of Mobile Digital TV
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, Mar 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NAB Show will present a Super Session on mobile DTV titled "Mobile Video and Mobile TV - Beyond YouTube," presented by NAB Labs. During the session, scheduled for Monday, April 16 in Las Vegas, ...

Subway TV & Radio expands in the U.S.
Nation's Restaurant News
A digital signage network, Subway TV & Radio uses an in-restaurant media player and 40-inch, high-definition flat-screen display viewable by customers as they order. The network displays videos, images and Internet-streamed music and marketing messages ...

Oklahoma Media Company Launches New TV Show
PR Web (press release)
This Land Press, an innovative new media company, is launching a half-hour weekly television show on Cox Communications. This Land TV features stunning videography, compelling human interest stories, and an intelligent look at life and culture in the ...

Cable Europe: strong growth, digital TV will overtake analogue this year
DigitalTVEurope.net
Cable Europe expects there to be more digital than analogue subscribers by the end of this year. European Union cable operators had 27.8 million digital TV subs at the end of last year, up 12.9%, according to figures released by cable industry ...

Samsung Smart TV Throws Down a Challenge
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
"We've heard the rumors, too," said Dan Schinasi, senior manager for HDTV product planning at Samsung, when I asked what he knew about Apple's plans to introduce a multimedia-meshing AppleTV with unique control features. "I think we're making the ...

How the worm has turned
Sydney Morning Herald
Programs such as The Project use social media to include the audience in the conversation. Social media is changing how TV is made and viewed, writes Paul Kalina. TECHNOLOGY is eroding one of the most enduring rituals of television viewing - the ...

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TV antenna boom a bad omen for Charter
MarketWatch
Thanks to digital television, we can now get a great broadcast picture with an antenna about the size of a Sports Illustrated . But it's not a love affair with broadcast TV that has viewers plugging antennas into their flat screens.

Cox Media Group Announces Leadership Changes
Bradenton Herald
In addition, it will initiate new business ventures and make strategic investments in digital media companies. "Focus in the areas of strategic development and digital innovation are critical to our future success," said CMG President Doug Franklin.

Middle East firms yet to tap power of digital media
gulfnews.com
Dubai: Brands in the Middle East have yet to harness the power of social mediadespite a surge in young people pushed online since the Arab Spring, experts say. Analysts point out that while the Gulf region take-up of social media sites such as ...

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An Apple TV With Siri Could Finally Replace Remote Controls
Popular Science
By Dan Nosowitz Posted 03.07.2012 at 12:03 pm 0 Comments One of the smaller rumors going around about today's Apple event predicts that Apple will release a new version of its little black set-top box, Apple TV. A sub-rumor suggests that this AppleTV ...

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Gov Fayemi of Ekiti State
Daily Sun
We have created Ekiti 3.0 - a set of robust integrated, multimedia digital media channels - online,social media and mobile media - backed by a strong governance strategy. It is the first of its kind within the public sector in Nigeria.

Rentrak Signs Contract With Local TV, LLC
MarketWatch (press release)
"For the first time, Local TV has an opportunity to combine the predictive ratings information from Rentrak with the added benefit of actual automotive sales data from Polk Automotive. Our Cleveland station will benefit from Rentrak's quantitative ...

Taiwan to form TV viewing survey committee
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) A committee will be formed to supervise surveys on TV viewing behavior as the country is poised to enter the era of digital TV, a government agency said Wednesday. Sponsored by the government in the initial stages, the committee ...

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Freeview 'porn' sparks Ofcom action
The Guardian
Ofcom has complained to the Dutch media regulator about the content of adult chat channels Babestation and Smile TV, which are licensed in the Netherlands but broadcast to millions of Freeview households in the UK overnight and can be easily accessed ...

BBC's Rivera: 2012 pivotal for TV's evolution
Advanced Television
As the BBC prepares a big push for its online coverage of this summer's Olympic games, Ralph Rivera, the BBC's director of future media, says this year could be pivotal for TV's next evolution. “Our aspiration is that 2012 will do for digital and ...

Adap.tv expands into Australia with online video solutions
Digital Market Asia
Since online video is expected to for 81 percent of all internet traffic in Australia, it is a good space to be in for players focussing in digital advertising space. That is what Adap.tv, the company that provides a programmatic way to plan, buy, ...

Digital Market Asia

SQAD Benchmarks 2011 Top Display Sites and Ad Networks
MarketWatch (press release)
TARRYTOWN, NY, Mar 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SQAD, the largest independent source in the US for TV, radio and digital cost analysis, today announced the launch of WebCosts Indices that will be published on a quarterly basis.

Vivastream Now Official Social Media Platform for SES New York Conference & Expo
MarketWatch (press release)
The event, which is being held at the Hilton New York on March 19-23, 2012, is the largest search and social media event of its kind, attracting 3500 to 4000 online marketers. Incisive Media is offering an SES New York pre-show discount of up to $200 ...

Adobe aims to help companies earn from digital marketing spends
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: With an increasing number of enterprises taking their marketing campaigns online to tap social media, software major Adobe today said it is focussing on delivering solutions that help companies create, measure and monetise such digital ...

Dish TV To Partner With Cable Operators - MediaNama
By Anupam Saxena
(By Anupam Saxena and Nikhil Pahwa) This is interesting: Dish TV is now running a pilot project in Delhi, wherein it has partnered around 30 local cable.
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

Google launches new online digital media content store 'Google Play'
By prerna
SAN FRANCISCO: Search engine giant Google, has announced the launch of a new online store called Google Play, facilitating consumers with a one-stop marketplace for music, movies, books, applications and other digital media content.
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The Aereo Scenario: A TV Tune-Up On Trial | CEA Digital Dialogue
By Rob Pegoraro
If you're not happy with your over-the-air TV reception, you've got company--but you also have options. ... expert to procure the right model and park it at the optimum spot. You can stash a Slingbox somewhere, even outside your home, and then watch broadcasts live over the Internet. ...Long Island CIty, N.Y.-based Aereo (which recently announced a $20.5 million investment led bymedia mogul Barry Diller's firm IAC) takes a cloud-based approach to local TV. Its data centers not only ...
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SUBWAY TV & RADIO Digital Signage Network to Start International ...
By Redaction Ooh-tv
Subway_logo Real Digital Media, provider of the NEOCAST digital signage platform, and Independent Purchasing Cooperative, Inc. (IPC) the independent SUBWAY franchisee-owned purchasing cooperative, have announced the expansion of the SUBWAY TV & RADIO digital media network into international markets. ... SUBWAY TV & RADIO's programming is a mix of video featuring the chain's products and promotions, and streaming music delivered via the internet. The content is ...
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Rentrak Signs Contract With Local TV, LLC - International ...
By EntertainmentNews
"For the first time, Local TV has an opportunity to combine the predictive ratings information from Rentrak with the added benefit of actual automotive sales data from Polk Automotive. Our Cleveland station will benefit from Rentrak's quantitative measurement as ... Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, ...
International Entertainment News

DIgital cable homes to overtake analogue - Broadband TV News
By Robert Briel
Shop. Country Profiles; Digital TV Eastern Europe; IPTV World Forecasts; Satellite TV Forecasts;Digital TV World Databook · Video. You are here: Home ... At the moment nearly half the tvcustomer base of European cable operators is digital. “ Somewhere in 2011 we will have ... The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this ...
Broadband TV News

#ftmedia12 - Investment in Digital Media - One Man and His Blog
By Adam Tinworth
Mistry points out that media has content, which Facebook doesn't, but they both have audiences, and they need to figure out how to share them. Yesterday, they investing in a fashion brand called Nasty Gal. The business was born on the internet , and her entire following is based on Facebook, and her customers sharing what they bought and what they like. And now platforms like Pinterest ...Is unbundling of video and TV channels going to happen? Rimer thinks that customers want ...
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Social Media Marketing Agency Co-Founders Discuss Their Path To ...
By Trevor Turnbull
Interview with Social Media Marketing Agency co-founders Anthony Caponiti and Steve Cobb (Activ8Social). ... tools while leveraging their affiliation with some of the top athletes in the world. What you may not know is that one of the main drivers behind Red Bull's social media activation online is a social media marketing agency called Activ8Social. .... There's obviously reasons, they were forced to get creative with the revolution of digital music. I think very quickly we realized that we...
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AEG Digital Media Helps Live Events Get Social with MC Player ...
AEG Digital Media, the leading provider of complete webcast management for live streaming events and online video, announced the release of its latest innovation, the MC, which vastly increases viewer engagement and ad impressions, leading to more revenue opportunities for advertisers. The MC is a ... The MC was implemented for the first time ever at the 54th GRAMMYs, which turned out to be television's most social event—generating 13 million social media comments. The MC ...
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Tvigle.ru buys 200 hours of popular BBC TV shows | East-West ...
By East-West Digital News
Tvigle.ru, a major Russian video entertainment portal on the Russian Internet, has purchased a number of popular TV shows from BBC Worldwide, including the award-winning programs Misfits, The Luther, Cranford, The Fade, The Deep, and ... This scope of this deal is unprecedented in the Russian VOD market, Tvigle claims. ... “BBC content is smart, funny, and intellectual, which suits core Russian online viewers very well,” Tvigle CEO Egor Yakovlev told East-West Digital News.
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Notes from the Digital Media and Learning Conference: Back in ...
This weekend, PRO-TV staff members Johnny Ramos, Chinisha Scott and Zara Serabian-Arthur attended the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference in ...
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MediaPost Publications Online TV Shows Go From Nice-To-Have To ...
Online TV Shows Go From Nice-To-Have To Expect-To-See, Social Sharing ... recent installment of an ongoing tracking study of the Internet's effect on TV viewing. ... television networks,” he says, adding: “How do they monetize the digital side ...
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