TV viewers now have competing online video services

Flood of video streaming options could confound TV watchers
USA TODAY
By Mike Snider and Roger Yu, USA TODAY Competing online video services have become so successful that about one-third of Americans have streamed a movie orTV show on Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle or another Net-based video service, according to Nielsen ...

USA TODAY

38% of U.S. Households Now Have a TV Connected to the Internet
By Digital TV News
DURHAM, NH — New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that 38% of all households have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a Blu-ray player, an Apple TV or Roku ...
Digital TV News

HDTV Alternatives: 5 High-End TV Projectors
PC Magazine
There are more options than ever for watching TV shows and movies in your living room. Why not consider a TV projector—a high-definition projector that you can use in lieu of a TV for your home entertainment needs? We have 5 that fit the bill.

Pay TV costing a pretty penny, and rising
msnbc.com (blog)
Matt Rourke / AP Rising licensing fees are driving the cost for basic and premium of pay TV higher by 6 percent a year, a new study shows. By Eve Tahmincioglu If you're one of those people who complain that there's nothing to watch on TV today even ...

msnbc.com (blog)

The NPD Group: Average Monthly Pay-TV Subscription Bills May Top $200 by 2020
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Pay-TV bills continue to increase by 6 percent, year-over-year, as consumer-spending power remains flat. Port Washington, NY (PRWEB) April 10, 2012 According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, the average pay-TV subscription for basic ...

Regulator switched on with pay TV
Sydney Morning Herald
From Foxtel's perspective, it clears the way for an expansion that offsets soft consumer demand in a weak economy, and a proliferation of entertainment alternatives, including digital free-to-air TV and Internet-Protocol TV (IPTV).

Sydney Morning Herald

Hybrid Approach to Digital Media Needed to Reach Insurance Customers
Insurance & Technology
By John Del Santo and Carlos Lugo, Accenture More and more insurers are finding that their relationship with customers begins online. Through digital media – including the Internet, social networking, blogs, video, smart phones and other channels ...

FRANSAT, SAMSUNG and NEOTION Break new Ground for Satellite TV Reception in France
MarketWatch (press release)
The system uses the CI Plus specification which is designed to support the authentication and encryption mechanisms that provide a secure channel between the Conditional Access Module (CAM) and Samsung's integrated digital TV (IDTV).

Merkle Hires Tom Quinn as VP, Chief Digital Revenue Officer for Merkle's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Quinn joins Merkle with a rich and diverse background in digital and direct marketing. Throughout his twenty-year career, he has held leadership positions in digital media, website development, online technology and market research firms.

Moneyonthego.net Succeeds as Shoppers Embrace Social Media
MarketWatch (press release)
PETERSBURG, FL, Apr 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The influence of social mediaon the worlds of business and commerce are utterly incalculable, a fact that entrepreneurs and consumers alike would surely agree on. It is common knowledge, ...

NPD: Pay-TV Bills Rising Exponentially
Home Media Magazine
The average monthly pay-TV bill is expected to reach $123 by 2015, according to NPD. The projected fees do not include charges for broadband, basic Internet or telephone service. In NPD's report, Digital Video Outlook, 16% of domestic households ...

Instagram's instabillion, Hillary Clinton's texts, and online pranks - a week ...
CNET
Almost everyone will miss almost everything discussed on social media. So... here's what was hot over the last week, including topics such as Instagram's sudden riches and Hillary Clinton's alleged text messages by Sree Sreenivasan April 10, ...

Avail-TVN Launches AnyView(TM) Authentication, Giving Service Providers Quick ...
MarketWatch (press release)
AnyView Authentication allows service providers to securely authenticate and authorize subscribers to the TV Everywhere portals of major content providers such as Fox, Turner Networks, MTV Networks, ESPN, NBCU and HBO. Avail-TVN has also been approved ...

Photo project aims to capture the world in a day
KEPR 19
Since then, digital technology and the Internet have made millions of people published photographers, and the project's organizers hope to harness many of the estimated 1 billiondigital cameras now in the hands of people around the world.

Foxtel-Austar chiefs herald deal
The Australian
"The natural order of things is to have a national pay-TV company in Australia," said Austar's outgoing chief executive, John Porter. "It will have more financial leverage and be able to stay competitive in a global content market.

Pay TV merger approved
Sydney Morning Herald
Foxtel and Austar's merger conditions include concessions for the internettelevision market. Photo: Jim Rice AFTER protracted negotiations with the competition watchdog, the $1.9 billion merger of Foxtel and Austar has been approved, after pay TV ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Hybrid TV In The Sooner State
Communications Technology
Entone Inc. is teaming with BTC Broadband to explore a new broadband TV (BBTV) service model in Bixby, Okla. With FusionTV, BTC Broadband says it can offer a BBTV service that combines live Over-the-Air (OTA) television programs and full digital video ...

Martini Media Appoints Thomas O'Regan as Chief Revenue Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Apr 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Martini Media, the digital media and content platform for engaging the audience with the most money and influenceonline, today announced that Thomas O'Regan has joined the company as chief ...

Streaming options could confuse TV watchers
Tucson Citizen
Competing online video services have become so successful that about one-third of Americans have streamed a movie or TV show on Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle or another Net-based video service, according to Nielsen. Americans will watch 3.4 billion ...

The BrainYard Wins 2012 min's Best of the Web Award
MarketWatch (press release)
In a special issue of min and min's B2B highlighting Best of the Web winners, Steve Smith,Digital Media Editor for min, said, "Congratulations to all of our Digital Hall of Fame inductees, BOW winners and honorable mentions. You really get it.

Many Doctors Don't Take Social Media Beyond Marketing
InformationWeek
By Ken Terry InformationWeek Healthcare organizations in the United States should learn from their peers abroad and expand the use of social media beyond marketing functions, suggests a new report from technology consulting firm CSC.

KIT digital to Present The Future of Television at NAB 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
Consumers are now demanding that broadcasters and service providers deliver on the promise of 'TV Everywhere,' and we are helping clients do just that," said Alex Blum, COO KIT digital. "At NAB this year, we will be demonstrating solutions that reduce ...

Fetch TV The Big Winner Out Of Foxtel Merger
SmartHouse
By David Richards | Tuesday | 10/04/2012 The big winner out of today's Foxtel-Austar merger is Fetch TV, who has quietly lobbied the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ever since the $2 Billion dollar proposed merger was first announced.

Cannes Lions , Haymarket Media to organise Digital Media Awards for Asia
Media Newsline
The partnership currently runs Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity and the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival (AMEs), and will now also include the Digital Media Awards for Asia. The 2012 Digital Marketing Awards, will take place in November in ...

Cinchcast Launches Interview Series to Showcase Content Marketing Strategies ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Content Conversations is an online interview series featuring insightful and informative one-on-one discussions with today's top content marketing experts. Host CC Chapman, a leader in theonline and social media marketing space and co-author of the ...

New D-Link® MovieNite™ Streaming Media Player Now Available in Walmart Stores ...
Sacramento Bee
"We are committed to delivering customers a unique and user-friendly viewing experience, and MovieNite complements D-Link's media player solutions, offering an effortless way for people to enjoy their digital content on a big screen at a great value," ...

New D-Link® MovieNite(TM) Streaming Media Player Now Available in Walmart ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... to its entertainment product line - the MovieNite(TM) streaming media player (DSM-310) delivering instant access to an unlimited amount of 1080p HD movies and TV shows, and personalized Internet radio straight to any TV at an affordable price.

TELEMUNDO MEDIA PROMOTES BORJA PEREZ TO SENIOR ...
By nicolemuniz
Building off the success of the 2011 launch of Social@Telemundo, a new strategic social mediaunit focused on delivering fans across Facebook and Twitter interactive experiences tied to TVprogramming, Perez will look for new ways to blend social activity ... In addition, Perez was charged with identifying trends and growth opportunities for Telemundo's online community in the digital media marketplace and delivering this audience best in breed applications, services, and programs. Telemundo Media Kit

Measuring Canada's Digital Media Economy: Laying the Foundation ...
By Justin Kozuch
In this 2 hour working session, registered attendees will have an opportunity to identify what they'd like to learn about as it pertains to the size and scope of Canadian digital media economy, how to spread the word about our research study ...
Pixel to Product

Cannes Lions and Haymarket to Manage Digital Media Awards and ...
By Samer Marzouq
The partnership currently runs Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity and the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival (AMEs), and will now also include the Digital Media Awards for Asia. The 2012 Digital Marketing Awards, will take place in ...
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Hungarian digital TV market grows
By Chris Dziadul
Of these, 921078 opted for DTH or MMDS (Hello Digital) and 712194 cable or IPTV services, while the pay-DTT platform MinDig TV Extra had 54384 customers. UPC was the leading provider of pay-TV services as a whole, claiming a 25.9% ...
Broadband TV News

Samsung's Smart TV Awarded Industry's First Official Certificate for ...
By aghammachi11
The Smart TV certificate covers both TV's inherent feature, picture quality—including brightness, contrast ratio, colors—and a variety of Smart TV services such as access to the Internet, e-Mail services, social media, web browser, etc.
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The golden opportunity for Pay TV in multi-screen era | Videonet
By Jim Guillet
Since the latter half of the twentieth century, the pay TV service providers have been doing what they do best: delivering a high-quality viewing experience to customers in front of the various television sets around their homes. For most of .... and take them through the appropriate stages of scaling (leveraging the company's High Leverage Network architecture) while addressing the concerns of content quality and security through Alcatel-Lucent's Velocix Digital Media Delivery Platform.
Videonet

Communication first, technology second | Middle East Public ...
By Carrington Malin
As usual, Phil Lynagh's column in the latest issue of Campaign Middle East magazine is bang on the money and this month he's touched on a particular bug-bear of mine in 'This social mediabubble needs to pop'. Having been ... Sadly, many still define campaign objectives and successes in very broad terms, when, in fact, the new tools offered us by digital media are dramatically increasing the ways that marketers can profile audiences and measure responses. Don't let anyone fob ...
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Culture boom: How digital media are ... - Australian Policy Online
02 April 2012The Internet and online media have significantly impacted the Australian mediaand content industry and will continue to do so. They will be the key ...
apo.org.au/.../culture-boom-how-digital-media-are-invigoratin...

Google TV to jump across the pond to Europe | News - Digital Media ...
Despite being plagued with high prices, low sales, and difficulty with program distribution in the U.S., Google TV is expanding to Europe. Come September, Sony ...
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BTV-Business Television Features Aurcana Corporation, Queenston ...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/29/12 -- Watch our show online and features via .....
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Internet TV Designs - ELOC Digital Video Advertising Agency
ELOC Provides internet TV advertising and technology solutions.
elocdigitalmedia.com/eloc-digital.../internet-tv-designs

Digital Media News (week 15) | News | Scottish Enterprise
We are seeking projects that focus on convergence in hyper-local media models, content ... "The 'Digital Innovation Contest – TV & Film' run by IC tomorrow, ...
www.scottish-enterprise.com/.../Digital-media-news-week-15-...

Freestyle Digital Media to release DVDs in partnership with Gaiam ...
Freestyle Digital Media will continue to handle online film rentals and VOD directly. "We have watched Gaiam's growth and are very excited to be working with ...
www.hollywoodwiretap.com/?module=news&action...id...

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