Your Social Media Will? and The Future of TV

StockBrainiac.com: CNBC Presents Documentary on the Future of TV
MarketWatch (press release)
(OBB:DIDG) However, as CNBC's documentary "Stay Tuned: The Future of TV" pointed out, whether it's network television, cable, or online video, content is king and always will be. In the documentary, Jeff Bewkes went on to state, "We know that people want to choose when to watch their favorite network or favorite show. And the truth for every TV network is the TV network owns the content. And you as a viewer, you've paid to have the right to the content. So you deserve to have your network when you want it and where you want it." ...

How and Why You Should Write a Social Media Will - USA.gov Blog - United States Government Blog: "Social media is a part of daily life, but what happens to the online content that you created once you die? If you have social media profiles set up online, you should create a statement of how you would like your online identity to be handled. Just like a traditional will helps your survivors handle your physical belongings, a social media will spells out how you want your online identity to be handled. Like with a traditional will, you’ll need to appoint someone you trust as an online executor. This person will be responsible for closing your email addresses, social media profiles, and blogs after you are deceased. . . . "

How much do DVD and digital media playback features really cost?
ZDNet (blog)
By Ed Bott | May 7, 2012, 2:33pm PDT Summary: The amounts required to license digital mediadecoders on Windows PCs seem like chump change. But multiply those pennies times hundreds of millions of PCs, and the bill for Microsoft and its PC OEM partners ...

TV: O'Reilly and Hannity, Live on …
Adweek
While dozens of digital media companies spent the past few weeks rolling out new Web series in search of television dollars, Fox News believes it's got something far more valuable: actual TV. The network has quietly begun enabling customers of AT&T ...

Adweek

Q&A: Alan McGlade on His New Digital Media Fund
Xconomy
Former MTV executive Alan McGlade and venture capitalist Michael Yang launched DigitalEntertainment Ventures (DEV) in New York recently to make early-stage investments in digital media companies. DEV's total value has not been disclosed, ...

Consumer Reports Survey Finds Verizon FiOS Best Overall Of Widely-Available TV ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The full report on Internet, phone, and TV service appears in the June issue of Consumer Reports and online at www.ConsumerReports.org . Based on the survey, Verizon FiOS scored higher than the major cable companies for TV picture, sound, ...

RealNetworks Names Two New Executives
MarketWatch (press release)
Torrie Dorrell joins the company as Senior Vice President of Digital Media and Strategy, while Robert Gross assumes the role of Vice President of New Products. Both executives report directly to RealNetworks President and CEO Thomas Nielsen.

The Morning Fix: OWN drags Discovery profits down. Manny TV!
Los Angeles Times
Daily Dose: On Monday, CNBC ran a heavily hyped special "Stay Tuned: The Future of TV." While the program spent a lot of time looking at how YouTube and other digital companies are planning to launch online channels, the financial network steered clear ...

Lenovo Launches Their Innovative K-Series Smart TV Across China
Daily Disruption
By Tim Rygh | @dailydisrupt | May 8th, 2012 Lenovo Group launched the K-series Lenovo SmartTV products for the China market at a press conference in Beijing today. With today's announcement, Lenovo is now offering products across all four screens ...

WatchESPN Now Available to Comcast Xfinity TV Customers Through WatchESPN App ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK, May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Comcast and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Xfinity TV customers can now access ESPN live streaming content via the award-winning WatchESPN app, WatchESPN.com and soon on Comcast's ...

WatchESPN comes to Comcast's video customers
USA TODAY
By Ryan Nakashima, AP Koji Sasahara, AP Koji Sasahara, AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — WatchESPN, the online and mobile version of Disney's popular sports TVnetwork, was activated Tuesday for most of Comcast's 22 million video subscribers.

USA TODAY

YANGAROO Partners with Akon's HITLAB for Digital Media Distribution
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
TORONTO, May 8, 2012 /CNW/ - YANGAROO Inc. (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF), the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, today announced a partnership with HITLAB, an industry leading independent artist site to the global music and ...

Disney Digital Media Exec Talks Social TV at Banff
mediacaster
Yes, viewers tune in to TV shows, but more and more, the TV industry and its advertisers are using digital technology and social media to tune-in fans. Albert Cheng, EVP and Chief Product Officer of Digital Media at Disney/ABC Television Group, ...

Digidev Announces Appointment of Key Technology Leadership
MarketWatch (press release)
(OBB:DIDG) ("Digidev," "Digidev Group" or the "Company) formerly Regency Resources, Inc. , a development stage company aiming to offer an in-depth portfolio of content for Internet TVdistribution, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Richard ...

Curb merchandising on children's TV, says shadow media minister
The Guardian
Labour's shadow media minister Helen Goodman has called for curbs on merchandising by children's television programmes, insisting that the proliferation of products is placing an intolerable burden on hard-up parents. Speaking at Tuesday's Westminster ...

The Guardian

WatchESPN comes to most of Comcast's 22 million video customers
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — WatchESPN, the online and mobile version of Disney's popular sports TVnetwork, was activated Tuesday for most of Comcast's 22 million video subscribers. It's one of the perks being offered to cable subscribers to convince them to keep ...

LG to launch first Google TV products in May
TechSpot
Why do I need Google to find out what's on TV? Cable and broadcast TV have built in guides. I can download program guides from M$ for the Media Center, and PDF program guides from PBS. There seems to be a global pandemic of stupidity with respect to ...

Euro TV VOD still only 1% of revenues, EC to launch connected TV consultation
DigitalTVEurope.net
A new study looking at the implementation of the European Commission's Audiovisual MediaServices directive has revealed that video-on-demand revenues in the European Union are growing, but currently account for less than 1% of total TV revenues.

Online Display Ads: The Brand Awareness Black Hole
Forbes
As the vice president of digital media at a VC firm, I spent my days looking at digital advertising from 50000 feet, analyzing trends and identifying market opportunities. One day, I gave it all up to return to the hectic roller coaster that is life at ...

Internet TV on rise as American viewers cut cable television subscriptions
The Australian
Still, the survey found American TV watching is not dead. Some 98 per cent of video watched is on TV sets, and the number of high definition TVs grew by eight million. But the TVs are increasingly connected to the Internet or devices such as game ...

More Americans cut cable as Internet TV grows
Mother Nature Network
The average watcher spent 153 hours per month on 'traditional TV,' and some 27 hours on 'timeshifted' TV. By Agence France-PresseMon, May 07 2012 at 1:20 PM EST Nearly three million Americans cut their cable television subscriptions last year as an ...

Mother Nature Network

Globecomm Systems Receives $3.5 Million Contract to Provide the U.S. Navy's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As a turnkey solutions provider / systems integration (SI) subcontractor to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding operation, the Globecomm/Cisco team has employed best-in-class solutions from Cisco's digital media suite.

Online reputations: The new first impression
KING5.com
by JOE FRYER / KING 5 News SEATTLE – When it comes to hunting for a job, most college students understand that a firm handshake is now trumped by their digital footprint. “It's constantly in the back of mind,” said Matt Seguin, a University of ...

Scripps 1Q Same-Station TV Rev Up 12%
TV News Check
Retrans money increases 37%, digital revenue up 20%, local revenue grows 7.4%, while national dips 4.6%. The numbers are higher when the results of its nine stations acquired last year are added in. By Staff The EW Scripps Co. today reported operating ...

Government: You need a 'social media will'
New York Daily News
Creating a “social media will” is now one of the government's official personal finance recommendations, listed on USA.gov along with advice on home ownership and money management. “If you are active online you should consider creating a statement of ...

New York Daily News

Stay Tuned: The Future of TV
CNBC.com
Over the past few months I've interviewed media giants—Time Warner *(Comcast is the corporate parent of CNBC.) We spoke to the man who shook up TV decades ago when he launched Fox—Barry Diller—and the man who redefined cable television with MTV—Tom ...

CNBC.com

PubMatic Joins Network Advertising Initiative, Ensuring High Standards for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PubMatic.com ), the digital media platform company for publishers, today announced that it has joined the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) in support of the highest standards in advertising and consumer privacy. "Joining the NAI demonstrates our ...

Talking Back to Facebook by James P. Steyer Available Today in Stores and Online
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age, the latest book by Common Sense Mediafounder and CEO James P. Steyer, is available in stores and online today.

Shaw Media Expands Partnership For Digital Sales with CBS Interactive
Broadcaster
These sites join CBS Interactive properties CBS.com and TV.com, which have been part of SPAN since 2011. "SPAN is a powerful tool for cross-platform message delivery, providing advertisers with the most desired audiences across a network of premium ...

Content IS King -- Exhibit A: The Beatles via - Digital Media Update ...
By Peter D. Csathy (Twitter name pcsathy)
Musicmatch, Digital Music Group, Sorenson Media and overall digital media advisory roles in the other corner (ONLINE DISTRIBUTION). And, I have written numerous times about this topic, including my recent TechCrunch guest post titled, ...
Digital Media Update

The Trendrr Blog » Blog Archive » Trendrr @ The Social ...
By David Ho
Trendrr @ The Social Engagement/Social TV (SE/STV) Conference ... The panel includes Chris Stephenson, president of Viggle; Lisa Hsia, exec VP for digital media at Bravo; and Aaron Lilly, senior marcom architect at Microsoft / Bing. Time: ...
The Trendrr Blog

Is the 1% participation rule dead? The BBC thinks so
The UK online population is no longer content to lurk in forums and on websites without contributing, with 77% of us now actively participating in digital media in some way. This, according to the BBC, signals the death of the 1% rule. For those ...
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UMD GVPT E-News: Summer Internship Opportunity with the Solar ...
By advising
Want to spend your summer on the front lines of the fight for renewable energy? Have a. passion for online advocacy? We're looking for a social media intern to help our digital media. team expand our online presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, ... us build our online community of. solar advocates. Successful applicants will have a background in communications, journalism, public relations,. new media, or marketing. Passionate and Internet-savvy advocates with policy backgrounds are ...
UMD GVPT E-News

Yangaroo Partners With HitLab For Digital Media Distribution ...
By Tami
The partnership provides Yangaroo's Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) for music and music video delivery services, at preferred prices, to the tens of thousands of HitLab members throughout the world. Through this relationship, HitLab members are able to access DMDS services, allowing them to deliver broadcast quality music and music video content to radio, TV, press and other promotional outlets. DMDS delivers music to over 3000 radio stations including College radio, ...
Village Gamer

Israel - In Digital Age New Immigrants Get Online to Stay Connected ...
By vinnews
Dr. Yuval Dror, head of digital media at the School of Media Studies at COMAS, who led the study, said its main goal was “to open the black box” and shed light on Internet usage in Israel. “The digital age is rapidly changing Israeli society,” ...
Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?)

Reminder- DIDG Is Our Exciting New Pick! Don't Miss Out. Read ...
By admin
DIDG is a media company that is entering and targeting the rapidly growing $400 million InternetBroadcast T.V. market that is estimated to grow to at least $4 billion by 2016. ... To a large extent this is already happening with 86% of Internet users in the U.S.A viewing online videos and with top tech firms like Apple and Google deploying products such as Google TV and Apple TV to deliver digital content via a host of services including iTunes, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and many sports ...
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Online Digital Media Production Course Paths | Rewards4Fugitives ...
A bachelors program in digital media production will train you the essential leadership, computer science and engineering technology expertise you need to ...
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Chicago Digital Media Production Fund - 2012 Finalists ...
The Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation and Chicago Filmmakers are pleased to announce that the “Chicago Digital Media Production Fund” has ...
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Online Journalism Conference in Israel: Insiders Discuss Digital ...
In recent years, the world has started to grasp the power available to the masses using the ...
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