Toys R Us to launch online video streaming service

Toys R Us to launch online video streaming service
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Toys “R” Us Inc., the world's largest toy chain, announced a video-distribution service less than a month after unveiling its entry into the surging tablet market with a device geared for children. More than 4,000 movies and television shows curated ...

Microsoft Skips Theaters With 'Halo' Film on YouTube
Businessweek
(MSFT)'s full-length, Hollywood-style movie based on the next “Halo” video game will skip the big screen, streaming instead on Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube before heading to store shelves as a DVD. The Redmond, Washington-based maker of the Xbox ...

Don't Let The Door Hit Ya! Police Officer Who Punched Woman Will Be Fired ...
Global Grind
The Philadelphia cop caught on video punching an unarmed woman after he thought she had sprayed him with water will be fired. STORY: Sucker Punching ... The YouTube video, titled "Philadelphia Police Brutality" was posted on Sept. 30 and has been ...

YouTube's Automated Copyright Cop Gets Sensitivity Training
InformationWeek
Content ID essentially is a digital fingerprinting system for videos. Content owners provide YouTubewith audio and video reference files, along with associated metadata. The owners can then set policies that tell the Content ID system what to do if ...

YouTube revamps content ID, defaults to DMCA in case of - GigaOM
By Janko Roettgers
YouTube just added some additional recourse for users that feel like they've been wrongly targeted for the alleged upload of unlicensed content: The site added an appels process to its Content ID program that defaults to the DMCA if the ...
GigaOM

YouTube Changes Its Content ID Appeals Process | TechCrunch
By Frederic Lardinois
Partners from major movie studios, record labels, web original creators, viral stars, and millions more all have channels on YouTube. YouTube is predominantly an ad-supported platform, but also offers rental options for a growing number of ...
TechCrunch

YouTube Creator Blog: Improving Content ID
By YouTube Creator Blog
At the heart of Content ID is the matching technology that identifies partners' content among all the videos on YouTube. Earlier this year we introduced a significant improvement to how the matching happens. We continue to work on ways to ...
YouTube Creator Blog

Netflix Sets February Premiere for 'House of Cards'
New York Times (blog)
1: that's the date it plans to introduce its high-profile original series “House of Cards,” and will make all 13 episodes of its first season available immediately on its streaming video service, Netflix said on Thursday. “House of Cards,” which is ...

New York Times (blog)

Netflix to give six 'Arrested Development' fans a chance for a walk-on role
Examiner.com
Netflix, which has exclusive rights to the upcoming season of the comedy series "Arrested Development," announced a promotional contest on Thursday. The contest, hosted at YoureGonnaGetSomeWalkOns.com, gives six people the chance to win a walk-on ...

Examiner.com

Netflix faces new kid-focused competitor
MSN Money
The new service, which will be powered by Rovi, is set to take on existing streaming video giants, such as Netflix (NFLX), Hulu and Amazon Prime. It will also face new competition from Barnes & Noble (BKS), which announced a similar service in September.

Netflix's Forgotten Cofounder Says Reed Hastings Is Lying About How He Came ...
Business Insider
In an interview with CNET, Keating said Randolph told her that Hastings made up the story about getting the inspiration to start Netflix after getting hit with a late fee for Apollo 13. It's a story Hastings tells frequently—and he never seems to ...

Business Insider

Netflix Rallies 18% This Week But Can It Reach $120?
Kapitall Blog (blog)
Netflix has learned this the hard way but its strategy in providing niche content through its recommendation system has helped cushion its fall. Netflix may have 27 million subscribers at the moment but how many unsubscribed users are still in their ...

Kapitall Blog (blog)

Is Netflix The Next Green Mountain Coffee Roasters?
Seeking Alpha
Netflix (NFLX) today is a lot like Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) when it traded at high valuation multiples years ago. At the time investors would swoon over how it was able to sell coffee, a commodity, in little cups to consumers for a huge ...

The Washington Post Launches “The Fold” Newscast, Designed for Google TV
Washington Post
Nightly Program Among Featured Videos on New App for Google TV; Also Available on The Post's Website. The Washington Post today launches “The Fold from The Washington Post,” a nightly newscast designed specifically for Google TV by The Post's ...

Biz Break: HP shares sink to 10-year low, while Apple and Netflix soar
San Jose Mercury News
Today: Investors get spooked by CEO Meg Whitman's gloomy outlook for Hewlett-Packard (HPQ); will they have the patience for her long-term turnaround plan? Plus, Apple (AAPL) rises on report of pending iPad Mini, and Netflix (NFLX) has more satisfied ...

Netflix Historian Claims Reed Hastings Has An 'Emotional IQ Of Zero'
Business Insider
That meant that Hastings wasn't able to anticipate how Netflix customers would react to the price hike and the decision to move Netflix's DVD rental service over to a new business, Qwikster, which would require a separate login and monthly bill. Here's ...

Business Insider

Netflix schedules its original series 'House of Cards' for release ...
By Richard Lawler
While Netflix has built its streaming service on content previously available elsewhere, its dive into exclusive original content begins in earnest. ... Among the large and expanding base of devices streaming from Netflix are the Microsoft Xbox 360 , Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 consoles; an array of Blu-ray disc players, internet-connected TVs, home theatre systems, digital video recorders and internet video players; Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Apple TV and Google TV.
Engadget

The 25 Most Awesomely Bad Movies on Netflix Instant :: Blogs :: List ...
Page 1 of 2. “All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” Cinema, in its purest form, is full of artistry. Yet, Jean Luc-Godard's timeless words ring true now more than ever. With a comprehensive cinematic canon filled with unwatchable garbage ...
Paste Magazine

Netflix to premiere 'House of Cards' in February - KansasCity.com
NEW YORK Netflix's highly anticipated original series "House of Cards" will premiere Feb. 1. The subscription video company announced the debut date Thursday. The series is the most ambitious effort yet by Netflix to supply its 27 ...
Kansas City Star: Entertainment

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Smart TV guide for videophiles
CNET Asia
Smart TV guide for videophiles. by Philip Wong | 4 October 2012 12:01pm SGT. No comments. Email Print. Until OLED TVs are actually launched, current plasma and LED-backlit TVs will still be king in terms of picture quality. With self-illuminating ...

CNET Asia

Digital media offer greater conversation about debates, but not quite a ...
Poynter.org
Digital media offer greater conversation about debates, but not quite a revolution yet. Andrew Beaujon by Andrew Beaujon Published Oct. 4, 2012 7:56 am Updated Oct. 4, 2012 8:04 am. The Washington Post | Forbes | O'Reilly Radar | NPR Facts were ...

Burberry Again Tops Digital Rankings
Women's Wear Daily
NEW YORK — Burberry does it again. The U.K.-based brand has nabbed the top ranking for the second consecutive time in New York University think tank Luxury Lab's, or L2's, fourth-annual Digital IQ Index, ranking fashion brands according to their...

Women's Wear Daily

Global connected TV market to reach $3.23bn by 2016
MediaTel Newsline
The global market of services on connected TVs will reach USD $3.23 billion in 2016, according to new research from GII (Global Information). This market will represent 16.8% of the OTT video market and about 1% of the global fixed video services market.

MediaTel Newsline

Samsung Smart TV exclusively launches DAFT.IE property app
Clickonline.com (blog)
Brendan Carr, Product Marketing Manager, Samsung Ireland comments: “At Samsung, we're committed to providing Smart TV viewers with a wide range of content and services beyond video-on-demand and film services. Our partnership with Daft.ie provides ...

Vizio 60” Razor LED Smart TV
Coolest Gadgets
Vizio has just announced their latest Smart TV, which is a 60” Razor LED display that will definitely be priced to please – after all, we are looking at a $999.99 price tag. Of course, there are other sizes in the collection as well, which will be ...

Coolest Gadgets

Four ways digital media has changed the marketing landscape
Bizcommunity.com
The introduction of digital media into our marketing portfolios over the past few years has dramatically altered the way we approach our marketing strategies, and the kinds of things we do with our brands. If you're new to the digital bandwagon, or ...

LG Electronics Brings 3D Disney Blockbusters To LG Smart TV Platform
IT News Online
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA has entered into an agreement with The Walt Disney Studios to add popular 3D movies for rental to the "3D World" application on LG's Smart TV platform. Disney 3D content now ...

Android-based, new Akai Smart Box can turn any TV into smart TV
Tech2
Japanese consumer electronics brand, Akai has announced the launch of the Akai Smart Box. According to an official statement by the company, the product transforms any television -- CRT, Plasma, LCD or LED -- into a smart TV. Akai Smart Box, based on ...

Tech2

Digital media in museums: Projection system exploits shape of historic room
Screenmediamag.com
Digital signage is almost a given in new museums and galleries today, but a recent installation at London's Victoria and Albert Museum demonstrates how AV technology can also be used to enhance exhibits in older buildings. For the first exhibition in ...

YouTube gets better at identifying and handling ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
YouTube has been steadily improving its ability to manage content, especially when it comes to copyright infringement. Today the company showcased some major changes resulting from this process.
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

If you love Elemental Technologies, lend your vote to the Streaming ...
By Rick Turoczy
Elemental is currently up for Streaming Media Readers' Choice awards in Multi-screen/OTT Solution for Content Publishers, Encoding Software (Enterprise Class), Hardware Encoder (On Demand), and Hardware Encoder (Live). And you can ...
Silicon Florist

IAB Research Shows Digital Media on the Upswing for Election 2012
Respondents who were involved in a similar capacity in any 2008 campaign said that they are spending more on digital media in this cycle. When specifically ...
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