A TV Guide for online video

Can I Stream It? A TV Guide for online video
Fox News
Fortunately, a website called CanIStream.it comes pretty close to the TV Guide experience for theInternet. If you're a techie like me, you probably have multiple accounts: Netflix is great for older films, children's programming, and TV shows but ...

Tech: Break Media Debuts Comic Talk …
Adweek
The rash of digital NewFront presentations over the past few weeks seems to indicate one thing: there's money in Web video, there's serious money in TV, and everybody in digital media wants more. Companies like YouTube and Hulu not only have the ...

Front Porch Digital Selects Equinix for Cloud-Based Digital Media Solutions Launch
MarketWatch (press release)
Front Porch Digital specializes in video archive, migration and online video publishing, supplying solutions that are at the heart of file based workflow within the world's best known media brands. Now, these solutions are moving to the cloud, ...

(RENT) SnagFilms Signs Multi-Platform TV Contract With Rentrak
Wall Street Journal
The deal marks yet another contract with an independent movie distributor for access to the on-demand industry's measurement currency as well as the leading performance reporting for the distribution company's Internet Video-on-Demand (iVOD) and ...

FameUp.TV set to disrupt TV production and revolutionise online video space
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Based in London, a group of mediaexecutives & creatives are launching a whole new form of content creation - FameUp.TV. By crowdsourcing all aspects of production talent, both in front of and behind the ...

StockBrainiac.com: CNBC Presents Documentary on the Future of TV
Exec Digital (press release)
( OTCBB : DIDG ) seeks to build a media business using proprietary technologies and close industry relationships to develop a broad-based and varied portfolio of content for Internet TVdistribution. Digital Development Group's ( OTCBB : DIDG ) ...

TV Land Announces A Brand New Look Reflecting The Channel's Evolution
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- For the first time since the launch of the network 16 years ago, TV Land is unveiling a new and re-imagined logo plus re-designed on-air packaging and graphics, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, ...

Study Shows Boom in Media Jobs But Portrait of Trend Incomplete
WNYC
By Ilya Marritz Michael Bloomberg, the media mogul-turned mayor, said Tuesday employment inmedia is booming – although the study he pointed to offered an incomplete portrait of the trend. Jobs in TV, film, and digital media have increased ...

CBC's Playoff Pulse TV App Developed by Digital All-Stars
mediacaster
Playoff Pulse (playoffpulse.cbc.ca) is an interactive second screen experience, providing social media integration and TV synchronization during televised NHL playoff games. CBC Sports and HNIC worked with digital media developers and interactive ...

Social TV Moves Beyond Promotional Role, Becomes Content in Own Right
AdAge.com
Social activity during TV's prime time has skyrocketed 193% since just last year, said Mark Ghuneim, CEO and founder of Wiredset and Trendrr. That kind of growth means programmers are looking at social-media chatter not just as an amplifier of TV ...

Being a trusted brand is key to success as digital media grows in Ireland
Herald.ie
Core Media chief executive Alan Cox says trust will be the crucial brand value in future, especially as digital media grows. Mr Cox was commenting on findings from a recent survey by Ireland's Association of Online Publishers (AOP).

Netflix and Twentieth Century Fox Announce Multi-Year Premium Pay TV Agreement ...
PR Newswire (press release)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement that will soon make a host of great TV series and films available for ...

Falling online ad rates are good for someone, and it's not Google
Crain's Chicago Business
(Crain's) — The recent news seemed ominous for digital media: Google Inc.'s search-advertising prices plunged 12 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier. If Google can't charge more for online ads, what does that mean for everyone else in the ...

TV, Film Industries Bring $7.1 Billion to NYC
DNAinfo
Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference on the floor of the "Saturday Night Live" set at 30 Rockefeller, where he announced the results of a study that found that the TV, film and digital entertainment industries brought $7.1 billion to the ...

DNAinfo

AOL 1Q Net Jumps Over Year Ago Weakened By Restructuring; Ad Revenue Up
Wall Street Journal
Boosting its ad dollars is an increasingly critical goal for the onetime Internet pioneer as it works to recast itself as an ad-driven digital media company. The company has spent heavily on the effort, making acquisitions like its $315 million ...

Film, TV spent $60B in NYC since '02
Crain's New York Business
The results of the study, conducted by the Boston Consulting Group, were announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver at 30 Rockefeller Center with members of the Saturday Night Live cast.

Film and TV industry spent $60 bn in New York city
Indiantelevision.com
“In fact, our entire media landscape – from digital media to advertising – has shown strong growth throughout the economic downturn. The strength of these industries is a key reason we've weathered the recession better than the rest of the country ...

Quebecor, Torstar overcome weak advertising
Reuters
Without giving specific numbers on ad sales, Torstar said weakness in the national finance category contributed to revenue declines in both print and digital media. McReynolds expects Quebecor to add 40000 new digital TV customers, but it only signed ...

How to Use the Internet Wisely, for Your Health and Your Country's
The Atlantic
By Howard Rheingold There's a lot of bad information out there online. This guide can help you avoid the crap and become a savvier citizen of our digital age. Editor's note: The following essay has been adapted from Howard Rheingold's new book Net ...

Lenovo takes on Apple, Samsung with smart TV
Jakarta Post
TV is the last piece in the puzzle for the company's mobile Internet device strategy. The company started its "PC+" strategy last year after entering the tablet PC and smartphone market, which is already dominated by Apple and Samsung.

Ofcom may close TV station over show condoning murder for blasphemy
The Guardian
A British TV channel that aired a lecture saying it is acceptable to murder someone who has shown disrespect to the prophet Muhammad is facing a significant fine or potentially even closure by Ofcom. Ofcom said taken the unprecedented step of ruling ...

The Guardian

Viggle Announces Business Momentum at the Ad Age Social Engagement / Social TV ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We're not only making TV more rewarding, we're having a direct impact on viewing habits following promotion of shows in our 'What's On' section." According to data from Trendrr, thesocial media research firm, Viggle is often among the top three most ...


Ashley Tisdale's Blondie Girl expands into digital
Digital Media Wire
First up will be In Bloom, a scripted online series in partnership with Dolphin Digital Media that taps into the power of popular music throughout its tales of high school life. It was created and is being written by David Fickas and Brice Beckham of ...

Digital Media Wire

Actus Digital Teams Up With NEWBASE
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Partnership produces end-to-end, integrated media monitoring, clipping and analysis workflow Tel-Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 Actus Digital, a developer of web-based mediamonitoring, content repurposing and verification solutions for broadcasters ...

FameUp.TV set to disrupt TV production and revolutionise online video
By EntertainmentNews
TV. By crowdsourcing all aspects of production talent, both in front of and behind the camera, they are set to disrupt the conventional TV production pipeline. FameUp is a revolutionary mediaventure combining the competition and excitement of talent shows with the creative passion ofonline audiences to form the first production company based on crowdsourcing. The site gives ...The venture is headed by Alon Shtruzman, previously VP Digital Media of FOX International Channels.
International Entertainment News

Research: video apps may cut in to YouTube ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge — ... By the end of March, consumers were spending 54 percent of amount of time in mobile video apps compared to Google Sites online, 231 minutes in apps versus 425 minutes online.
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Recommended Links of the Week | Alex Gamela - Digital Media ...
By Alex Gamela
Alex Gamela published NHL app lets fans play predictive game in sync with TV. ... "Startups hoping to break even need to stop imitating the (non-existing) online advertising model and build a much wider set of revenue streams, potentially including – to take examples from the current European startup scene – digit… ... Alex Gamela published What Your Social Media Activity Says About Your Personality. ... Alex Gamela published The cloud without the Internet isn't very useful.
Alex Gamela - Digital Media & Journalism

New York City Sees $60 Billion in TV and Film Production Over the ...
By Jordan Zakarin
There are 130000 people employed by the TV and film industries in the city. "This report confirms what I've been ... “In fact, our entire media landscape – from digital media to advertising – has shown strong growth throughout the economic downturn. The strength of these industries is a ... In a recent essay for The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg listed his top ten reasons to shoot in New York, including top level crews, online permits and A-list talent. NBC just announced a $190 million ...
Hollywood Reporter

TV Media Industry Expert Catherine Warburton Joins Zoom Media ...
By Otilia Otlacan
Warburton's transition from traditional TV to Zoom's digital place-based video media highlights a broader industry trend. Recognizing the challenge in reaching today's active, light TV viewing consumers, more and more advertisers are using ...
AdOperationsOnline.com

Media Box Series: TiVo vs Standard DVR | Media Tapper
By James Johnson
TiVo Remote Plus Welcome to the final installment of Media Mayhem's Media Box series. For the past couple of weeks, I've been discussing the pros and cons of using the various devices available for managing your digital media via your TV.
Media Tapper

Must-Read Sources for Online Video Marketing & YouTube Tips ...
By Nalts
WillVideoForFood was created to help creators build audiences and make money, but it obviously focuses on online-video marketing. Of course we're not ... also has a blog. AdAge:Digital media and marketing news with an advertising focus.
Will Video for Food

Get Into Your Buyer's Psyche To Create Relevant Digital Marketing ...
By Diane Thieke
Diane S. Thieke is the founder of Simply Talk Media, a PR, marketing, and social mediaconsultancy. With more than 25 years in digital media, she works with clients to develop theirdigital communications strategies and stay ahead of the ...
Biznology

Film Industry: What's Real in Reality TV? - DMN Forums - Digital ...
I love behind the scenes stories. Please share those great reality TV tidbits. Jersey Shore is faked. MSN ran a video showing a producer throwing ice at Snooki ...
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Research and Markets: Australia - Digital Media - Music, MP3 and ...
It is expected that the other 80% of the users who are using digital media online will try and then some will continue to use these services. With some service ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../research-markets-australia-digital-media...

Digital Media Finland - Blogit
Connected TV is understood to mean the way the TV is connected to the Internet and the user can retain content from the Internet. The concept is developing ...
www.digitalmedia.fi/.../Connected-TV-World-Summit-2012.ht...

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