Twitter signs first search deal with Russian Search Engine Yandex; Top 20 Twitter business tips

Twitter signs first search deal in Russia
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: REUTERS By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor Twitter has signed its first search deal with Yandex, the Russian market leader in search, which will allow its users to search the microblogging site in real-time. Google still lags behind Yandex in Russia ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Top 20 Twitter business tips
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Iain Masterton / Alamy By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor The list, which compiles the top 20 Twitter tactics used by businesses and brands in the UK, also advises those running an account for a company to “be authentic”.

Telegraph.co.uk

Internet TV show completes 250 episodes
Times of India
The world's first full-format TV show on the internet, Jay Hind! is all set to accomplish yet another milestone with the completion 250 episodes on February 23rd, 2012. The record- setting 250th episode will feature the announcement of a unique concept ...

Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music
msnbc.com
CHICAGO — Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally. Darlene Love, Whitney Houston's godmother, tells CNBC's Carl Quintanilla about the emotional "home going ceremony" for the.

CU-Boulder symposium explores digital media impact on politics, journalism and ...
CU Boulder News & Events
27-29 will examine how the revolution in digital media is changing global politics, journalism and the way history is preserved. Journalism and Mass Communication at CU-Boulder is sponsoring “The Content and Context of Digital Culture” symposium, ...

Digital Media Summit Toronto
mediacaster
Yes -- The silo effect of creating, owning and delivering one's own content is restrictive and anti-competitive. Yes -- Carrier and service provider expertise lies elsewhere; they should not dilute their efforts or focus. No -- The market will ensure ...

AUCMS To Set Up Internet TV On Medicine
Bernama
KEPALA BATAS, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- Alliance University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS) will soon have its own Internet television focusing on medicine to benefit its students, staff and acdemic staff, said its president Prof Datuk Dr Zainuddin Wazir ...

ChaCha Scores a Touchdown by Hiring Its New Director of Sales from the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Macht, who was with the Indianapolis Colts for the previous 10 years, most recently as Digital Media Sales Director, will now oversee the development of new sales channels and maintain the high standards of current sales practices at ChaCha.

Raystream Announces Contract with Cinefly
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Internet TV company Cinefly recently completed a 30-day evaluation period, during which Cinefly tested and assessed the HD video compression services offered by Raystream Inc. (OBB:RAYS) .

GlobalSpec Reaches New Milestones in 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
EAST GREENBUSH, NY, Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GlobalSpec ( www.globalspec.com), the leading provider of digital media solutions designed to connect industrial marketers with their target audience of engineering, technical and manufacturing ...

Pinterest reacts to copyright, monetisation worries
ITWeb
By Kathryn McConnachie, Digital Media Editor at ITWeb. The fledgling network says it is still testing and refining its business model, and has taken steps to limit copyright infringement on the site. Rising social media star Pinterest has recently had ...

ITWeb

MS says Google bypasses IE privacy
ITWeb
By Kathryn McConnachie, Digital Media Editor at ITWeb. Microsoft has jumped into the fray over Google's circumventing of browser privacy setting, but the search giant maintains it is just ensuring modern Web functionality. Microsoft has accused Google ...

ITWeb

MITX and the Pulse Network Announce FutureM and Inbound Marketing Summit ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... the nation's largest non-profit trade association for the digital marketing and Internet business industry, and The Pulse Network (TPN), a leading provider of enterprise social TV, digital mediaand event solutions, have announced October 23-26, ...

Ozone Media appoints Chetana Anagol as VP, Operations
Best Media Info
With a deep understanding of the ecosystem that connects Advertisers with Publishers in the Digital Media industry, Chetana will provide strategic leadership and direction to the backbone of the delivery. She will oversee Publisher Management, ...

Best Media Info

It is About The People AND The Data - Part II [video]
Online Behavior
In Part I David Coletti, VP Digital Media Research & Analytics, ESPN, talked about ESPN metrics across channels and how it finds ways to link them all together. In this presentation, David talks about channel (website, app, offline) usage across the ...

Online Behavior

Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK Tablet(TM) -- 8GB For Incredibly Low Price of $199
MarketWatch (press release)
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) , the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today expanded its portfolio of bestselling NOOK(R) devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet -- with 8GB of memory, a tremendous value for ...

Aertv Movies gets more than 8000 views in first weekend
Siliconrepublic.com
Online TV service Aertv's new movie channel received more than 8000 viewers in its first weekend. The channel is covering this year's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF). The Aertv Movies channel, which aims to promote Irish independent ...

Siliconrepublic.com

Cass Cable Switches to Avail-TVN for MPEG-4 Video Services
MarketWatch (press release)
RESTON, VA, Feb 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Avail-TVN, the leading independent digital media services company in North America, today announced that Cass Cable TV Inc. has migrated to the company's MPEG-4 linear television service.

Vizrt Signs Hardware Upgrade Deal with an Eastern European Customer
Reuters
Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) Vizrt Ltd., a leading provider of content production tools for thedigital media industry, announced today that the Company has signed a deal worth in excess of USD 425000 for the implementation of hardware upgrades ...

Barnes & Noble Is a Leader in the Specialty Retail Category for Customer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) , the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, is a leader in the specialty retail category for customer satisfaction for the fifth year in a row, ...

LockerDome Selected to Present at the Silicon Valley Bank Showcase
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Silicon Valley Bank Showcase, which began more than a decade ago, features early-stage startups in the software and services industry including consumer Internet, digital media, mobile, enterprise software, SaaS, infrastructure software, ...

Sample Digital Taps Chris Chen as CTO
Florida Newswire
Chen comes to Sample Digital from senior CTO/CIO posts at digital media company Tokyopop, Wheels Financial Group, and QubeMedia where he was a founding member of the team building a prototype for delivering video to home devices in alliance with TV ...

Google TV Root Hack Allows For Hulu Streaming, Makes The Connected TV Platform ...
TechCrunch
However, it's finally getting a bit interesting thanks to Sony Internet TV root hack that enables Flash, finally breaking through the big media's blockade preventing users from accessing Hulu and other streaming sites. The hack is a bit involved.

TechCrunch

Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival Debuts at Egyptian Theater on March 1-4
Sacramento Bee
Judging the shorts competition is a prestigious line-up, including Barbara Boyle, long-time producer and Chair of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Film, TV and Digital Media department; Elvis Mitchell, film critic and host of "The ...

Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): Shaw, Swisscom, S3 Group
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Canadian MSO Shaw Media contacted [itvt] Monday to let us know that it has added a live, automatic content recognition (ACR)-enabled, broadcast-synchronized companion experience to its Global Video App, an Internet-TV app for iPad, iPhone and iPod ...

InteractiveTV Today [itvt]

MHL Consortium: 50 Million MHL-Equipped Devices Shipped Globally In 2011
TechCrunch
More than 90 licensees are on board with MHL and the connectivity option is nearly standard on tablets, smartphones, HDTVs, and is now making inroads on the digital media streamer market with the tiny Roku LT. “Since the release of our specification in ...

Windows 7 Compatibility for Microsoft Digital Media 3000 Keyboard ...
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