Cook says TV is of keen interest to Apple

Cook says TV is of keen interest to Apple
Chicago Tribune
"Another thing that Steve taught us all is to not to be focused on the past," Cook told this year's All Things Digital conference, an annual gathering of A-list technology and media executives in the upscale California coastal resort town of Rancho ...

Tim Cook hints at innovation in TV
Mother Nature Network
By by Charlotte RaabWed, May 30 2012 at 5:22 AM EST APPLE TV: While avoiding specifics, Cook said that the Apple TV business is "an area of intense interest for us." Apple has long referred to Apple TV — boxes that route content from the Internet to ...

Mother Nature Network

Internet set to overtake TV as most complained-about ad medium
The Guardian
The number of internet ads consumers complained about also grew dramatically, by 300% year-on-year, to 9295. This quantum jump puts internet advertising a whisker behind the most complained about media, TV, which saw a 20% year-on-year decline in ...

The Guardian

TiVo and thePlatform Tapped by RCN for TV Everywhere Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
The new TV Everywhere portal will feature the ability to watch video over an Internet connection, plus seamless integration with RCN's linear television and On Demand offering, all accessible through the rich TiVo user experience.

Apple boss Tim Cook: 'TV is of intense interest to us'
Digital Spy
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said that television remains an "area of intense interest" for his company, amid reports that a new Apple TV set is already in testing. Speaking in his first live mediainterview since stepping into Apple's top job, ...

Spike TV and GameTrailers Announce E3 Exclusives
MTV.com (blog)
Spike TV will broadcast four more live hours on Tuesday, June 5 (Noon-4:00pm ET/9:00am-1:00pm PT). “E3 All Access Live” will also be supported through additionaldigital pre and post shows as well as through online simulcasts, offering fans more than ...

MTV.com (blog)

Web.com to Present at the 7th Annual Needham Internet & Digital Media Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
... a leading provider of internet services and online marketing solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, David Brown, will present at the 7th Annual Needham Internet & Digital Media Conference ...

D-Link launches DIR-857 Dualband HD Media Router for digital media enthusiasts
HEXUS
LONDON, 30 May 2012, - D-Link has today launched the Dualband HD Media Router (DIR-857) for demanding digital media enthusiasts who require the highest possible performance from their routers. Boasting 900 Mbps Wireless N connectivity, the router can ...

Soup to Nuts: Novato mom's son, the 49ers digital media coordinator, inspired ...
Marin Independent-Journal
The fact that her son, Taylor, 27, is the digital media coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers certainly helped. But Price didn't really think her blog would go beyond a personal diary and a way for her to keep track of the dishes she'd tweaked; ...

Could LinkAsia's Digital Hybrid Model Be the Future for Global TV News?
PBS MediaShift
For the past year, Link TV, the non-profit independent satellite broadcaster and digital media organization, has taken on these questions of blurred boundaries with LinkAsia, a weekly news and culture digital/broadcast hybrid program about life, ...

Cox invests in company iHigh
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By David Markiewicz Atlanta-based Cox Media Group is investing $11.7 million in iHigh, a Lexington, Ky.-based digital TV platform and online network, the companies announced. Affinity groups, such as schools and small organizations that share common ...

Apple CEO Optimistic About TV Business; Hints At Closer Facebook Ties
NASDAQ
He said that the TV business in an area of intense interest for the company, and sees unbelievable potential in the Siri voice recognition service. Cook also hinted at closer ties with social networking site Facebook Inc. (FB).

Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era
New York Times
In the 1990s, the term “digital divide” emerged to describe technology's haves and have-nots. It inspired many efforts to get the latest computing tools into the hands of all Americans, particularly low-income families. Those efforts have indeed shrunk ...

New York Times

TV biz faces off against digital disruptors
Variety
The new service backed by Barry Diller's IAC Corp. transmits broadcast TV station signals to subscribers' computers and iPads over the Internet using dime-sized antennae. It started in March in New York City and plans to expand.

It's The Content, Stupid! Maybe The FCC, Not Tim Cook, Will Decide If Apple's ...
Forbes
Tim Cook, interviewed by Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher at All Things Digital D10 Conference. Photo by Asa Mathat | All Things Digital Tim Cook wasn't going to answer any direct questions about making an actual TV set last night at the DX: All Things ...

Forbes

Apple chief hints at innovation in TV
Canada.com
Cook declined to reveal details of products set for release by the Cupertino, California-based maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, Macintosh computers, and Apple TV devices. The first unveiling could take place as soon as June 11, when Apple kicks off its ...

Automation at the 2012 NAB Show
TV Technology
Automation has evolved far beyond its play-to-air roots; in one form or another, it's integral to managing and distributing digital media. Channel appliances—those self-contained systems in a box or rack—are everywhere, but still struggle for ...

Are You Feeling Swallowed up by Social Media? How About A Time Out?
Huffington Post
But, it wasn't the growth of social media that caused my response, but the impact of social mediaon my life and just about every other person I know. How about you? Do you feel the "avalanche" ofsocial media coming at you from sites like Twitter, ...

ABC Tells Judge Aereo Violates Copyrights, Should Be Shut
Bloomberg
Aereo said consumers have the right to watch TV shows using an antenna without infringing copyrights. Both sides are presenting opening statements today in Manhattan before US District Judge Alison Nathan, who must decide whether to issue an injunction ...

Mobile devices star in prime time at home
USA TODAY
By Edward C. Baig and Mike Snider, USA TODAY His kids might commandeer the TVbefore bedtime, but online game designer John Comes still gets his prime-time fix. Just on a smaller screen. Consumers are using tablets, smartphones, game consoles — and, ...

USA TODAY

Lovefilm and Universal end rights dispute
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent Lovefilm, the Amazon-owned movie rental service, has struck a multi-year deal allowing it to show Universal Pictures' content, marking the end of a two-and-a-half-year dispute between the two companies.

Apple chief vows innovation in TV and more
DAWN.com
Apple CEO Tim Cook is pictured at the All Things Digital conference in Los Angeles in this May 29, 2012 handout photo. — Photo by Reuters RANCHO PALOS VERDES:Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company's “DNA” and ...

DAWN.com

TV Everywhere: Technology and business trends
FierceOnlineVideo
Roughly one-third of all broadband households now watch Internet video on a TV or computer, and approximately 25 percent view online video on tablets and mobile devices. Overall, mobile devices account for one-fourth of the average person's video ...

Campaigns Dig Through Online Data To Target Voters
Sci-Tech Today
Online "microtargeting" is less costly than TV advertising. The 2012 election could be decided by which campaign is best at exploiting voters' Internet data. The growing sophistication of data-mining tools has allowed campaigns to dig deeply into ...

Sci-Tech Today

What's Your Online Value?
By Nick Bartakovich
It always shocks me how much these social media platforms are worth. Zuckerberg is worth something like $19 billion now and all he did was recreate an existing system, such as MySpace, to make it better. (Yes that is over simplifying it) It is ...
Digital Media Theory & Trends

Consumer complaints about Internet ads to surpass TV in the UK ...
By Mark Sweney, The Guardian
The internet is on the brink of overtaking television as the most complained-about advertising medium in the UK, with the ad regulator recording a surge of almost 300% in the number of consumers registering concerns over digital campaigns to more than 10000 last year. ... This quantum jump putsinternet advertising a whisker behind the most complained about media, TV, which saw a 20% year-on-year decline in complaints last year to 11245, about 5556 commercials. The main ...
The Raw Story

FWM Digital Bytes - Digital Marketing Agency News - Fast Web Media
By Fast Web Media
Welcome to FWM Digital Bytes, where we discuss all the biggest digital marketing and digital media news doing the rounds. This week, we ... Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company will move into the production of their own TV sets by saying that they have “an intense interest” ininternet TV. Currently, Apple ... 18% of women said that they'd miss social media if it wasn't around (compared to just 7% of men), while women also play more online games than men (9% to 8%).
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Dragons, bulls and bears: How are China's digital media faring on ...
By Robert Andrews
Wall Street has welcomed another Chinese digital media stock, video operator YOU On Demand, just as Facebook continued disappointing investors. But what does the history of Chinese digitalstocks, of which there are many in New York, ...
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Quepasa to present at the 7th Annual Needham Internet & Digital ...
By chelsea.b
NEW HOPE, PA – May 30, 2012 – Quepasa Corporation (QPSA: NYSE MKT) today announced its participation in the 7th Annual Needham Internet & Digital Media Conference on June 5, 2012 at the Essex House in New York City. The presentation will be webcast ... In April 2012, Quepasa announced plans of its platform rebrand to MeetMe™, part of a global strategy to expand how people discover and meet in an increasingly online and mobile world. The company makes meeting ...
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John Berman Leaving ABC News for CNN - TVNewser
By Chris Ariens
... CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world's most extensively-syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.
TVNewser

iHigh Scores $11.7M Investment from Cox Media Group
By EntertainmentNews
LEXINGTON, Ky., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --iHigh®, the leading youth digital television platform and online network, today announced it received $11.7M in funding from Cox Media Group, an integrated traditional and digital media and direct ... iHigh provides free Web-based tools and live video streaming capabilities that enable organizations to connect to their audiences by broadcasting live content to PCs, smartphones, tablets, and any other Internet-connected device.
International Entertainment News

Microsoft in lead in online TV battle - StrategyEye Digital Media
Thanks to the Xbox, Microsoft is currently leading the market for online video viewing via the TV as a range of firms, from Google to Apple to Boxee, battles it out ...
www.strategyeyedigitalmedia.com/.../microsoft_in_the_lead_i...

MediaPost Publications DPAA Issues RFP For Digital Media Summit ...
DPAA Issues RFP For Digital Media Summit - 05/17/2012. ... Online News & Columns: OnlineMediaDaily - Section 1Section 2 - Around the Net ...
www.mediapost.com/.../dpaa-issues-rfp-for-digital-media-sum...

Virgin Media TV guide app for iphone - TiVo - Digital Spy Forums
My VM app worked flawlessly for ages then when I swapped onto a new tariff with my mobile network the app wouldn't let me log in to record, yet the same ...
forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1665519

Aspera to present latest high-speed transfer innovations at ...
Online Video Looks for TV Dollars at Internet Week Conference ... Bridging on- premise and cloud deployments for large digital media, Aspera will highlight its ...
www.streamingmedia.com/.../Aspera-to-present-latest-high-spe...

Digital media brings erotica out of closet - $htmlTitle
Digital media brings erotica out of closet. May 21 2012 at 11:34am ... I think it just evolved into a bigger readership online.” Sarah Wendell, founder of the ...
www.iol.co.za/digital-media-brings-erotica-out-of-closet-1.13...

CustomWeather and Vizrt Announce Enhanced Weather Products for Digital Media
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire CustomWeather, Inc., a specialized provider of high resolution weather forecast and alert services, has announced the availability of enhanced global weather packages via Vizrt for the digital media industry.
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Technology puts viewers in charge at Olympic Games

Technology puts viewers in charge at Games | Reuters: "Advances in technology will allow sports fans on both sides of the Atlantic to see more Olympic action than ever this summer without being chained to the television screen. Calling London 2012 "the first truly digital Games", the BBC will provide live streams of every event to British homes, making the feeds available on internet-connected TVs, PCs, mobile phones and tablets. In the United States, NBCUniversal (CMCSA.O) is planning similar blanket coverage of all 302 medal competitions. . . "

Emerging smart TV market may stifle smaller players
CNET (blog)
All of us know that the smartphone has killed many portable devices markets due to it playing the role of MP3 player, portable media player, digital mobile TV, digital camera, dictionary, voice recorder, game device and more. We call this trend digital ...

Samsung Launches Music Hub, Offering the Ultimate Mobile Music Service
MarketWatch (press release)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the arrival of the much anticipated new Music Hub -- the first completely integrated, all-in-one mobile music service.

StepLeader Spinning-Off from CBC New Media Group to Develop Opportunities in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
RALEIGH, NC, May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- StepLeader, a digital solutions provider that delivers information across mobile technology, OTT/Smart TV applications and more, announced today that it recently closed one of its best quarters to date, ...

Liquor Giants Plug Into Social Media
Wall Street Journal
By Simon Zekaria Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Europe's liquor giants are increasingly plowing cash into social media to promote their brands and gather valuable data on drinkers. Thirst for whisky, rum and vodka in Latin America, ...

YouView net TV service gets first public trial in UK
BBC News
A free web-connected TV service combining Freeview digital channels with on-demand content such as iPlayer is going on trial in the UK. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, will initially be tested in 350 homes.

BBC News

Digital Marketing Plays Key Role in Global Pharmaceutical Launches, Finds ...
MarketWatch (press release)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pharmaceutical marketing strategy is evolving rapidly to meet physician and patient demand for digital information. The growing reach of digital media among both healthcare providers and ...

RawVoice to Present Latest on Podcast Developments at BlogWorld New York, June 5-7
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
RawVoice representatives will attend BlogWorld & New Media Expo NYC June 5-7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th St., to discuss the present and future trends of digital media content, as well as PowerPress 4.0.

As TV Viewership and Reach Decline, InStadium Offers Compelling Alternative ...
Equities.com
Amidst the decline of broadcast network TV's reach and viewership in the digital era, Chicago-based InStadium has launched its first online advertising campaign, offering marketers a larger-than-life TValternative – HD video screens and Dolby surround ...

BBC iPlayer enjoys internet TV growth
Telegraph.co.uk
The BBC iPlayer is enjoying growing popularity thanks to the rise in ownership of televisions that connect to the internet, whereas the proportion of licence fee payers accessing programmes via their computer is falling. Viewers and listeners requested ...

Telegraph.co.uk

RT's Occupy W@ll Street Facebook App Receives Excellence Recognition From ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The app is nominated in the Interactive Media: Online/Interactive Games/Immerging Platforms category. Within the category, RT is competing with such media giants as Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Universal Networks International Germany and Warner ...

Journalistic Integrity, Changing TV Business Models and Levelling the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Internet and mobile broadcast services have also been thrown into the mix. These market influences have led to consumer changes; there is an increased appetite for content anytime, anywhere and on any device. This evolution requires content to become ...

UWCCorp Reviews: Company Helps Small Businesses Overcome Social Marketing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHOENIX, AZ, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Mobile phones and digital mediapresent a wide array of advertising opportunities for small businesses -- but they also present a paradox. A new study, based in the UK, finds that as many as 60% of ...

YouView, the UK's next-generation TV service, enters public trials
The Verge
By Aaron Souppouris on May 29, 2012 11:33 am 3Comments YouView — a joint TV venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, BT, TalkTalk, and Arquiva — is being trialed in 350 homes ahead of its launch later this year.

And The Award For Best Social Media Extensions Goes To MTV
MediaPost Communications
by Joe Mandese, 2 hours ago The word “TV” still dominates its name and identity, but beginning today, MTV will introduce a variety of so-called “second screen” experiences leading up to and running through its annual “MTV Movie Awards” on June 3 that ...

Media General Preps for Its Pure-Play Days
Broadcasting & Cable
Media General has been one of the major champions of converged operations, with TV, print and digital properties working side-by-side in markets including Tampa, Myrtle Beach- Florence (SC) and Roanoke (Va). Morton said The Tampa Tribune “never came ...

NBCU Intl. TV unit mighty from Blighty
Variety
All three shows stem from the London-based NBCUniversal Intl. TV Production unit, led by a US expat, Michael Edelstein, whose mandate as prexy is to expand the Peacock's production capabilities around the world. The two-pronged strategy is to get in on ...

Variety

ToneMedia Appoints Media Industry Veteran Cliff Paulson To Lead Sales Efforts
Music Indistry News Network
ToneMedia, the leading digital media company that connects advertisers with their target audiences based on music preferences, announced the addition of Cliff Paulson to their executive team. Cliff will lead the company's sales efforts, bringing more ...

From 'Cougar Town' to 'Touch,' TV takes to Cyberspace
Zap2it.com (blog)
Cablenet TBS has now picked up Season 4 of "Cougar Town" -- along with rights to air the first three seasons -- where it will join fellow network refugee Conan O'Brien, whose talk show also has a digital presence. These days, it's hard for a show to ...

Zap2it.com (blog)

76% of People Conduct Online Searches in Two or More Languages
MarketWatch (press release)
However, results from a global survey undertaken by leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, suggest quite the opposite, that a significant 76% do. Occupations one might most readily associate with the Internet - IT and Marketing ...

Latinos in Social Media Get Political for 2012
ClickZ
A social media-based group of Latinos is getting serious about influencing politics, online and off. Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) will hold a tech conference at Google's New York offices in June, and will give the White House a town hall style ...

Big brands combine digital with TV
Warc
NEW YORK: Major brand owners like AT&T, Visa and NBC are undertaking increasingly ambitious projects connecting digital media with television content. AT&T, the telecoms giant, has formed an alliance with Fox, the broadcaster, on a new drama called ...

TiVo Tees Up TV Streamer for Cable
Multichannel News
TiVo Stream, introduced at The Cable Show 2012, has builtin transcoding features, delivered via silicon supplied by Zenverge, to deliver up to four simultaneous video streams to mobile devices from a TiVo Premiere digital video recorder or the ...

Verimatrix Extends DVB Expertise With Geir Bjorndal
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that Geir Bjorndal has joined the team to contribute his ...

TV Record Uses Grass Valley Technologies To Support International Sporting ...
4RFV
TV Record, Brazil's second-largest television network, will deploy a complete high-definition (HD) production system from Grass Valley™ on-site in London for live and delayed coverage of the country's athletes competing at the various sporting events ...

Bauer and Channel 4 in social TV push
Marketing Week
Bauer Media has partnered with Channel 4 to launch a social TV initiative this summer in a bid to expand the digital footprint of its celebrity gossip magazine Heat. The Heat4…Live! tie-up will centre around three episodes of Channel 4 shows over the ...

Marketing Week

Digital Marketing and the Confusion of High Tech
WebWire (press release)
Generally, the success of traditional print, radio and TV promotions has declined enormously being replaced by internet advertising. The importance of being easily found online is now accepted as a primary goal of many businesses promotional strategy.

Understanding the Cost-Per-Engagement Ad Model
MediaPost Communications
by Sebastian Tonkin, over 1 hour ago The Interactive Advertising Bureau just introduced a new program to certify digital media salespeople. This comes as little surprise, considering how many acronyms you have to master to be able to sell an ad online.

'Today' launches Viggle integration with Toyota for summer concert series ...
Lost Remote
The network will be using the Toyota-sponsored event to experiment with social TV as they bring on acts like Pitbull, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5 and more. They kicked off their social TV efforts with their first partnership with Viggle for ...

Lost Remote

UM Expands Relationship With Rentrak
MarketWatch (press release)
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT) , the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced its client, UM, has expanded ...

Connectivity: The New Currency
E-Commerce Times
By Hagai Tal As the online target expands, the challenge will not be finding the audience, but embracing platforms and techniques that reduce friction in the monetization of digital content via well-integrated open commerce solutions.

Research: Tencent dominates China's online ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
Tencent accounts for over a third of all revenue in China's online game market, which overall raked in 11.27 billion Chinese yuan ($1.78 billion) during the first quarter of .
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Report: Amazon Eyes Mobile Ad Networks; Facebook Device ...
By AdExchanger
But, Apple may not care as it's on the verge of the connected trifecta where computer, phone and TVmerge in the cloud. Read the rumor on Apple Insider. Levinsohn's ... TV dollars. Display Myths. In a round up of industry reaction, Digiday's Brian Morrissey asks industry execs what's the biggest myth of online display advertising. Say Media president ... But social media marketing needs to be measured differently than traditional marketing. We need different ways to measure sharing.
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Digital media changes minds | Welcome to S2Smagazine.com
Digital media changes minds. How what's online affects how people see and change society. Posted Fri, 2012-05-25 12:32 by Sonya Eskridge. Comments ...
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Campaigns use online data to target voters

Campaigns dig through online data to target voters
WOI
The 2012 election could be decided by which campaign is best at exploiting voters' Internet data. The Romney and Obama campaigns are spending heavily on television ads and other traditional tools to convey their messages. But strategists say the most ...

Unilever in soap opera digital ads deals
Financial Times
Such TV shows remain the largest outlet for consumergoods advertising but the growth of onlinemarketing and social media is providing new opportunities for global brands, such as Unilever. Although YouTube has been used by campaigners and critics of ...

YouView trials enter final stage
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent YouView, the much-delayed internet TV venture by some of the UK's biggest broadcasters and broadband providers, will finally be put to the test by members of the public this week after three years in ...

"The Latin American media market should be headed towards more diversification ...
Portada Magazine
LPB Networks, LLC (“LPB”) is an international multi-media representation company with offices in South Florida and Sao Paulo Brazil. LPB represents media opportunities globally. LPB represents Latin American media outlets for Cable TV, Digital, print, ...

Set Top Boxes: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018
MarketWatch (press release)
The ability to enhance channel access with HD TV Internet access promises to have broad appeal. The Internet promises to enhance sports programming with information about the game and players delivered over a devices while a channel is being watched.

Social media key to online sales
TODAYonline
The pervasiveness of social media will also be a key metric in measuring consumer behaviour and in driving traffic to websites, he said. Mr Shuster said it is imperative that business customers have the know-how to convert digital engagements into ...

Microsoft's Piracy Problems in the Spotlight
Sci-Tech Today
That ranked well above second-place NBC Universal, the operator of several TV networks and a movie studio. Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about Web sites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about ...

Sci-Tech Today

How are you streaming? (Poll)
CNET
With so many options available to stream Internet content, what's your pick? In the digital mediareceiver category, you have Apple's beloved Apple TV, Roku, and a bunch of other options. Apple's access to iTunes and its huge library of TV shows and ...

Digital estate planning
Turn to 10.com
Increasingly your digital assets, everything from online bank accounts to frequent flier and rewards programs to social media are becoming a consideration for estate planning. Financial writer Catey Hill suggests designating a "digital executor" to ...

Toronto Standard launches curated video platform Daily Cable TV
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
TORONTO, May 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Toronto Standard Media Company Limited is pleased to announce the official launch of DailyCableTV.com, an intelligently curated platform, showcasing thought-provoking, eyeball-engorging, smile-inducing videos of the ...

7 Deadly Sins of Online Marketing for Small Business
Business Insider
Online marketing has become an important part of the small business toolbox. In order to reach consumers and grow your business, there are a variety of tactics and tools you can use – fromonline advertising to social media marketing to reputation ...

Using Pinterest for Business has Marketers Rushing to Catch On, According to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This all comes from the latest DigitalMarketer.com article, which said that tapping into the huge amounts of free traffic that can be generated through the newest social media craze will help any business in their marketing efforts.

Tom Harvey to step down as Northern Film & Media CEO
Screen International
During his time as chief executive, the regional screen agency - which has carried on operating as a separate entity rather than folding into Creative England - leveraged more than £80 million of investment into north east film, TV, digital media and ...

Absa digital banking platforms fail
ITWeb
Absa customers took to social media platforms to vent their frustration as the bank's digital platforms were down for most of Friday, which was for many payday. Only three days after big four bank Absa announced the launch of its new interface, ...

ITWeb

Piers Morgan, Brooke Baldwin Hosting CNN's Coverage of the Diamond Jubilee
mediabistro.com
As we reported earlier, ABC Newssecured the US TV rights for the Jubilee concert, and also has the only US interview with Princes William and Harry in advance of the Jubilee. ABC News broadcasts will originate from London next week.

mediabistro.com

Predict the Future? We Aren't Even Reporting the Present Accurately
AdAge.com
Are you confused about how people use media today? It was widely reported earlier this year that an Accenture study found TV viewing is declining dramatically. But according to a subsequent New York Times article, viewing is actually increasing among ...

Sony TV launches HD feed
Indiantelevision.com
It will be available on direct-to-home (DTH) providers like Dish TV, Tata Sky, AirtelDigital TV and Videocon D2H. Additionally, it will also be available on cable networks like Hathway cable & Datacom and Seven Star. Multi Screen Media COO NP Singh ...

Indiantelevision.com

Networks need to think outside the box
The Australian Financial Review
It found that while TV remains the preferred form of entertainment for the majority of Australians, internet browsing is rapidly catching up, and has already overtaken traditional media among younger users aged between 14 and 22.

The Australian Financial Review

A New Life for...Jericho?
About - News & Issues
Earlier this month an unexpected candidate for disinterment on digital media surfaced: a Seattle newspaper reported, and other media expanded, on news that Netflix is in talks with CBS to revive Jericho, the show that was already famously brought back ...

JWC 2012 set for record TV coverage
IRB
The IRB Junior World Championship 2012 in South Africa will enjoy record broadcast,online and social media coverage for an Age Grade Rugby tournament. The premier age grade event for international teams at Under 20 level, which runs from June 4-22 in...

IRB

Amazon deal boosts profits at Entertainment One but bid plans weigh on shares
Telegraph.co.uk
Entertainment One, the film and TV distribution company behind children's favourite Peppa Pig, more than doubled its profits last year after a licensing deal with Amazon's digital movie service, LoveFilm, bolstered revenues. Peppa Pig launched in the ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Office Space: Jerry Bryant of JBTV
Chicago Tribune
In his River North music TV studio, Jerry Bryant has created a house of opportunity for musicians and production crews. The 60-year-old owner, host and producer of JBTV has been building his portfolio since 1984, when he began interviewing ...

Tom Harvey steps down as NFM chief executive
bdaily
Under his leadership, the agency successfully leveraged more than £80 million of investment into the north east film, TV, digital media and music industries and helped build a 37.6% GVA boost in the five years to 2010. Harvey was instrumental in ...

Time to cash in on internet sales
Independent Online
By JUNIOR BESTER More and more businesses switching from physical transactions to the digital world, experts have identified retailers, and the fact that they re not taking advantage of the high number of local online shoppers, as the main culprits.

Independent Online

Ian Burrell: The internet Antichrist who is converting online evangelists
The Independent
His latest tome, Digital Vertigo, highlights what he sees as the insidious nature of social media, which he believes is actually destabilising personal relationships rather than strengthening them. Suddenly he has found some unlikely supporters.

Random House Children's Publishers UK and Transworld Publishers appoint Total ...
The Drum
Random House Children's Publishers UK and Transworld Publishers have appointed Total Media to handle their digital media buying, meaning that agency now represents 60% of the top 10 UK publishing houses. Total Media, who also works with Hachette Group, ...

Digital content is king
exchange4media.com
By Atul Sharma In the ever-changing world of digital (internet) domain, one thing is clear: any new digital innovation becomes commoditised within a short time. Given that the price range for creating similar digital solutions ranges from a few lakh ...

exchange4media.com

Trip Hawkins steps down as Digital Chocolate CEO amidst layoff reports
Gamasutra
by Mike Rose [Social/Online, Business/Marketing] Trip Hawkins, founder of mobile and social game developer Digital Chocolate, has stepped down from his CEO role and has taken on an advisory position, as reports indicate up to 180 layoffs have occurred ...

Gamasutra

Research and Markets: Analysis of Samsung's Competitiveness in 2012
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The digital media and home appliance business tripled in profit earnings thanks to the popularity of LED TV. Samsung's TV business enhanced profitability by being focused on premium LED TVproducts and the communications business posted a new record in ...

Satyamev Jayate, reaching far and wide
Hindustan Times
Though it began at a modest 3.1 TVR in the first week, it went on to generate a TVR of 3.7 in the second week, reaching 27.8 crore people in India. awareness in the social media space. While the pre-launch campaign on digital platforms reached about ...

Hindustan Times

Developing a Social Media Strategy for Tourism Destinations «
By Daisy Modiano
raise awareness of Slovenia as a tourism destination online and support the brand,; increase the visitation numbers in its social media channels and website and digital communication while,; forge a unified, coordinated and practical social media marketing and management model to guide the entire organization through the latest digital ... Digital media and technologies now affect every single stage of the visitor's journey to a destination, during his stay and even after this.

Telstra hires Proximity boss Adam Good as director of digital media ...
By Robin Hicks
But it really hit home after I watched some TV ads for a kiwi supermarket yesterday that advertising in New Zealand is so much better than much of the crap that is being served up in this country at the moment. Why is it that Colenso BBDO .... Telstra Media's group MD Rick Ellis: “Adam Good is a highly regarded international digital media executive who will lead an acceleration of our growth inonline and mobile content and services, including e-commerce initiatives. In addition he will ...
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The Digital Media Machine: Why online news is failing
Patch isn't the first online venture to experience this problem. I've seen references to News Corp. and other media executives talking about the "digital dimes" for ...
www.digitalmediamachine.com/.../why-online-news-is-failing....

Online Loves / 3 Digital Media Infographics That Will Rock Your ...
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Telefónica risk-taker bets the future on digital expansion

Telefónica risk-taker bets the future on digital expansion
The Guardian
There are half a dozen existing companies under his stewardship, including Latin American internet TV company Terra, which will be broadcasting dozens of Olympic channels this summer; a satellite broadcaster headquartered in Peru but operating across ...

The Guardian

Suit to stop Dish Network's 'Hopper' gets mixed reviews from electronics industry
The Hill (blog)
NBC, CBS and Fox filed a lawsuit Thursday against satellite TV operator Dish Network to halt distribution of its "Hopper" DVR and its adapter for Slingbox streaming devices. The Dish Network device has drawn the ire of broadcasters because of a feature ...

Keying in grief: Social media changes how we mourn
The Newark Advocate
For many people, social media profiles and email accounts are a part of normal life. But when they die, family members might be left to decide what to do with their online presence. As technology becomes ingrained in our daily routine, it's important ...

Will 'TV Everywhere' Turn Into an iPad-Only Game?
Tablet PC Review
'TV Everywhere' is already going strong on the iPad, but the jury is still out on how well streaming... Less than a year after its release, Cisco will discontinue production of its Cius business tablet. » News » Will 'TV Everywhere' Turn Into an ...

Star-Telegram newsroom realignment aimed at putting digital first
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Jim Witt Because the way we gather and disseminate news has changed rapidly the past few years, the Star-Telegram is realigning our newsroom work groups as we accelerate the transition to a news organization that is focused on digital media.

FilmOn.TV Debuts New Live TV Facebook App
Shockya.com
TV has debuted the first streaming television app on Facebook. The app, called “FilmOn Live TV,” which streams 150 HD live television channels directly to your Facebook page. The app also allows you to chat with your friends while sharing live ...

Filmmakers turn to internet to promote films
Daily News & Analysis
From releasing the poster or a trailer of a forthcoming film first online, to raising money for funding films, digital media is the most-sought after platform for filmmakers. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD) was the first to launch its trailer online ...

Love war hits Multi-TV reality show, I'm in love with Bomaye
Myjoyonline.com
Multi-TV, Multimedia Group's premium digital television platform, promised Ghanaians a mixed bag of unadulterated entertainment when it launched its groundbreaker and history making reality show I'm in love with Bomaye.

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Monday media diary: part 1
The Australian
Online division News Digital Media is under the most scrutiny and might be brought closer to the main company, as Williams has promised to do with NewsLifeMedia. Diary's ears pricked up when we heard human resources managers across the country will be ...

Connecting India, Pakistan, Afghanistan through social media
Livemint
This power is now available to anyone with an Internet access—about two billion people. And the impact is seen on contemporary history, which is witnessing some unprecedented challenges.Social media is power in the true sense, with regimes being ...

Moderation in an Age of Information Abundance & Hypervisibility
Forbes
In his latest book, Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us, Keen says that the totalitarian surveillance state that George Orwell depicted in his dystopian novel 1984 is gradually descending ...

Forbes

Nine, Ten both need to score the NRL
The Australian
His report predicts rights to the code, including free-to-air and subscription TV, as well as digitalrights, would be worth $950 million, although a best-case scenario would be over $1 billion. He said Ten needed the rights to give it a kick-start ...

TiVo spits out monster 6-way Pace box for US eyes only
Register
But in the US six tuners is becoming a requirement, and the TiVo Premiere being delivered at cableTV giant RCN already has four tuners. It may be a coincidence that semiconductor fab MaxLinear this week has come out with a chip that has six or eight ...

The New York Times's Arthur Sulzberger Jr. And The Demise Of Janet Robinson
Huffington Post
Finally, the annoying "subscription only" internet presence led me to cancel all my subscriptions and stop reading them online. As I don't imagine I'm the only one, they are finding advertisers less interested in paying for the corresponding reduction ...

I have £500 to spend on a new TV. Where in London should I buy?
Telegraph.co.uk
London is also chock-full of bargain deals on TV. Follow our guide and land yourself a sweet set. I have £500 to spend on a new TV. Where in London should I buy? While you can probably manage without a 60” home cinema screen, there's no denying that we ...

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Lowest content denominator
TheReporter.com
This is now the standard stuff of top Internet sites as well as cable-TV, broadcast TV morning shows and, of course, local TV newscasts. Even many of the most reputable news organizations, such as the Los Angeles Times, play it straight on their ...

Stewart Holds Off Dungey to Start Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Season ...
Motor Sports Newswire (press release)
FUEL TV, part of FOX Sports Media Group, was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in more than 36 million US homes and can be accessed by broadband, mobile devices and other digital platforms such as iTunes®. FUEL TV programming is available in more than ...

India is expected to be the fastest growing online travel market in the Asia ...
Business Standard (blog)
How can online travel agents (OTA) like Expedia combat these giants when it comes to providing consumers with better “decision engines” and facilitating travel planning? We believe that continued innovation in travel is positive for the industry as ...

Obama, Romney campaigns target young Hispanics with cellphones
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
That's because a mobile phone and an app are personalized and engaging - a far cry from a robocall or a TV ad. Young voters are deeply skeptical of one-for-all marketing and respond best to one-on-one, Hispanic-to-Hispanic marketing, according to ...

Social Playground or Payground?
Internet Video Magazine (press release)
Social media is a lot like a school playground, swing set, sandbox. There are always kids who want to come in, see how cool/great it is and want to take it over as their own. Maybe that's why so many brands, communications folks have been beaten up.

Bharti Airtel forays into mobile advertising segment
New York Daily News
Through this platform, advertisers will be able to leverage multiple communications outlets and tools such as mobile internet (WAP), messaging services and Airtel digital TV to engage their audiences, according to Srinivas.

Search Marketing Company Helps Mid-Sized Businesses Climb Higher in Search ...
SBWire (press release)
Viral Marketing Advantage specializes in conducting search marketing and driving social mediatraffic to boost the rankings of online presences established by small and medium-sized businesses. Irving, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/27/2012 -- Irving, ...

The book where you're the story: TV comedian Katy Brand offering fans the ...
Daily Mail
The books will always be available in digital form but if enough money is raised then it will be published in a paperback or hardback. Ms Brand, who has appeared in numerous films, TV, radio and live shows including Have I Got News For You and Peep...

Daily Mail

AG's office touts settlement from RealNetworks
Federal Way Mirror
By GREG ALLMAIN RealNetworks, a Seattle-based digital media provider, will pay a $2.4 million settlement to customers regarding unfair and deceptive practices, most notably in it's practices with supposedly "free trials." According to Washington State ...

3 Digital Media Infographics That Will Rock Your World
Business 2 Community
Infographics have been popping up all over the digital media marketing world, covering everything from social media marketing trends to the basics of inbound marketing. Not all of these infographics are great, and some of them even veer towards ...

Airtel enters mobile advertising space
Hindu Business Line
... complex media environment." Through Airtel's m-Advertising platform, advertisers will be able to leverage multiple communications outlets and tools such as mobileinternet (WAP), Messaging services and Airtel digital TV to engage their audiences.

Hindu Business Line

Bharti Airtel enters mobile advertising segment
Economic Times
"Airtel's m-advertising platform will enable advertisers to land their message in a simple, effective manner in an increasingly complex media environment," said K Srinivas, President - Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel.

Lockers answer to parcel despair
Sydney Morning Herald
IT'S the flaw in the online shopping experience: never being home to receive the goods during the day. Now Australia Post is looking to make available parcel locker sites to accommodate the delivery of goods bought over the internet, to circumvent the ...

Sydney Morning Herald

GIA and Mumbai Alumni Chapter: Building Brands in the Digital Age
India PRwire (press release)
GIA (Gemological Institute of America) co-hosted a special seminar with the Mumbai Alumni Chapter on "Growing Intelligent Brands through Social Media." Nipun Kapoor, COO of WAT Consult, presented effective ways to use the digital space to grow brand ...

Radio Advertising Drives Website Visits - Study
Asia Media Journal
Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner said the research shows the close connection between radio and online for advertisers. This research clearly identifies how well radio and digital media work together in building brand ...

You're depressed because of…technology?
Manila Standard Today
Apparently, all of us have the tendency to need a shrink because we are too obsessed with the comforts of modern life, too dependent on digital and wireless technology and too caught up with virtual reality. The negative side of the Internet has been ...

Microsoft to incubate start-ups
The Hindu
The programme was launched in Beijing on May 22, along with the mediaannouncement in Bangalore. The programme, 'Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure', will host 10 select “early stage” start-ups on-site for four months and take them through a deep ...

The Hindu

Wi-Fi leads home networking technology
EE Times India
ABI Research forecasts over 100 crore unit shipments of core home networking equipment (home gateways/routers, adapters, bridges, NICs, embedded LAN, NAS) and networked-enabled mediadevices (CE devices with network connectivity, excluding computers ...

New Orleans is fast becoming paradise for investors, entrepreneurs
NOLA.com
In the past 18 months, early-stage investors like Nagarajan, and others like South Coast Angel Fund, have noted New Orleans' growing reputation for birthing young companies in fields like biotechnology, education technology and digital technology.

NOLA.com

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