Digital Content NewFronts a bid for dollars

NewFronts Make Bids for Big Marketing Dollars - NYTimes.com: "Last week marked the start of what is being called the Digital Content NewFronts, as new and new-ish faces like AOL, Google (with sibling YouTube), Hulu, Microsoft, Vevo and Yahoo schedule events amid those being held by regular upfront participants like E!, MTV, Oxygen, Scripps Networks Interactive and Syfy. The goal of the NewFronts, or new upfronts, is to encourage marketers and agencies to spend more money on digital ads, either by increasing budgets or shifting to online media some of the estimated $70 billion a year that is spent on television commercials. Ad spending for online video has been growing strongly, but still totals, by most estimates, less than $2 billion a year. Initially, the point of having a NewFront was “to beat a drum for change,” Mark Beeching, worldwide chief creative and strategy officer at Digitas, a digital agency owned by the Publicis Groupe, said at the Digitas NewFront on Thursday. “Now, it’s servicing a need.” The impetus has shifted from “looking for best practices,” he added, to “looking for opportunities.”" 

Perform to put sport channels on Facebook - FT.com:
People are spending so much time on Facebook now that some of their external web usage may be falling,” Mr Slipper said. “You don’t want to be a destination portal outside of the Facebook environment, you want to be both outside and within to capture as much usage as possible.”

Ostrow: Why wait? Movies, TV shows are now available early and everywhere
Denver Post
In fact, Poltrack announced, the value (to advertisers) of the online viewer is now surpassing that of the live-TV viewer. "This is a significant tipping point." Getting folks to pay actual dollars for online content remains tricky.

Sports on the TV, radio
Columbus Dispatch
It is a remarkably thankless job, and in this era of digital media, digital connectivity, there's all sorts of stuff out there that doesn't bear any relation to reality. The fact of the matter is, we have an environemnt now where we continue to be a ...

Most Professionals Access Tech News Online
The Holmes Report
Online media remains the most popular way for senior executives to source technology industry news according to the 2012 annual technology market survey conducted by Eurocom Worldwide, a global PR network, in association with Reading-based member firm ...

Digitization Scheme to Boost Digital Broadcasting Market in India, Finds ...
PR.com (press release)
The report then narrows down to illustrate the different segments of media that requires digitalbroadcasting technology for its transmission. The report speaks about five distinct components that use digital content and are namely Digital Cable TV, ...

Apple Eyeing Epix for Streaming Content, New TV Device Soon?
Geekosystem
by Max Eddy | 11:00 am, April 29th, 2012 Though it has long been called a “hobby” project, interest in the Apple TV digital set top box may be ramping up in Cupertino. Apparently Apple has been talking with the movie channel and streaming content ...

Apps may replace the TV remote
Boston Globe
Already, apps for Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Walmart's Vudu rental service, among others, are built into Internet-enabled televisions. Devices like Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the streaming video player Roku let viewers watch apps that mimic channels.

Optus shuts down TV Now service following possible legal action
The Spy Report
"[Optus'] purpose in providing its service — and, hence in making copies of programmes for subscribers — is to derive such market advantage in the digital TVindustry as its commercial exploitation can provide." The judges found there was "nothing in ...

The Spy Report

Watching sports online: How each league's streaming options stack up
Digitaltrends.com
My house has long objected to cable television, instead focusing on Netflix and other streaming media. That means the NBA Playoffs, which will air mostly on cable stations, are out of reach for us. You might assume that the NBA markets a product to ...

Digitaltrends.com

Aneesoft Updated Total Media Converter with Full 1080P Support
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The new update support to output 1080p videos for new iPad 3 and Apple TV 3. (PRWEB) April 28, 2012 Aneesoft Co., Ltd. a leading developer of multimedia-processing software, launched a new version of its flagship products Aneesoft Total Media Converter ...

FA extends TV rights deal with Advisers Media
Rapid tv news
The English Football Association has renewed its exclusive broadcast and digital media rights partnership covering Central Asia and Central and Eastern Europe with the UK-based agency Advisers Media International. The existing contract, established in ...

Cable TV penetration in PH among lowest in Asia-Pacific
Inquirer.net (blog)
MANILA, Philippines—Cable television penetration in the Philippines remains one of the lowest in Asia-Pacific as most Filipino households, finding cable TV rates too high, cling to free-to-air broadcasts. SkyCable Corp. the country's leading cable TV ...

TV or not TV
Jamaica Observer
So the following quote would be more appropriate if Shakespeare were to watch TV. See, he could very well be referring to television, that source of entertainment that has taken over our lives, bringing us so much pleasure and indeed some pain, ...

Nilesat opts for Cisco broadcast platform
Rapid tv news
The new digital contribution system between Nilesat's head end and the site of state broadcaster, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), now carries 32 TV channels and 40 radio stations, to be broadcast across the Middle East via satellite.

CA Media takes 49% stake in Endemol India
Rapid tv news
CA Media, the Asian investment arm of the Chernin Group, is to acquire almost half of TVproduction house Endemol India, in what is being termed a strategic investment to grow the company into a cross platform, pan-India content producer.

Milwaukee-area companies selling social media strategies
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
D'Attilio said that while the use of social media to build customer engagement has been a somewhat slow process for Milwaukee companies to adopt, many are starting to get up to speed. By Marissa Evans of the Journal Sentinel The message Michelle ...

GroundFloor Launches Digital Practice
The Holmes Report
DENVER—GroundFloor Media, a Denver-based agency with a focus on strategic communications, social media, crisis communication and reputation management, has launched a digital strategy division under the leadership of senior directors Stu Swineford, ...

iPhone 5 Features: Apple Introduces NFC Patent For iTunes Gift-Giving [PICTURES]
International Business Times
Apple believes it has a solution to this issue: A gift-giving platform where users have a standardized way for sending and receiving media files from a provider (iTunes) between multiple electronic devices (iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices).

International Business Times

Social media is not just about being fashionable
Khaleej Times
Murdoch University, Dubai, recently organised the Lunchbox Panel debates to answer crucial questions about the marketing benefits of social media. The event, in collaboration with Khaleej Times, celebrated the achievements of successful women in the ...

Local educators wary of 'double-edged sword' of social media
Gainesville Times
By Lee Johnson ljohnson@gainesvilletimes.com But the lines between the professional world and the personal world of social media can get blurred. It's an issue of special concern to teachers, where social media has been the catalyst to the end of some ...

Bin Laden's Death Brought 9/11 'Closure'
KHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas
Speculation was rampant, especially online and on social media. What was so important that it couldn't wait until morning? By the time Obama finally spoke at 11:30 pm, the world already knew the news: "The United States has conducted an operation that ...

CBeebies turns 10: Meet the visionaries responsible for Tinky Winky, Iggle ...
The Independent
Before the boy was born, we'd never really sat down to have the "How much TV should we let him watch?" conversation. In the too-much-Information Age he'd been thrown into, television seemed the least of our neurotic, new-middle-class-parent concerns.

Developing a demand for digital savvy workers
Herald and News
The company has added more than 100 employees in the last two years targeting a more digitalmarketplace. When she's hiring, Bader Rutter recruitment director Megan Rouleau said she looks for people with experience using social media strategy or ...

Digital Privacy Under Attack
KFBB NewsChannel 5
Online shopping, surfing, social media and credit cards capture your personal data...and at the MSU College of Technology in Great Falls today, people learned how they can keep their privacy in the digital age. “The average citizen has over 5000 pieces ...

Demand Media calls off talks to go private: report
MarketWatch
The Boston-based private-equity firm had reportedly planned to purchase Demand Media(NYSE:DMD) for $1.2 billion, nearly double the online content and social-media company's $605 million market cap on Friday, when shares closed up 3.7% at $7.25.

What James and Rupert Murdoch really wanted to do with BSkyB
Telegraph.co.uk
By James Quinn, and Richard Blackden Murdoch, then chief executive of News Corp Europe and Asia, focused on his plans to make BSkyB, in which it already controlled a 39.14pc stake, a “world leader” at the “epicentre of digital journalism”.

Telegraph.co.uk

In big trouble? Better call a 'fixer'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Crisis counselors help clean up clients' tainted images, which have gotten more challenging since social media offered instant global access to embarrassments. Crisis management expert Jon Austin says his idol is Mr. Wolf, the "cleaner" played by Harvey ...

Worldwide Radio Summit's Saturday Sessions: Building Community, Thinking ...
All Access Music Group
LINDY discussed how the return-on-investment of social media can't be quantified but that no other marketing can be quantified, either, relating anecdotal evidence to show that social marketing has a cumulative effect on audience size; BURNS agreed ...

House Republicans begin fight for new media followers
Red and Black
By NICHOLAS WATSON on April 29, 2012 The House Republican Conference has begun their third annual New Media Challenge, a competition for representatives to branch out to their constituents across the web. The competition has 96 members duking it out ...

Using Social Media to Market and Brand Your Medical Practice ...
By Marie Ennis O'Connor
As the Internet has become the medium of choice for researching health information, social media has become an important part of how your medical practice gets found online. ... Howard Luks, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Hawthorne, N.Y., who consults on digital media and medicine issues, champions healthcare social media and is unequivocal in his assertion that “to ignore the intersection between healthcare and social media is to potentially igonor our own relevance as a ...
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A growing number of businesses and organizations of all sizes are searching for ways to tap the power of social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, which millions of people now use to stay connected online. Experts say companies' need ... And it's not just young people who are drawn to it: The number of Internet users ages 55 to 64 on Facebook has grown 88 percent in the past year, according to a study by the Pew Center's Internet and American Life Project. Some major brands ...
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Small Screens, Big Dollars

Small Screens, Big Dollars
New York Times
The goal of the NewFronts, or new upfronts, is to encourage marketers and agencies to spend more money on digital ads, either by increasing budgets or shifting to online media some of the estimated $70 billion a year that is spent on television ... 

New York Times Launches Social Media Ad Program
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Keach Hagey News media outlets are increasingly realizing that online readers are finding their websites' content through people sharing stories on social media. Finding a way to sell advertising against those readers has been a challenge.

Perform to put sport channels on Facebook
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent More than 50 sports channels are to launch on Facebook as Perform Group, the UK digital video provider, bets that fans of international football, tennis and other games will watch with friends on the social ...

Financial Times

PERFORM Group Integrates LIVESPORT.TV With Facebook - Quick Facts
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Digital sports media group Perform Group plc said it launches over 50 digitalsports channels on Facebook today. The company noted that the integration would see LIVESPORT.TV opened up to Facebook's 845m monthly active users through the ...

Digital Media Wire chooses Luxembourg for first European event, hosted by ICT ...
Digital Media Wire
Digital Media Wire and Farvest Group have announced their collaboration for the upcoming ICT Spring Europe conference next this June 19 and 20, during which the first Digital Media Wire Event will be held in Europe. The collaboration was initiated and ...

Digital Media Wire

Research and Markets: Austria - Digital Economy and Digital TV - Insights ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
This report profiles media convergence in Austria, including developments in the digital broadcast market, IPTV and VoD, as well as regulatory measures on the switch to digital TV. ASO completed in mid-2011 with 98% DTTV coverage; regulator prepares ...

Synacor TV Everywhere Expert Michael Bishara to Speak at Digital Hollywood ...
Albany Times Union
TV Everywhere, Broadband, Cable Expert, Force Behind HBO GO, Michael Bishara to addressDigital Hollywood with speakers Randa E. Minkarah, Fisher Communications; Tim Sale, thePlatform; Stuart Rosove, Irdeto; Scott J. Fierstein, Microsoft; ...

Smart TV May Be Too Smart for Its Own Good
TechNewsWorld
In a Smart TV, these OTT products can be combined with traditional broadcast programming and a cable or satellite provider's own VoD (Video on Demand) services. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) TV'sSmart TV product, for example, is designed to enable a ...

In some cases, digital media limits conversation
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
by Nick Smirniotopoulos, guest columnist As our generation becomes more accustomed to using new technology, observing the trends for increasing digital media usage highlights some stark realizations about the changes our generation has — and raises ...

Influencing the influential voter online
Campaigns & Elections
Americans are online, a lot. As a result, digital media will be at the forefront of this election cycle. The opportunity to influence voters is immense with social media. Sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google + were built to connect people, ...

IPL fans switching from TV to new media
India Today
The Indian Premier League's (IPL) overall TV viewership hit its lowest point last year with an average television viewer rating of 3.5, according to TAM Sports, a unit of TAMMedia Research Pvt Ltd. The all-India data for the first 16 matches this year ...

India Today

PNI Digital Media Sets Fiscal Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call for May 10th ...
Technology Digital (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 26, 2012) - PNI Digital Media (TSX:PN)(OTCBB:PNDMF) ("PNI" or the "Company"), the leading innovator in online and in-store digital media solutions for retailers, will hold a conference call on Thursday, ...

esd and associates Director of PR and Social Media Gina Galaviz Presented With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
At this event, the 2012 La Prensa Foundation Diamond Awards, one notable honoree was Gina Galaviz -- award-winning Director of Public Relations and Social Media for esd and associates, San Antonio's leading digital creative agency.

Landmark Federal Court ruling rescues TV sport
The Daily Telegraph
BILLIONS of dollars worth of TV rights to the country's biggest sporting events, and reality shows like MasterChef, have been preserved, after a landmark ruling of the full Federal Court closed a legal loophole being exploited by Optus.

VideoDaily Roundup: Digital Video Still a Drop in TV's Bucket
MediaPost Communications
In his weekly Online Spin column, Dave Morgan -- who sold behavioral targeting pioneer Tacoda to AOL in 2007 -- points to a number of observations by Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research about the TVand video markets this year.

New FCC rule will shed light on political attack ads
Orlando Sentinel
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Once the election season heats up again this summer, and an endless stream of political attack ads invade your TV, a few clicks online may let you know who's behind the messages and how much they ...

Rogers Digital Media Renews Partnership with NBA.com
mediacaster
Rogers Digital Media will stay courtside with word that it has a two-year deal extension with sports website NBA.com as the exclusive Canadian representative for its online advertising. The partnership with NBA.com underscores the importance of key ...

Landmark Federal Court ruling rescues TV sport and reality shows
Herald Sun
Ruling preserves sport, reality TV Appeal by the NRL, AFL and Telstra successful Judgment is particularly significant for the NRL's hopes BILLIONS of dollars worth of TV rights to the country's biggest sporting events, and reality shows like MasterChef ...

Media to Get More of Hulu
Wall Street Journal
But that goal has at times conflicted with media companies' efforts to safeguard their traditional TV businesses in a whirlwind of digital change—even at the expense of Hulu's own growth. Hulu, for instance, has negotiated online rights to the media ...

Optus halts TV Now after court loss
Sydney Morning Herald
The three appeal judges disagreed with the primary judge that users were solely responsible for making recordings in the TV Now service. Justices Arthur Emmett, Annabelle Bennett and Paul Finn found that both Optus and the user were responsible for ...

Google cites Acceller as industry leader for US Hispanic Marketing
MarketWatch (press release)
Acceller is an industry leader in comparative digital lifestyle products. "Acceller has become the leader in Hispanic Marketing for TV, Internet, Phone and other digital home services by employing and optimizing Google's media offerings and insight," ...

Obama slow jam on 'Fallon' just a taste of 'epic' social media war ahead
Christian Science Monitor
President Obama's slow jam on 'Jimmy Fallon' shows how candidates will try to become part of clips that will be passed around on social media. A huge social media effort by MoveOn.org also shows how Election 2012 may play out online.

Christian Science Monitor

It's TV sweeps time, if you are watching
Edmonton Journal
(MCT) The big broadcast networks ushered in the May "sweeps" period Thursday night, and with it, the final batch of original series and stunts before a summer of reruns and reality TV. Among highlights: series finales of onetime hits Desperate ...

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q ...
WBOC TV 16
The online commerce giant said its Kindle Fire tablet computer was its best-selling item and helped lift revenue from digital movies and books. Amazon chief financial officer Tom Szkutak told analysts that media sales are up, particularly in North ...

comScore validated Campaign Essentials(TM) (vCE) Gets Global Adoption from ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"GRPs must be truly cross-media comparable if digital is ever going to effectively compete with TV for ad dollars. While viewability is indeed a critical component of campaign delivery and management, what sets vCE apart is its ability to validate ...

In the Era of Online Networking, Offline Connections Are More Powerful Than Ever
Huffington Post
And I'm regularly asked, "How can you possibly run a successful business -- especially a business in the business of promoting people and projects -- without social media and online professional networking?" I have several responses to this question ...

CASBAA: Record Numbers for KL Upfronts
MarketWatch (press release)
Hong Kong, Apr 27, 2012 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) -- The power of multichannel TV continues to resonate throughout the Asia Pacific. Attracting over 130 representatives from advertising agencies, clients and networks, CASBAA's TV Upfronts - The Kuala ...

Internet rights court ruling a cash win for football
The Australian
In a decision that AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said guaranteed the financial health of Australian sport for years, the court unanimously found that the Optus TV Now recording system, which downloads games for viewing on hand-held devices such as iPads ...

Business Partner Marketing Coach(R) Emphasizes Social Media Marketing as We ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The explosive growth of social media provides an excellent opportunity to reach a new demographic, but many entrepreneurs are unsure how to best use the medium. Brian Miller, president and COO of Business Partner Marketing Coach (R) says, ...

Google Fiber in Kansas City Makes Hollywood Nervous
BusinessWeek
By John Lopez on April 26, 2012 Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital world—news, music, publishing—Hollywood has held up comparatively well. Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray are falling, ...

Digital never dies
The Korea Herald
A striking case in point is Kim Gu-ra, a comedian who built up his career through intentionally fiery comments that had long entertained TV audiences. Kim recently exited from all the TV shows he was hosting after suffering a public setback over his ...

Report: Four Hulu partners buying out fifth at $2 ... - Digital Media Wire
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Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge —. music · mobile · video · games · marketing · deals · law · jobs · social · Thank you to all LA Games Conf participants - search #lagc12 on Twitter for social media coverage!
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NewFront: Stressing Original Programming, Online Video Is 'TV On ...
By David Kaplan
But the big question hanging over the proceedings this year has been whether web video can – or even needs to – compete with the TV upfront, which this year is expected to bring in some $10 billion in commitments for the fall season. ... “We refer to ourselves as the first digital network because of our huge scale,” said Yahoo's McPherson. “TV viewership is not going down. So I don't know if onlinevideo is replacing it. I think we're just media addicts. We're producing over 40 video ...
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NSPA to host CoverItLive chat May 1: “Inspiration from the Online ...
By Aaron Manfull
NSPA will host a live chat on CoverItLive, “Inspiration from the Online Pacemakers,” from 6-7 p.m. CDT with Lauren Rabaino, online producer for The Seattle Times, and Logan Aimone, NSPA executive director. Rabaino worked on the staff of ...
jeadigitalmedia.org

Podcast, Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge: Exploring the Digital ...
By Andrew Whitacre
Among other things his work in the network will include leading a team of researchers in an ethnographic study of teens and their participation in diverse digital media cultures and communities. Working with an Austin-based game studio Craig is also developing a ... digital media, game authorship, literacy, and civic engagement. Craig blogs for dmlcentral, the online presence for theDigital Media and Learning Research Hub hosted at the UC Irvine campus, and the HuffingtonPost.
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MTV selects YANGAROO's DMDS to power and secure online ...
TORONTO, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, has ...
digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/.../MTV-selects-YANGA...

New developments in accessible TV by John Paton, RNIB Digital ...
New developments in accessible TV by John Paton, RNIB Digital Media Development Officer. Print preview · Email. On this page: Post details; Comments; Add a ...
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Huffington Post Pulitzer a Milestone for Digital Media | OpenMarkets
Though the Pulitzer-winning series deals with a subject outside our focus area of futures markets, the award marks a milestone for online and digital media.
openmarkets.cmegroup.com/.../huffington-post-pulitzer-a-mil...

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AOL unveils “AOL On” at NewFront

AOL unveils “AOL On” at NewFront
Radio & Television Business Report
The video hub, “AOL On Network,” will feature 14 content channels distributed online, on mobile, via tablets and through TV-connected devices. It is estimated to reach an audience of 57 million US consumers. The network attracts 861 million video ...

Keynote Speaker Announced for APPNATION NYC + TV 3.0 Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
Bloomberg BusinessWeek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel will moderate, exploring the impact of multiscreen convergence and second-screen services on the digital media industry. "We're pleased to have one of the industry's best and brightest kick-off this ...

GroundFloor Media Expands Communication Service Offerings with Launch of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DENVER, Apr 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GroundFloor Media (GFM), a Denver-based agency with a focus on strategic communications, social media, crisis communication and reputation management counseling for clients, today announced an expansion of its ...

Research and Markets: Australia - Digital TV - Interactive TV and EPGs
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Electronic program guide offerings are also available from some IPTV providers. For more information on the major players, see our separate report: Australia - Digital Media - IPTV - Major Players. This report provides an overview of the interactive TV ...

Research and Markets: Australia - Digital TV - Interactive TV and EPGs
SunHerald.com
While IPTV services have been launched by a number of Internet service providers and some TVmanufacturers including Samsung, Sony and LG, iTV has struggled to gain widespread popularity in Australia. However, concerns still remain about the emergence ...

Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): ACTV8.me, AOL, BCM
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Social-TV company, ACTV8.me, is trumpeting the success of the digital wallets it offers for viewers interacting with TV shows, and has also announced the launch of a loyalty program. "As major innovations are being made with Google Wallet...and PayPal.

InteractiveTV Today [itvt]

Griffin III Leads Draft Tweeters as NFL Seeks to Boost Revenue
BusinessWeek
The league has a squad of players, analysts, team executives and television personalities armed with laptops to play online host to the biggest offseason event in the US's most popular sport. Commissioner Roger Goodell has called digital media ...

Regional telecom company Bell Aliant helped by digital TV, Internet in Q1
CanadianBusiness.com
By LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | April 25, 2012 Regional telecom company Bell Aliant Inc. increased its profit to $87 million for the first quarter of 2012 as its digital TV and Internet services helped boost earnings. The Halifax-based company's ...

At Digital Video Upfront, Disney Interactive Pitches Talking Tom, Shows for Mom
AdAge.com
Unlike the web natives participating in the NewFront -- online video's attempt to tap TV ad budgets by aping the upfronts -- Disney Interactive was careful at its presentation Thursday morning not to compare its original digital shows to TV.

'Scrub your social media profiles.' Enough, already!
ZDNet (blog)
By Andrew Nusca | April 26, 2012, 8:09am PDT Summary: I'm tired of businesses and organizations expecting their employees to be faceless workers online. You can't scrub human behavior from the Internet. It's time to get real. Writer Kashmir Hill's sage...

ZDNet (blog)

Verimatrix Explores Extending Pay TV With OTT During Multi-Network Solutions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Apr 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Connected TV World Summit -- Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that it is hosting the next installment of ...

Why You're Doing Social Media Wrong
Forbes
Being a digital copywriter is fun, I've found. What it means for me is that I write social media content for big brands. Unfortunately, not all big brands have me writing social media content for them. That means the voice of their brand online that ...

Canadian Broadcasters Call for Protection From US Digital Giants
Hollywood Reporter
TV networks and cablers called on the CRTC to act on Netflix Canada, even as the regulator insists they are not disadvantaged by the US video streaming giant's presence here. TORONTO – Canadian broadcasters on Wednesday urged the country's TV watchdog ...

Hollywood Reporter

TransGaming Reports Fiscal Year 2012 Third Quarter Results and Files Business ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Company also announced that it has filed its Business Acquisition Report ("BAR") related to the acquisition of the Interactive TV and Connected TV ("iTV") division of Oberon Media, Inc., closed January 6, 2012. -- Revenue for the first nine months ...

Hollywood & Politics: Current TV's Newest Talk Star Gavin Newsom Says 90 ...
Hollywood Reporter
California's lieutenant governor and host of Current TV's upcoming "The Gavin Newsom Show" is looking to upend the medium (and social media) into a real tool for government, not just elections. I started as mayor of San Francisco with a small radio...

Hollywood Reporter

Noises off: Will social media change the face of theatre?
The Guardian (blog)
Theatre bloggers have been discussing theatre as it exists on the internet. So that's an online writer writing about online writing about online theatre. Got that? Good. Broadly speaking, theatre exists in two forms online. There's theatre as digital ...

The Guardian (blog)

AOL On showcases new programs and ad opportunities
Digital Media Wire
The company said more than 450 brand advertisers, marketers, agencies and digitaland TV media buyers came to see what opportunities the new hub offered. To interest them further, AOL reiterated that it currently reaches an audience of 57 million ...

Digital Media Wire

Moonbot Studios: “Print, Movies, and Digital Media can Coexist” (Part Two)
PadGadget
O'Neal Jr. added, “We apply the story to the media that we have, so it can be delivered in the best way possible.” Rather than worrying that digital media is going to subsume its predecessors, causing the extinction of print publishing and film in the ...

PadGadget

Airport TV takes off in SA
ITWeb
Yesterday, out-of-home (OOH) media company Provantage announced its partnership with Airports Company SA (ACSA) in rolling out a digital TV network in SA's ACSA-owned airports. In what is a first for SA, ACSA's nine airports across the country will ...

ITWeb

Brand.net Appoints Advertising Veteran and Pioneer George Garrick to Board of ...
Sacramento Bee
By Brand.net SAN MATEO, Calif., April 25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Brand.net, the leading digital media brand buying solution for the largest global brands, today announced that George Garrick has been named to the Board of Directors and will also serve ...

SeaChange Delivers Complete Video-on-Demand Solution for Cablenet of Cyprus
MarketWatch (press release)
The solution supports video-on-demand (VOD) services, time shift TV (start over TV, catch-up TVand network PVR) and price promotions. SeaChange installed the back office and integrated with Cablenet's existing SeaChange STAGIS and CASIS solutions for ...

Chernin's CA Media Takes 49% Stake in Endemol India
TheWrap
By Tim Molloy CA Media, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, has aquired a 49 percent stake in Endemol India, the companies announced Thursday. They hope to build Endemol India into the leading TV, film, and digital content production company ...

Provantage and ACSA launch Airport.tv
Bizcommunity.com
A first for South Africa, Airport.tv™ will offer advertisers exceptional value and unparalleled access to the upper LSM market and Business travellers. Provantage Out of Home Media, in partnership with ACSA, is rolling out a fully-fledged digital ...

New NimbleTV service taps cloud, Internet for online TV delivery
Broadcast Engineering
NimbleTV is a new subscription TV service leverages the Internet and cloud-based software to deliver TV to customers anywhere via the Web. NimbleTV, a new subscription-based TV service, announced the launch of a beta test April 23 that will let...

Broadcast Engineering

VideoDaily Roundup: Digital Video Execs Urge Senate to Keep Web Open
MediaPost Communications
The AP reports from the front lines of the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on online video innovation, saying that the group of digital media execs called on to educate the committee on the issue believe that tremendous growth in online video will ...

Yahoo! Digital NewFront Provides Sneak Peak at Programming Line-Up for 2012 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
News/ABC News Premier Media Partnership Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) , the premier digital media company, showcased a stellar line-up of original video for its monthly global audience of 700 million users at its Digital Content NewFront event today in New ...

Forrester: Tablets to become 'primary' computer for many by 2016 ...
By admin
... Microsoft, RIM, Samsung, Lenovo, HP, Sony, Nokia, Barnes & Noble, Nook, Kindle, Kindle Fire, iPad, iOS, Windows 8, Windows Metro, frame, smart TV, personal cloud, consumer cloud, wearables, future, futures, quantified self, 2016, 2017, ...
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The Digital Ad Industry Needs To Innovate For Consumers
By Ad Traders
Jerry Neumann posed a question on AdExchanger the other day that should strike a chord with anyone who works in media and advertising: What If Online Doesn't Work For Branding? Branding plays a critical role in the development of a company and its products, and brand advertising has represented enormous investment from brands to garner consumer attention within quality content like magazines, TV, music, and news. Yet while digital disruption has flipped traditional media ...
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Research and Markets: Digital Media - The Dynamic Digital ...
E-commerce is just one sector that will benefit from improvements in infrastructure and a trans-sector approach to governance; e-government, e-health, e-education, social media and e-science are also important elements of a digital economy. ... 2.1 The Internet of Things (IoT). 3. Can we fast-track thedigital economy? 3.1 The OECD on the Internet Economy. 3.2 The relationship between local content, internet development and access prices. 4. Key sectors for the digital economy ...
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Xbox Live To Add Advertisments - internet TV
By Matt
Viewers on the Xbox 360 accessing the online content (which in some cases (but generally not the affected ones) requires a premium to 'Xbox Live Gold'), will now have to sit through 15-30 second advert clips at various intervals during their ... Microsoft representative Ross Honey said of how the move will benefit potential advertisers: “With the growth of Xbox Live, advertisers no longer have to choose between digital and TV advertising – we're offering the impact of TV and the ...
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Campaigns and Elections: Targeting the unreachable voter online ...
By Rebecca Hucker
Campaigns and Elections interviewed Targeted Victory co-founder Michael Beach about the increased importance of digital media and why campaigns are focusing on reaching out to voters through online targeting. As fewer people rely on traditional forms of media such as TV and printmedia, campaigns can use online targeting to communicate with unreachable voters and increase awareness about the candidate's positions and key messages. Take a look at the article here and tell ...
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Top 10 Video Apps for your iPhone or other mobile device ...
By Don Goble
You don't need a professional camera, a production studio, or an editing bay to add videos to youronline publications. Take a look at these 10 apps to help students create simple, but effective videos for their print stories. Courtesy EdReach ...
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Legacy Journalists: Keep Fighting the Good Fight | Martin Waymire ...
By Roger Martin
Digital, mobile, web-based communications have forever changed how information is delivered, and how we receive it. The fallout: a ... Longtime WXYZ TV-7 anchor Diana Lewis, a powerful and compassionate black woman who blazed many trails, including sharing the set as legendary anchor Bill Bonds's first female co-anchor. In their ... But realize this: the only way we ever see or read real news in the social media forums is if it is put there by real journalists doing real journalism.
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NewFront Week: Online Ad Dollars Versus TV? Not For Collective
By TVexchanger.com
While the company has been in talks with Digitas about partnering on some NewFront activity, the ad tech firm is taking the opportunity to suggest that brand marketers tie their TV spending and onlineadvertising closer together, rather than calling for ... “There's a realization that most advertisers today are no longer planning online video as part of their digital budgets, they're planning video holistically across broadcast, cable and internet and ultimately, any video-enabled device,” said ...
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Five Reasons to Attend Ad Age's Social Engagement/Social TV ...
Ad Age's new Social TV/Social Engagement event will bring together the best minds from the media, social-analytics, brand and agency worlds. ... Lisa Hsia, Executive VP-Digital Media, Bravo Media * Kristin Frank, SVP-Digital, MTV and VH1 ...
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Beet.TV: Yahoo! Media Chief: "Video on the Internet has Come of Age"
By Andy_Plesser
Video on the Internet has come of age and there is a big movement to premium content, says Mickie Rosen, SVP, Media Network, Yahoo! in this interview with Beet.TV We spoke with her at the Yahoo!Digital New Front yesterday...
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Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, And Others Chart The Demise of ...
By Rex Harris
“51 years of print advertising revenue was lost in the last 8,” and the same will happen to TV, he surmised. But all is not lost, digital media comes equipped with tools that allow marketers to pinpoint their messages to the right audience at their exact point in the purchase funnel, eliminating the need to focus on metrics that only demonstrate mass reach. Or as Kaushik puts ... Of course, social media is Vaynerchuk's weapon of choice for enabling this one-to-one connection. Towards the ...
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Changing TV habits center stage at digital media presentation

Changing TV habits center stage at digital media presentation
Los Angeles Times
Braun, who joined the world of digital media after being forced out in 2004 as the top programming executive at ABC, referred to a trend reported in the New York Times as evidence that viewers are moving away from watching television shows live, ...

AOL starts building its own TV network with newly launched video site 'AOL On'
VentureBeat
We've known for a while now that AOL has aspirations of transforming its media empire into a fully fledged TV network built for the web. It announced a new live streaming video channel for the HuffingtonPost web publication back in February, ...

Exact Drive Brings Digital Media Planning and Buying Services to Austin Texas
San Antonio Express
They all are innovative, flourishing, and rapidly growing, yes, but most importantly they all house the offices of Exact Drive, a leading online advertising and Internet marketing firm. Exact Drive is very excited about their recent expansion into ...

Philly guy Gary Delfiner leads the charge toward digital streaming
Philadelphia Inquirer
Today, over-the-top is a cool expression describing the new breed of Internet-connected TV sets and specialty streaming players (Roku, Boxee, Apple TV) meant to sit on top of your cable or satellite box — or even replace it. Over-the-top also defines ...

Margaret Brennan leaving Bloomberg TV as Net Shakes Up Mornings - TVNewser
mediabistro.com
By Chris Ariens on April 25, 2012 12:15 PM Margaret Brennan, who has been with Bloomberg TV for nearly three years, is leaving the network, TVNewser has learned. Brennan joined Bloomberg from CNBC in 2009. Brennan's departure, described as mutual, ...

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China Escalates Crackdown On Internet Amid Scandal
Wall Street Journal
The episode demonstrated both the power of China's new digital media and the Chinese Communist Party's increasingly iron-fisted effort to control it. In the wake of the coup rumors, authorities announced the detention of six people in relation to the ...

Springtime slumber continues for TV networks
BusinessWeek
DVRs, video on demand, streaming of material on tablets or other computers are all options that viewers are turning to in bigger numbers, according to researchers. "It's not like people are leaving the living room," said Brad Adgate, research analyst ...

AOL launches network of lifestyle video channels
Los Angeles Times
Pledging to "change the way the Internet looks and feels," AOL Chairman and Chief Executive Tim Armstrong used the high-profile platform of the Digital NewFront presentation to advertisers to launch an online network for showcasing digital video.

Vevo Aims For TV Dollars (With Realistic Shot)
Adweek
Vevo, like everybody else in the digital video space holding upfronts this week, wants those mythical, magical TV dollars. Unlike some other companies in the space, they might be able to make the best case of anybody.

IGSM Discusses EarthStream.TV Next Generation
MarketWatch (press release)
TV service. This includes enhancements to the previously announced Streaming Video Service, as well as new features. EarthStream.TV provides an integrated E-Learning platform and is the foundation of IGSM's Digital Services products.

FORA.tv to Host Free Live Video Stream of WIRED Business Conference ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The fourth annual conference features groundbreaking discussions with today's business and industry-thought leaders, including Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, James Dyson, Alan Mulally, and more San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 25, 2012 FORA.tv, ...

Agama Selected for IPTV Quality Assurance by Two Latin American Telcos
Reuters
The installations will help the telcos keeping service quality high and problem discovery quick and efficient, ultimately enabling an effective IPTV service operation with a superior customer experience. In an ever-evolving and competitive pay-TV ...

AOL launches online video network, AOL On
Boston.com
By Jake Coyle AP Entertainment Writer / April 24, 2012 NEW YORK—AOL is launching an onlinevideo network that will gather its programming onto one platform, the latest bid by a major Internet destination to be a player in Web television.

TV white spaces to boost broadband, enable the 'internet of things'
Digital Spy UK
A ten-month trial of 'white spaces' technology has today been completed, potentially providing a boost for wireless broadband in the UK and enabling what is often called the 'internet of things'. In the trial, it was found that white spaces could be ...

Power of big data will transform society, Canada 3.0 forum told
Waterloo Record
They can suggest who you might want to be friends with in an online social network. Spookily, the massive amounts of data being put online might also predict the future, participants at the opening of the Canada 3.0 digital media forum in Stratford ...

RTVE (Spain) announces their digital media coverage of the London 2012 Olympic ...
TheSportsCampus.com
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and digital media sport specialist deltatre have announced a partnership for the 2012 London Olympic Games. With this agreement between deltatre and RTVE, viewers will be able to access thousands of hours of live ...

Telemundo plans social firsts for Latin Billboard
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Telemundo has announced a series of social TV firsts for the Billboard Latin Music Awards, airing April 26 at 7 pm The Hispanic broadcaster has partnered with three heavyweights in the social media community - Shazam, ...

Convergence of Telecom, Broadcasting & Internet Network Services to Drive ...
PR Web (press release)
Global market for Internet Protocol Television (iPTV) is projected to register 557.57 million subscribers by the year 2017. Primary factors expected to drive growth in the market over the next few years include growing demand for digital media ...

Relativity Media Selects IMDb to Host The Raven's Official Movie Website
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, Apr 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Unique, Cross-Platform Campaign Includes Promotion on Kindle and Digital Photography Review Relativity Media and IMDb ( www.imdb.com ), the #1 movie website in the world, today announced that IMDb is hosting ...

AOL Rolls Out 6 Original Programs at NewFront
Mashable
This afternoon more than 450 brand advertisers, marketers, agencies, and digital and TV mediabuyers gathered at the AOL Digital Content NewFront at Highline Stages in NYC—and they got a big surprise. Tim Armstrong, chairman and CEO of AOL, ...

Netcos meet with Madison Avenue: Microsoft, AOL present content at Digital ...
Chicago Tribune
said one media buyer shifting in her seat after a second panel on digital video and Microsoft initiatives. "Getting people in and starting on time are two things the networks are good at," added another. Microsoft event ran from 9-noon.

Axle Digital Acquires Assets of Social Commerce Market Leader Adgregate Markets
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Drawing on the combined strengths of social and mobile communities, Axle effectively delivers engaging commerce opportunities across a wide range of consumer touchpoints, including Facebook, mobile, tablet, Internet TV, in-store, etc.

Industry Moves: Via; India TV; Star CJ Network - MediaNama
By Vikas SN
India TV has also appointed Rohit Lal as VP-Programming and Prashant Sharda as VP-Digital Mediato look after India TV's website and its presence across various digital channels like mobile, 3G, and streaming services, while working towards ... Zee, IBN and Star News while Prashant Sharda was previously working as Business Development Manager – Nokia Services and has previously had stints with NDTV Convergence Ltd, Times Internet Ltd*, Siel Ltd, and Kidstuff Promotions.
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In Bid For Greater TV-Like Experience, AOL Creates New Video Hub
By David Kaplan
The buildup around the online advertising "NewFront" presentations this week from Microsoft, Yahoo, Digitas and others are meant to appear similar to the annual TV upfront extravaganzas, AOL appeared to take the notion as seriously as possible. ... the portal's SVP and head of sales strategy, marketing and partnerships, introduced advertisers and the press to five new programs that begin airing as early as today: Digital Justice ("CSI for the internet age"), UR+1 (pop culture contest), ...
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PR: TELEMUNDO MEDIA TO PARTNER WITH TRENDRR.TV FOR ...
By Tomas
TV will help us maximize Telemundo's social media efforts for the 2012 'Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented by State Farm®' and bring a uniquely integrated SocialTV experience to viewers,” said Borja Perez, Senior Vice President, Digital ... Hispanics in the U.S. reaching TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, and satellite; Telemundo Digital Media, which distributes Telemundo's original content across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices, ...
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MTV selects YANGAROO's DMDS to power and secure online ...
By EntertainmentNews
TORONTO, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, has been chosen to power the "2012 MTV Movie Awards" nominee voting process.
International Entertainment News

Google Ads Include 'Trusted Stores' Badge | AccuraCast Digital ...
By Nilu
Google launched the 'Trusted Stores' programme about six months ago to help shoppers identify trusted online retailers. They are now testing this service as a means of indicating quality on search results by including the 'Trusted Stores' ...
AccuraCast Digital Media News

Recommended Links of the Week | Alex Gamela - Digital Media ...
By Alex Gamela
Alex Gamela published The Internet's Population Doubled Over the Last Five…. The Internet'sPopulation Doubled ... Alex Gamela published Online anonymity: you want me dead, but who are you anyway? | Tinkebell. Online anonymity: ... than one | Media | The Observer. "Journalism, via web or app, can still be fine and probing, spurred on by great section heads, but it cannot be edited in any strict sense, any more than TV cable news churning day and night while controllers sleep.
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Here's How to Use Apple TV Properly | The Glass Amulet
By Gabriel
Apple TV is actually a digital media receiver that was developed and also sold by Apple and was designed to be able to play digital content that originated from the iTunes Store, You Tube, Netflix, NBA League Pass, MLB.tv, Flickr, and others.
The Glass Amulet

RealPlayer 15.0.3.37 Download for Windows / FileHorse.com
The all-in-one digital media player for Windows. RealPlayer. Home · Video ... It is by far one of the most widely used media players, and is suitable for watching Internet TV or listening to online radio stations. The program has rich interface, ...
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Canal Digital box says Follow Me - Broadband TV News
By Julian Clover
Country Profiles · Digital TV Eastern Europe · IPTV World Forecasts · Satellite TV Forecasts ·Digital TV World Databook ... It is not yet possible to extend the follow to a mobile device, but Hofbauer said once Internet TV could be received on the set-top box, the next stage was to extend this outside the home. “If you can solve it outside the ... Julian has been following the media world for over 20 years with a focus on the UK and Nordic markets, HD, 3D and connected TV technologies.
Broadband TV News

Walmart pushes cloud storage, Best Buy drops Blu-ray prices ...
By Jonathan Tombes
Two U.S. retailers are moving in separate directions on digital media, with retail giant Walmart offering a disk-to-digital cloud service and consumer electronics (CE) retailer Best Buy trying to drive Blu-ray disc purchases with discounts. Walmart is ... On the other hand, the VUDU-enabled service places Walmart in a market already crowded with other streaming players, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon (also a competitive e-tailer) and TV Everywhere offerings from Pay TV operators.
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