Developers Are Working on Television Apps, but TV Industry Is Wary

Developers Are Working on Television Apps, but TV Industry Is Wary - NYTimes.com: " . . . In the process it could transform the clunky cable interface, with its thousands of channels and a bricklike remote control, into a series of apps that pop up on the television screen. While still in its early stages, the idea has taken off among tech-loving consumers, and companies are trying to satisfy them. Already, apps for Hulu Plus, Netflix and Wal-Mart’s Vudu streaming 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. New sets by Samsung and others come with built-in apps loaded with television shows, movies and sports. Apple has a video player called Apple TV with apps to Netflix, Major League Baseball and other content. Many media executives predict Apple will ultimately enter the television market in a more aggressive way, with either a new set-top box or an Apple-made TV set. Both would rely on apps scattered across the screen as they are on the iPad. Apple declined to comment . . . "

Watching sports online: How each league’s streaming options stack up: "Between blackouts, ISP restrictions and time delays, watching sports online makes televising a moon landing look easy. But some are better than others. Here’s what each league has to offer for cable-deprived online viewers. . . . "

Research and Markets: Digital Media - Online Video and Web TV Insights
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire Online video and Web TV have become recognised as a powerful format for both communicating online and providing an enhanced online experience. Online video/web TV over the Internet is being used by many different industries for ...

comScore Releases "The Digital Politico" Report Highlighting 5 Ways Digital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Entitled The Digital Politico: 5 Ways Digital Media is Shaping the 2012 Presidential Election, the report examines key trends shaping the current election cycle in areas such as social media,digital advertising, and paid search.

STOCKS NEWS THAILAND-Media shares up on digital TV hopes
Reuters
Shares in media firms gained after a news report that the Thai telecoms regulator planned to open bids for digital TV, brokers said. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is considering holding digital TV licensing auctions ...

Panel urges content quotas for internet TV providers
Sydney Morning Herald
So concluded an independent panel into the future of the media that says Australian programs should be protected by new quotas and that companies offering TV-like content over the internetshould not escape those commitments. Free-to-air TV networks ...

A Cable-Friendly Internet-TV Startup?
Multichannel News
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 4/30/2012 12:01:00 AM Meet NimbleTV, another over-the-top venture that is promising to sling TV content over the Internet to a slew of devices — without getting permission from content owners.

Social media is latest front of cola wars
USA TODAY
Pepsi and Coke are among a multitude of companies buying into social media'sability to strengthen their brands. Consumers are 55% more likely to recall ads that include social-media components than non-social ads, according to a 2011 Nielsen survey.

USA TODAY

From Social TV to Better TV: Making the 'Second Screen' Deliver
AdAge.com
On Wednesday, May 9 in New York City, Ad Age is hosting the inaugural Social Engagement/Social TV (SE/STV) Conference. The partial-day event will bring together the best minds from the media, social-analytics, brand and agency worlds.

AdAge.com

Google's Matt Frost to Deliver Keynote Address at Streaming Media East 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
"I am honored to participate in Streaming Media East this year to discuss the innovations that are changing the landscape of online video creation and distribution in exciting and challenging ways," said Frost. "This key industry event consistently ...

Research and Markets: Australia - Digital TV - Market Overview and Statistics ...
SunHerald.com
Since the introduction of digital TV to Australia, there have been additional channels available to viewers. However, difficulties such as poor reception in many areas still need to be overcome. While the global financial crisis had an impact on all ...

2012 "Ditch Digital Dabbling" Survey Reveals the Most Effective Online ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new survey report released today, Ditch Digital Dabbling: How Small Businesses and Nonprofits Can Master Online Marketing, revealed the "magic number" of hours required to make social media ...

What the Emergence of 'Social TV' Can Teach Us All
Huffington Post (blog)
As television increasingly integrates with our online persona, and platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, it will become easier for us to see what our friends are watching, in real time, and what they like and don't like. Many of our TV viewing ...

Digital Media 'Report Card' Shows e-Government Gaps
mediacaster
Even though most Canadian households and businesses have broadband or Internetconnectivity of some sort, there is still more that can be done on the goverment side. Government should step in to improve methods of connecting with citizens online and ...

New Survey: Takes 25 Hours A Week To See Social Media Benefits. Stop Dabbling ...
Business Insider
My friend Maisha Walker published a new survey report, released today, Ditch Digital Dabbling: How Small Businesses and Nonprofits Can Master Online Marketing, revealed the “magic number” of hours required to make social media marketing a success.

CrestaTech Secures $13M to Develop Smart Tuners for TV and Mobile Devices
MarketWatch (press release)
The investment will be used to accelerate development of Smart Tuner(TM) ICs for the fast-growing market of Smart TV devices. The investment was led by Bechtolsheim Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures and AVM Capital LP.

Yahoo! Goes Beyond Gold With Global Programming Coverage of Summer Olympics
MarketWatch (press release)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo!, the premier digital mediacompany, today announced its Summer Games programming efforts bringing Yahoo!'s over 700 million global users closer to the events than ever before, ...

3 reasons TV and digital need each other
iMedia Connection
Initiative's Kristian Magel says TV and digital were made for each other. So why are the two still divided at so many companies? In this insightful clip, Kristian Magel, EVP, director national broadcast, at Initiative US, brings a new perspective to ...

5 Tips For Handling Complaints On Social Media
InformationWeek
"Social media can be used for many things, and one of them is customer complaints or negative feedback about your company." Kroghrud sees social complaints and other negative onlinechatter about your business--usually shared in very public ...

Taiwan launches Digital Media Development Center
Taiwan Today
ROC Vice President Vincent C. Siew (left) and MOEA Minister Shih Yen-shiang unveil the government-funded Digital Media Development Center April 27 in Taipei City. (CNA) By Aaron Hsu The Digital Media Development Center, charged with digitalizing ...

Taiwan Today

JenniferLopez.com Launches as Ultimate Online Backstage Pass
MarketWatch (press release)
Through the social media aspects of the site, fans will be able to post messages to Jennifer and one another and to be guest bloggers. "Backstage passes" for JenniferLopez.com will be offered at no cost to all who register at the site.

Do Other Media Need Upfront Markets?
MediaPost Communications
And not just for TV, but for the usual wannabe media suspects? All US TV advertising was up 5% in 2011 versus the year before, to $71.8 billion, according to Nielsen. Olympics and political spending could improve this year's growth to 6% to 7%.

Nespresso Coffee Develops a Taste for TV
New York Times
Larry Finkel, director of food and beverage research for MarketResearch.com, said an online survey by his company last September found that 21 percent of respondents in households where noninstant coffee was made owned an electric single-cup ...

New York Times

House-Obsessed Homeowners Get Inspired by Social Media
MarketWatch (press release)
Power Home Remodeling Group, the nation's fourth largest home remodeling company, utilizes social media and digital tools to share design inspiration and renovation tips with a growing segment of "house-obsessed" consumers. "It is impossible to ignore ...

Time Warner Cable Launches Health on Demand, a 24 Hour Healthy Lifestyle ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Health on Demand provides advertisers with the ability to promote their content with two healthy lifestyle partners, Cooking Light, the only epicurean brand positioned at the intersection of great-tasting food and healthfulness, and Gaiam TV, ...

Research and Markets: Digital Media - Online Video and Web TV ...
Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zr3npm/digital_media_on) has announced the addition of the "Digital Media - OnlineVideo and Web TV Insights" report to their offering. ... 2.4 Advantages of online video media. 2.5Online video advertising. 3. Killer applications. 3.1 Personal video. 3.2 Video conferencing and telepresence. 3.3 Internet Video-On-Demand (iVoD). 3.3.1 OTT services will also drive iVoD. 3.3.2 TV shows on the Internet. 4.
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Library Boy: Stratford Institute Report: Evaluation of Provincial and ...
By Michel-Adrien
"This report, commissioned by the Stratford Institute for Digital Media to be presented at the Canada 3.0 2012 conference and prepared by Brainmaven Research, takes an in-depth look at one area of Canadians' online lives: interaction with ... multi-channeled web interface, we rank the eGovernment initiatives of Canada's thirteen provinces and territories in the provision ofonline services and information as well as online engagement as measured through use ofsocial media.
Library Boy

Tumblr, AOL and Google become more brand ... - The Media Online
By MediaPost
... you can subscribe via email or RSS. You can also find out more about The Media Online here.... There were clear signals last week that the digital media industry is growing up and yielding to the norms and metrics of the broader media advertising industry. The goal of these actions is to capture more ... By adopting the language and metrics meant for an entirely different medium, their goal is clearly to accelerate the shift of TV dollars to online. This is just the latest move by AOL to ...
The Media Online

Social TV makes the sparks fly at Orange | Rapid innovation in ...
By Nicolas Bry
Social TV corresponds as well to the emergence of the Companion App on smart phone & tablets, making all the connections, discovery, participation, control and giving access to all sorts of TV viewing as well: “broadcast” TV, VoD, catch up, and streaming media. Tablet is the ...Social media is a great measure of audience engagement, viewers engaging to become content ambassadors on online media, before, during, and after the show is aired. .... Rapid innovation in digital time ...
Rapid innovation in digital time

Trendrr #SocialTV Panel at Digital Hollywood - The Trendrr Blog
By David Ho
There is no separating it – TV viewing and social media have joined hands. TV shows are posting tweets and encouraging an immediate social relationship among viewers. TVcelebrities are reaching out to their fan base and viewers are ...
The Trendrr Blog

2012 Panels | Catalina Film Festival
By Ron
ALEX BARKALOFF has been an Executive Producer for Digital Media at Lionsgate and is responsible for production and global distribution of high impact mobile content from the company's 12000 film library and TV show lineup. ... He is the CEO of Streamin' Garage, a 6 camera Internet TV studio, he's the Streamy Award winning Co-Executive Producer and Director of Kevin Pollack's online chat show and currently he is the Head of Production at Big Frame, which boasts over 100 ...
Catalina Film Festival

Data Geek Shortage; Data Sharing -Surprise, It's An Offline ...
By AdExchanger
"Online adults aged 25-54 are 23 percent more likely than the average U.S. Internet user to follow a brand via social networking and 29 percent more likely to purchase a product online that was featured on TV." There would appear to be potential for a ... Australian Financial Review's Paul McIntyre covers the story, "One of [ninemsn CEO Mark] Britt's biggest gripes with Google is that its low-cost advertising model has blinded major advertisers and media buyers. 'We have 40 years of ...
AdExchanger.com: Exchanging Ideas...

Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: Announcing Rio's Henry ...
By Henry Jenkins
On its first edition, Rio Content Market hosted the gathering of 170 executives from both national and international markets to share experiences, with the attendance of more than 1.000 members of the television and digital media industry. ... So, now is my first chance to publicly share my enthusiasm and respect for what Segunda Feira Films has been able to produce -- a project which makes imaginative use of social media not as an added on feature but as a central focus of its story, ...
Confessions of an Aca/Fan

NSDesign Blog » Online advertising is now the biggest marketing ...
By Gary
The statistics revealed that Internet marketing budgets rose by 16.8% in 2011, with online video and social media highlighted as two areas which have shown particularly significant growth – for instance, banner ads on social media platforms ... The Internet Advertising Bureau's (IAB) director of research and strategy, Tim Elkington, reiterated the importance of internet marketing: “The growth of online advertising in 2011 illustrates the high value that advertisers place ondigital media ...
NSDesign Blog

Battle for the internet + Online TV | Technology | The Guardian
Battle for the internet + Online TV ... The open internet poll – who's had the most impact? ...Internet censorship listed: how does each country compare?
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/battle-for.../online-tv

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