Some predict TV Everywhere will conquer Netflix & other OTT competitors

NIA: TV Everywhere will conquer Netflix, other OTT competitors
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Free IPTV Weekly Newsletter Keep up to speed on the latest IPTV Deployments, Content deals, and IPTV Technology with updates sent straight to your Inbox. Join over 30000 telecom ... The report's overall conclusion is that TV Everywhere will conquer Netflix and other OTT competition by allowing consumers to "watch just about all of the programming Netflix has available, plus a lot more." NIA describes itself as "an ... Inconsistency seen dogging cable's online possibilities · Infonetics: 2012 a 'watershed year' for TV ...

United Airlines Launches MileagePlus Digital Media Store For Members
Sacramento Bee
The Digital Media Store features a full catalog of music, including popular songs from the past and present in a wide range of genres, such as pop, rock, country, jazz and classical. Certain movies are available now, and TV shows and additional movies ...

Solo album magic wanes: Digital media may revive it
Times of India
Nowadays, TV and radio channels don't support such endeavours, musicians say, but feel that digital media offers some hope. After facing a rough patch, the music industry is looking upwards. According to industry lobby FICCI, the Indian music industry ...

Pilat Media Picks Digital Media Veteran Damien Thomson to Manage Australasia
Broadcast Newsroom
Prior to joining Pilat Media, Thomson served for more than four years as managing director, Asia-Pacific, for Facilitate Digital, an Australian supplier of digital media workflow systems and ad trading software platforms. Prior to that, he was ... "Pilat Media has a strong foothold in the Australasia region, with showcase installations of IBMS in noted media enterprises such as SBS, New Zealand's MediaWorks TV, Sky New Zealand, and Australia's largest pay-television provider, FOXTEL," said Thomson. "I'm looking ...

Digital Journalists landing more opportunities thanks to digital publishing and ...
Future of Media (blog)
With the rise of social media and communities such as Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram, news organizations and brands are facing increased pressure to find editorial talent who can work seamlessly in the fast-paced world of digital media. As content continues to go ... “Over the last few years, publishers and brands have focused intensely on building out their social media presence,” says Chris Hogg, CEO of Digital Journal, an online media network with 40000 members in 200 countries. “But at the end of the day ...

Future of Media (blog)

Nielsen Uses TV and Web Data in New Targeting Effort
Adweek
Nielsen's been fairly busy attempting to connect the dots between TV and online advertising. Today, the research firm is announcing Nielsen Online Audience Segments—TV Viewing, a program that's designed to let a brand target online consumers based on ...

Jain TV Group To Launch HITS Platform For Digital TV Distribution; Will It Work?
MediaNama.com
It says that Cable Operators will not need to put up expensive Digital Headend to meet regulatory, licensing and commercial requirements of running this business of distributing satellite TV channels, and will be able to meet the statutory requirements of QOS ... Jain also claims that its Set Top Box will have special provisions to turn into a hybrid platform providing both broadcasting as wells as broadband Internet services, and will be capable of providing many Value Added Services(VAS) including Voice Over ...

Media: Chinese company enters Kenya pay TV market
Afrique en Ligue
TV market - Doubts over viability of the $75 Million investment where predecessors have failed miserably The Kenyan Pay TV market last week witnessed the entry of yet another player despite the evident unavailability of the market. Chinese firm, StarTimes ... StarTimes Media, the holding company of the digital channel which has a global subscription base of over 7 million viewers in China and Africa, will broadcast on digital platform, with the signal being provided by Pan African Networks. "The entry of StarTimes ...

Welsh broadcaster S4C's £4 million digital fund is open for business
paidContent.org
Struggling to finance its core TV channel amid funding cutbacks, Welsh-language broadcaster S4C is re-committing up to £1 million per year to producers it hopes can give an overdue lift to its onlineambitions. S4C logo ... The money pot is up to £1 million ($1.56 million) per year over the next four years, derived from the approximately £26 million remaining from the broadcaster's £33 million ($51.5 million) S4C Digital Media unit. ... But its sole investment, in IPTV firm Inuk, went sour and was severely diluted. Now the ...

NBC's fastest man coverage is too slow
IT Business Net
The American broadcaster NBC is drawing criticism from viewers for its decision not to show Usain Bolt's races live. Tens of thousands have now signed an online petition demanding live tv coverage of future key races.

WashPo Revs: TV Uptick, Newspaper Declines Reduce Totals
MediaPost Communications
Cable TV revenue increased 2% to $195.6 million, due mostly to growth at its Internet and telephone services. The broadcast TV division saw revenue jump 13% to $95.6 million, due in part to increased political advertising, as well as growth in a number of ...

CRE to Study the Impact of Social Media on TV Viewing
Broadcasting & Cable
In a sign that advertisers and TV programmers would like better data on how social media is impacting the TV industry, the Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has announced that it will be conducting a three-pronged study on the relationship between ... by Keller Fay Group, of up to 1600 participants recruited by Nielsen; a social media analytics project undertaken by NM Incite, with BlueFin Labs providing social TV analytics; and ethnographies provided by Nielsen's digitalethnography unit Nielsen Life360.

Chinese Company Enters Kenya Pay TV Market
AllAfrica.com
These include Ugandan owned GTV and Smart TV which went off late last year. StarTimes Media, the holding company of the digital channel which has a global subscription base of over 7 million viewers in China and Africa, will broadcast on digital platform, ...

Nielsen unveils Online Audience Segments
Radio & Television Business Report
Nielsen announced its latest offering for cross-platform advertising: Nielsen OnlineAudience Segments – TV Viewing links online and offline consumer behaviors by providing marketers the ability to connect with TV audiences online and more strategically ... heavy viewers of college sports or home design programming, or light television viewers who are difficult to reach through that medium, can prove invaluable to marketers as they're planning their advertising campaigns,” said Jonathan Carson, GM/Digital for ...

Radio & Television Business Report

On YouTube channels, comedians shift the punchline
WNEM Saginaw
This summer, while much of the TV world is in reruns, a number of comedians have taken to YouTube, including Poehler, Rainn Wilson, Walter Latham and, in a new role, Shaquille O'Neal. "Smart Girls at the Party" is the flagship show for Poehler's YouTube ...

Experience Media launches anti-digital piracy tool just for indie film and content ...
Rapid tv news
Big Media like Viacom may have a hair-trigger when it comes to online piracy, but independent film and content producers need protection against digital piracy too. Experience Media Studios (EMS) has launched a new service to provide just that.

Fisher 2Q TV Revenue Climbs 19%
TV News Check
Internet revenue declined $74000 to $1.3 million. Total Developing Media revenue, including multiplatform internet related revenue (which is reported in TV core advertising revenue) was 8% ofTV core revenue for both the second quarter of 2012 and 2011.

Current TV's Politicians as Pundits: Gavin Newsom, Jennifer Granholm Defend ...
TheWrap
Politicians are popping up in some seemingly unlikely places: on social media outlets, reality TV, cable news channels, the glossy covers of celebrity weeklies. This might rankle some citizens who value elected officials' voting records and credentials over ...

Digital series 'The Booth at the End' returns for 2nd season
CityNews
The Booth at the End, a digital dramatic series featuring a mysterious man who issues disturbing requests will continue for its second season, airing exclusively on Citytv.com, its mobile app and Rogers Anyplace TV. ... world-class content on its robust suite of digital properties, and this series is another example of how we are making premium programming accessible to viewers on multiple platforms at any given time,” Andrea Gagliardi, Senior Director and General Manager, Broadcasting, Rogers Digital Media, said.

ITVS hires Miramax sales head
Broadcast
“Dan's experience with both broadcasters and digital platforms will be an asset in helping us to grow in an increasingly platform-agnostic landscape, in which the traditional divisions between physical and digital media and TV and home entertainment have ...

Emerging Social Media Trends In 2012
Business 2 Community
In my last blog on Emerging Digital marketing trends this year, I mentioned that trends in Social Media deserve a separate post. It has taken me more than three months to have moved from a draft to an actual blog post, and the only thing that has changed is...

Business 2 Community

Far right rallies with online front
Brisbane Times
... is online. In fact, far right activists have embraced the internet to such an extent that it is now virtually impossible to track all the bloggers, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages that have, for them, become indispensable tools of communication. ...Organised around Twitter and other social media, it stages unregistered rallies at night, at which its activists wear white masks, carry torches through urban areas and chant extremist slogans. ... While bringing opportunities, the digital age has also brought fresh challenges.

Brisbane Times

15 Common Mistakes In Social Media Marketing
Business 2 Community
As digital media continues to integrate into our lives, business executives, freelancers and professionals from all walks have started to use social media to engage in content marketing. 15 Mistakes in Social Media Marketing. And while some of us have more ...
 
Business 2 Community

Major Social TV study
Advanced Television
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has announced that it will be conducting a three-pronged study on the relationship between social media and TV viewing. CRE, which focused on improving audience measurement methodology and is funded by ...

Over three-quarters of US viewers following Olympics over various media
Rapid tv news
Pew calculated that 78% of people have watched or followed coverage either on TV, online or on social networks, with, and accounting for overlaps, 73% watching on TV, 17% watching online or digitally and 12% over social media. Following Olympic coverage online and on social networks appears to be a supplement ... For digital media users, 70% of those watching online and following on social networks rated coverage as excellent or good. In addition, 85% of those watching events live regarded coverage as ...

Katalyst's Thrash Lab Channel Launches "Dream Bigger"
Co.Create
It's not surprising then that the actor and social media entrepreneur would harbor grand ambitions for the latest venture from his production entity Katalyst, Dream Bigger, a new show that forms the centerpiece of the company's original YouTube channel called ... as a home for Kutcher's projects for TV (Punk'd) and film (The Butterfly Effect, Killers), has, in recent years, branched out with a digital division that's produced such past efforts as the animated web 'toon Blah Girls and the workplace-parody series Katalyst HQ.

Co.Create

Social media for firms go pre-emptive
San Francisco Chronicle
"You want to be Switzerland." In 2012, with cable-TV news producers and social-media instigators constantly on the prowl for new controversies to inflame, it's never been easier for a discontented group to launch a boycott of a brand and to recruit like-minded consumers. ... Not long ago, boycotters were often more skillful at spreading their message on the Web or via Twitter and Facebook than the corporations they were targeting, said Wayne Arnold, global CEO of Profero, adigital ad agency. He cites Nike, where a ...

3 tips for turning your team into a crack social media unit
Memeburn
social media marketing. With today's digital lifestyle, your online reputation is everything and it's important that you manage your image online continuously, aggressively, and actively, without ever being side tracked. This is easier said than done, unless you ...

Memeburn

How content marketing is shaking up journalism
By eMedia Vitals Staff
Content marketing allows brands using the tools of digital media and social sharing to behave like original-content publishers. The idea that a company — as a brand and marketer — can be an expert content creator and reach an audience by ...
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United Airlines United launches MileagePlus Digital Media Store for ...
The Digital Media Store features a full catalog of music, including popular songs from the past and present in a wide range of genres, such as pop, rock, country, jazz and classical. Certain movies are available now, and TV shows and ...

Black Consumers More Attached to TV and Digital Brands | Adweek
By Christopher Heine
Twenty-four percent of blacks surveyed said they were highly attached to TV channels, while the same was true for 17 percent of whites surveyed. For digital properties, 18 percent of blacks stated they were likely to be extremely brand loyal ...
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eXelate | Neilsen Bridges Online, Offline Behaviors with New Cross ...
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Microsoft Corp., Adap.TV, Specific Media, Undertone, Videology among the Selected Companies Offering Nielsen Online Audience Segments – TV Viewing. New York, NY – August 7, 2012 – Nielsen, a global provider of information and ...
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Connect TV increases IPTV presence on Freeview - Digital TV ...
The broadband over television platform from Connect TV which has launched on Freeviewhas increased its presence on the free to air service, and claims that it ...
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Google TV 2.0 Vs. Internet Connected TV (Sony Google TV) | Digital ...
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