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Fox Inks Partnership With YouTube's WIGS Channel (Adweek)
Fox on Tuesday announced it has entered into a multi-year pact with YouTube's female-centric drama channel WIGS. One of the 100 or so original content channels launched by YouTube ... More
USA’s Psych Pushes Social TV Boundaries with The S#cial Sector (Lost Remote)
Following up on the tremendous success of the award-winning 'Hashtag Killer,' USA's Psych has just launched 'The S#cial Sector', an eight-week multi-platform murder mystery. Direct... More
Viggle Tries to Right The Ship After Failed GetGlue Merger, Revenue Rises 88%, Registered Users Up 42% for the Quarter (Tech Crunch)
Social TV and the second screen experience is quickly catching on among viewers, but the space as a whole is still nascent. While many are eager for a better social TV experience, ... More
Behind the Scenes at the Super Bowl, An Inside Look from DG MediaMind (Lost Remote)
While the Super Bowl is past us, there's still an intense amount to learn from one of TV's biggest events of the years. DG MediaMind recently put together stats on the impact of th... More
Panasonic Updates Viera Remote App for Second-Screen Calibration (HDTV Test)
In addition to the picture quality and eco features, Panasonic is of course keen to expand the "second screen" experience. Accordingly, the company will be updating its VIERA Remot... More
How Television is Evolving: Q&A with Eric Berger, Sony Pictures Television (The Guardian)
Eric is the executive vice president of digital networks at Sony Pictures Television (SPT). In this position, he supervises Crackle, the studio's multi-platform video entertainment... More
Intel Inside Your TV: Evaluating The New Intel Virtual MVPD Announcement (The Monitor)
In an announcement so expected it seemed almost anticlimactic, Intel finally fessed up that they were indeed building a virtual MVPD and its companion device. The venue, the Wall S... More
NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ Partners with Pinterest for Second Screen Content (Social News Daily)
NBC's The Biggest Loser has teamed up with social network Pinterest to provide second screen content. Starting on Monday the TV show began directing viewers to log into their Pinte... More
Indian Channels Shift to the Second Screen (Live Mint)
With smartphones and tablets becoming commonplace, the second screen is a recognized trend even in India. Many people watch TV as a background activity while surfing the Net, or up... More
Tablets, Smartphones Boost Flagging Consumer Electronics Sales: NPD (eWeek)
Popular devices like Google Android smartphones and tablets like the iPad Mini from Apple were among the bright spots in the consumer electronics market in 2012, though overall sal... More
FlixFling Inks Streaming Deals With Image, Magnolia (HMM)
FlixFling, the Philadelphia-based transactional and subscription video-on-demand service, Feb. 19 said it signed content license deals with Magnolia Pictures and Image Entertainmen... More
Ubuntu for Tablets Revealed with Split Screen Multi-Tasking (Engadget)
Here it is: the fourth and final piece of the Ubuntu puzzle. We've seen the OS on smartphones, on TVs and of course on desktops, but the tablet version has spent a little longer in... More
Akamai Launches Cloud-Based Online Video Ad Integration Services (Video Nuze)
In a bid to re-architect and improve upon how online video ads are inserted, this morning Akamai is announcing Ad Integration Services. With Ad Integration Services, online video a... More
Can The Console Stay Relevant In The New Era Of Gaming? (TechHive)
On Wednesday, Sony is expected to pull the wraps off of its next-generation PlayStation console, codenamed Orbis. Five years ago, a new console would have been a very big deal. The... More
Europe Turns Up Heat On Google Over Privacy (CNNMoney)
European Union authorities are preparing to take action against Google by the summer unless the company moves to allay concerns about privacy of user data. French data protection w... More
Connected TV Devices Have Big Future, More Than A Gimmick, Forrester Report Says (Media Post)
Forrester Research has just released its “2013 Mobile Trends for Marketers,” a smart report about the mushrooming mobile business that predicts $4.6 billion in mobile ad revenu... More
On-The-Move TV Viewing Figures Remain Low (Guardian)
The future of media may be mobile but on-the-move television is still in its infancy accounting for three minutes of viewing a day, according to industry figures. The average UK vi... More
Ericsson Claims SDN Advantage (Light Reading)
Just how big a role might Ericsson ABplay in the software-defined networking (SDN) revolution? You won't have noticed the Swedish vendor making any SDN acquisitions or declaring an... More
Battle Over Data Caps Heats Up (HMM)
In mid-January, Michael Powell, current president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), made an admission about Internet usage-based pricing. S... More