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EU Pledges $5.6m To Digital Distribution (ScreenDaily.com)

France’s UniversCiné, Germany’s Europe’s Finest and Austria’s flimmit.com are among 13 European VoD platforms and DCD initiatives to benefit from the EU’s MEDIA Programm... More

Next-Gen Software: Will Pricing Hold? (GamesIndustry International)

With the PlayStation 4 unveiled and rumors swirling that Microsoft is preparing to announce a new Xbox in April, next-gen is all the buzz right now. These are massive investments f... More

Reed Hastings Pegs Netflix Sub Potential at 90 Million (HMM)

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the subscriber target for his pioneering streaming service is upwards of 90 million members worldwide — about three times it current sub base. Spea... More

LG Shows Wireless UHD Technology (TWICE)

LG Electronics said Monday it plans to demonstrate its Wireless Ultra High-Definition Transmission technology here this week for the first time at the Mobile World Congress. The co... More

Brands Adjust to a 24/7 Marketing Model (Digiday)

In an always-on era, brands are forced to rethink the nine-to-five workday. It takes human beings to run social accounts, to be at the ready for crises and to respond quickly when ... More

Six Strikes Copyright Alert System Launches This Week (Web Pro News)

For the past year, we’ve seen delay after delay for the Center for Copyright Information’s six strikes Copyright Alert System. For a while, it looked like it would never become... More

Touch Panel Transparent Conductive Film Market Worth $4.8 Billion By 2019 (SolidState Technology)

The Touch Panel Transparent Conductive Film, or TCF, market was reported $956 million in 2012. Markets are anticipated to reach $4.8 billion by 2019. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is an e... More

Aereo Expands New York Service And Launches First Ad Campaign (Deadline)

Broadcasters still want the courts to pull the plug on Aereo, the streaming service that they say violates their copyrights. But that isn’t stopping the Barry Diller-backed compa... More

Rovi Survey Shows High Streaming Video Rates on Mobile Devices (Streaming Media)

Streaming video use on mobile devices is growing at a fast rate, those in the streaming media industry have been hearing for months, but how much are people actually watching? To m... More

Dish Drives Around Network Ad-Ban (Advanced Television)

Some major US broadcast networks will not carry Dish’s advertisements for its ‘Dish Hopper’ ad-skipping technology. On Sunday, Dish managed cleverly to circumvent Fox’s app... More

Wireless Carriers Seek Cross-Border Spectrum Cooperation (cnet)

Mobile network operators traditionally use Mobile World Congress to call for lower taxes and more wireless spectrum. This year, a new word has entered the wish list: harmonization.... More

Ford, Spotify Bring On-Demand Streaming Music To Cars (TechHive)

On-demand streaming music is coming to a Ford near you, thanks to a partnership between the U.S. automaker and Spotify. On Monday, Ford said that Spotify will soon be available for... More

Study: Americans Most Satisfied with Mobile Video Quality (HMM)

A new study on the state of mobile video from Rovi Corp. shows Americans are happier than their European counterparts when it comes to the quality of online video. Approximately ha... More

Dailymotion Eyes New Territories for SVOD Following Turkish Deal (Digital TV Europe)

Video sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its premium offerings to other territories following its recent announcement that it would launch of a subscription video-on-demand s... More

Sony: "Retail Will Still Play A Key Role" Despite Booming Digital Business (GamesIndustry International)

In a special roundtable with Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida the morning after his company officially unveiled the PS4, the executive made it clear that digital - w... More

IHS: Smart TVs Rise To 27% Of TV Shipments (TWICE)

Smart-TV functionality was found in more than one in four television sets shipped worldwide in 2012, according to a new study issued by IHS iSuppli. The IHS Screen Digest TV Techno... More

MWC: Samsung Unveils TV Discovery (IPTV News)

Samsung Electronics will introduce a new service for its smart TVs and certain mobile devices at this year’s Mobile World Congress which aims to provide consumers with a faster a... More

NSN and Panasonic to take Docomo to LTE-A (Rethink Wireless)

Next week's Mobile World Congress will see various operators showing off their LTE-Advanced roadmaps. Carriers like NTT Docomo, SK Telecom and Telstra are always in the vanguard of... More

Tumblr Gets Into Music Discovery (Billboard)

Blogging site Tumblr is getting into music discovery. At the core of the blogging company's strategy will be a select group of editors that share music, video and pictures with the... More