From Comcast, TV as data center

From Comcast, TV as data center
Boston.com
At the Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, Comcast also confirmed Boston would be the first US city to see full-scale deployment of X1, a new TV viewing system that uses an advanced set-top box to deliver Internet-based apps and social media ...

Boston.com 

Verizon to Present on TV Everywhere and the Connected Home at CONNECTIONS(TM ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Ms. Krishnaswamy will participate in the session "The Next Steps in TV Everywhere," Tuesday, June 5, 4:00 PM According to Parks Associates research, approximately one-third of US broadband households now watch Internet video on a TV or PC, ...

Adobe Announces Primetime Simulcast to Accelerate Online Ad Revenue for TV ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Combined, both solutions give media companies a single video publishing and Digital Rights Management (DRM) workflow to target 98 percent of desktops as well as iOS, Android and connected TV devices. Adobe also unveiled the next version of Adobe ...

Sony Demos Wireless Media Hub for Its Computers, Smartphones, Game Consoles
PCWorld
By Jay Alabaster, IDG News Sony on Tuesday showed a digital media hub that uses Wi-Fi to connect its PCs, tablets, smartphones and PlayStation game consoles, a product that it hopes will be part of its comeback. The "nasne," which expands on a previous ...

StarTV and iTV.cn Enter into a Strategic Cooperation
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- StarTV (International Channel) of Star China Media announces to make their debut today in North America by landing on iTV.cn (www.itv.cn ) - the global Internet TV service provider.

Infosys to Demonstrate Next-Generation Natural User Interface Cable TV ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Cable television innovation is crucial to serve the growing number of digital consumers who expect rich, interactive, personalized viewing experiences, and natural user interfaces are the next step in the evolution of TV entertainment," said Mit ...

Metamarkets Streamlines Ad Ops for Demand Media
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Metamarkets, a leader in big data analytics for web-scale companies, announced Demand Media is using its service to optimize advertising revenue across its digital media network. Metamarkets helps online ...

WebMediaBrands Announces Final Program for AllFacebook Marketing Conference ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The event will bring together marketing professionals, digital media experts, social media leaders, and business owners for two days of Facebook marketing immersion. Co-presented by AllFacebook.com and SocialTimes.com, the AllFacebook Marketing ...

NOXTROM Digital Media Establishes Strategic Alliance With BBN3 Video
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The alliance was announced by Juan Alejandro de Armero, President of NOXTROM Digital Media, at Startup Canada (Windsor). Mr. de Armero said, "NOXTROM will provide supreme online video marketing services to clients in South-Western Ontario.

Digital Domain Media Group Collaborates with twofour54 to Develop Abu Dhabi ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
CANNES, France--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--At the Cannes Film Festival today, digitalproduction company Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG), and twofour54, the Abu Dhabi government-backed media and entertainment hub, announced that they are ...

Will Japan, Inc. say Sayonara to TV manufacture?
EE Times
While no company seems to have a silver bullet to fix this gloomy situation, the strategy most touted by the media and among analysts here is both blunt and startling: Get the hell out of the TV business — fast. Nikkei Business, the Japanese business ...

Safari Books Online Wins 2012 Blue Drop Award for Best Marketplace Website ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SEBASTOPOL, Calif., May 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Safari(R) Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com ), the on-demand digital learning library for technology, digital mediaand business professionals, today announced it was awarded the 2012 Best ...

Businesses Warned Against Social Media Gold Rush Fever
MarketWatch (press release)
In their new book, THE FACE-TO-FACE BOOK: Why Real Relationships Rule in a DigitalMarketplace (Free Press), they do not discount the extraordinary growth of online social media in recent years. But their findings prove that the greatest impact for ...

Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America Brings Cinema-Quality Size ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Mitsubishi has built even more value into its new 73-inch, 82-inch, and 92-inch class DLP(R) Home Cinema TV models with enhanced features, delivering a vivid HD picture and high-quality sound. New models include two DLP Home Cinema TVs at 92-inch class ...

Andrew Keen on Why We Should Fear the Facebook Hype
Forbes
I recently caught up with Andrew Keen about his new book, Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us. You might know Andrew from his popular TechCrunch TV show “Keen On” or from his previous book ...

Forbes

Australians Spend Nearly 100 Hours Per Month with Traditional TV
World Screen
The more digital TV sets in Australian homes means more channels available, resulting in higher viewing levels. Ninety-six percent of homes can receive DTT and 74 percent have converted all their sets in their home to digital, up from the 55 percent ...

Avail-TVN raises $100M, buys On Demand Group for $27M
FierceTelecom
Sophisticated consume Digital media giant Avail-TVN on Monday said it received $100 million in investment funding to help bankroll its international growth strategy. With the cash, Reston, Va.-based Avail-TVN said it was acquiring Britain-headquartered ...

SeaChange Announces Sale of On Demand Group to Avail-TVN
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
On Demand Group provides digital media services for leading broadband, television and mobile service providers outside of the US and will continue to service its customer base.” On Demand Group CEO Tony Kelly added, “ODG manages VOD content and ...

Comcast advances cable TV box with X1
Boston Herald
Comcast's device — available to new “triple play” customers in the Boston area starting May 30 — combines a traditional cable box and digital video recorder with Internet technology for customized apps and social media features.

IBM Smarter Commerce Helps Chief Marketing Officers Engage the Individual on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Today, more than 1500 social media blog posts are generated every 60 seconds(1) and mobile commerce is poised reach $200 billion by 2015(2). Building on this digital explosion, IBM is accelerating its Smarter Commerce initiative with new software and ...

From July, digital TV viewing in 4 metros
Daily News & Analysis
With four top metros-Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai-all set to embrace the all exclusive DigitalAddressability System (DAS), media consumers are in for a real treat. Of all the estimated 15 crore television viewers in India one crore are said to ...

How Apple Could Revolutionize The TV - And Why You'll Never Own One
Forbes
The other day I got an email in from a reader challenging me to come up with solid suggestions as to what a real Apple TV — that's a proper television set with the Apple logo on the front, not that little black box that you may have connected to your ...

Forbes

TV still top for A+E
C21Media
GAMES FOR TV: A+E Networks has enjoyed social games success with a Pawn Stars spin-off, but UK digital director Dan Whiley stresses Facebook is still second toTV for the company. Jonathan Webdale reports. Pawn Stars: The Game has 1.1 million monthly ...

C21Media

Primetime Simulcast Helps Bridge TV and Digital Ads | Digital Media ...
By Jeremy Helfand
He is an accomplished digital media industry veteran and has spent more than a decade guiding publishers in maximizing content revenue as the CEO of Auditude, president of United Online's MediaGroup and vice president and general ...
Digital Media Blog

TV buying admin process faster than ever, say media agencies ...
By EntertainmentNews
LONDON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearcast and IMD have completed a six-month pilot scheme with Mediaocean to transfer complex TV campaign media data quickly and accurately from CARIA® to agency workflow systems with ... IMD supports many of the world's top creative advertising and media agencies, post production houses, broadcasters, advertisers and digital mediacompanies, with digital media logistics services that have transformed the way that they work.
International Entertainment News

Time Warner Cable Head Sides With TV Networks Over Ad-Erasing ...
By By BRIAN STELTER
The Dish Network announced Auto Hop earlier this month as a free add-on for customers who have Dish's most up-to-date digital video recorder. The service ... Internet companies are trying new forms of advertising, he said, and maybe TV companies need to try more of that, too. ... Brian Stelter writes about television and digital media. Follow ... Also, the European Commission offers Google a deal, and the founders of an online journalism start-up have an impressive track record.
Media Decoder

ESPN Announce iPad Cricket App - Internet TV
By Steve Sanger
ESPN International's 'vice-president of digital media' Arne Rees summarised the upcoming release: “Mobile media and second screens are now an essential part of how fans stay connected to the sport they love. ESPNcricinfo is well established as the leading digital cricket service and this new app ...we look to serve fans on multiple devices with the very best sporting content.” Welcome to WorldTVPC Blog dedicated to bringing the latest news from the world of online tv. Steve Sanger ...
World Internet TV on PC

How Digital Moms Use Social Media for Their Kids' Health | Patricia ...
By Deanna Reed
Digital moms are increasingly turning to social media and digital technology to discuss the common challenges they face in terms of their children's health.
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Motorola's DreamGallery aims to eliminate crappy TV user interfaces ...
By Tom Cheredar
It will also serve to aggregate all the content from cable TV services, the internet, and Video-on-demand services (like Neflix), into a single location. Motorola describes the DreamGallery with edgy catch phrases like “Your media your way” in its ...
VentureBeat

Social networking: Is the Internet hurting our children? | The News ...
By Maqsood Hussain
The explosive growth of social media, smartphones and digital devices is transforming our kids' lives, in school and at home. Research tells us that even the youngest of our children are migrating online, using tablets and smartphones, ...
The News Tribe

Keeping pace with an ever-changing ... - Southern Spirit Online
By E_Silva
That is, all forms of digital media defined as the web, social media, computer multimedia and DVDs. Specifically, new media refers ... So we developed Southern Spirit Television, a monthly podcast on the Internet and linked with the Southern Spirit Online website. This offers news of events and ...Then in January 2012 we began to produce a weekly TV news program that would be generic (non-territorial), gathering news of the Army from around the world. Watching and learning from ...
Southern Spirit Online

NOXTROM Digital Media Partners with Leading Online Video ...
From Yahoo! News: Partnership Gives Customers Access to Professional Online Video Productions and Web-Distribution ServicesWindsor, ON (PRWEB) May ...
news.yahoo.com/noxtrom-digital-media-partners-leading-onli...

Upfronts Spotlight Blurring Between Trad, Digital Media - MediaPost
Upfronts Spotlight Blurring Between Trad, Digital Media - 05/21/2012. ... For example, most TVpresentations included at least a mention of digital strategies.
www.mediapost.com/.../upfronts-spotlight-blurring-between-tr...

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