Smart Screen Connections
Seattle Area Becoming Major Center for AR, VR Innovation
The Seattle area is turning into a major center for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology innovation, the economic development organization Washington Interact... More
YuMe: Early Morning is Sweetest for Advertisers
Reaching today’s digital consumer isn’t easy, but if you’re an advertiser, your best bet is to target them in the morning, not at night. That’s according to new research... More
IMAX CEO: Company Probably Won’t Take VR Nationwide Until 2018
IMAX has aggressive plans for virtual reality (VR) at theaters, but the company probably won’t be taking its planned VR Centers nationwide in the U.S. for another two years, acco... More
Report: Nearly Half Now Own Streaming Devices, Connected TV
Nearly half of consumers now have either a streaming devices, an internet-connect TV or both, with nearly 40% owning the former, including an Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick or Roku... More
ZOO Digital and Honeycomb Partner for New TV Ads Subtitling Service
ZOO Digital has announced a strategic partnership and full integration with Honeycomb TV, offering a faster and more cost-effective subtitling service to the TV advertising industr... More
Zuckerberg: Facebook Hitting ‘Important Milestones’ for VR
It’s still “really early” for Facebook when it comes to virtual reality, but the company is already “hitting some important milestones,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.... More
Nielsen CEO: Advertisers Still Have Concerns about Digital Measurement
By Jeff Berman Nielsen continues to make strides in its ability to measure TV content regardless of where it’s being viewed and when, but there are still concerns among advert... More
Retail Stores Mount Full-Court Press for Virtual Reality
GameStop isn’t the only U.S. retail chain jumping on the virtual reality (VR) bandwagon early. Best Buy and Microsoft Store locations are among other retailers who are selling th... More
CBS CEO: Network TV’s ‘Never Been Stronger’
The supposed death of broadcast TV was premature and network TV has “never been stronger,” CBS CEO Les Moonves told the Needham Emerging Technology Conference in New York on Ma... More
USC’s Taplin to Tout the Mobile Video Revolution at HITS Conference
At the late-2013 "HITS Digital Marketing & Analytics Summit" in Los Angeles, Jonathan Taplin, director of the Annenberg School of Innovation at the University of Southern Californi... More
Evolution Digital Announces New Name and Logo for IP Hybrid Set-Top Box
Evolution Digital today introduced a new product name, eBOX™, for the company’s IP Hybrid Set-Top Box. eBOX enables cable operators to seamlessly transition to IP distribution,... More
NAB Show: MESA Member Focus
By Chris Tribbey The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) asked its members attending the NAB Show to highlight what they offered at the annual confab. This is the fir... More
MESA Members at NAB 2016
5th Kind SL4910 South Hall (Lower) Adobe System REN Deluxe-L, REN Deluxe-M, Ren VIP B, Ren VIP C, and SL3910 Renaissance Hospitality Suites/ Meeting Rooms/ Ballroom,... More
NAB to be ATSC 3.0’s Coming Out Party
At the Media & Entertainment Services Alliances’ (MESA) recent Metadata Madness event in New York, a group of experts on ATSC 3.0 — the industry’s upcoming, IP-based broa... More
New Analytic Solution from Teradata Simplifies, Automates Regulatory Review Processes
Companies everywhere are required to monitor and archive communications to ensure regulatory compliance and avoid legal penalties. However, existing labor-intensive compliance proc... More
Portland Trail Blazers Deploy Digimarc Barcode to Elevate Fan Experiences through Engaging Mobile Content
Digimarc has announced that the Portland Trail Blazers have partnered with the company to introduce a first-of-its-kind FanScan feature for the National Basketball Association (NBA... More
‘Superman v. Batman’ Crew Praises Dolby Atmos, Vision
Before Warner Bros. released “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” in theaters March 25, director Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”) touted the film’s use of Dolby Cinema... More
Experts Tackle Advantages of VAST 4.0
If you need an idea of how important the Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) — the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) standard for structuring ad tags for moving ads to video ... More
Pay-TV Operators Eye Mobile Video To Reduce Subscriber Costs
AT&T officials offered some pretty eye-popping numbers this week on the impact of the DirecTV acquisition on the bottom line. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference ... More
Adobe: TV Everywhere May Finally Be Getting Somewhere
By Chris Tribbey In the past TV Everywhere has been assailed as difficult to access and poorly marketed to consumers. But according to Adobe’s fourth quarter 2015 “ Digital... More