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DG and Audible Magic Unveil Synchronized Ad Service at CES (PR Newswire)
DG, (NASDAQ: DGIT), the world’s leading ad management and distribution platform, and Audible Magic, the leading provider of automated content recognition (ACR) technologies, toda... More
Samsung, Panasonic Take on Social TV at CES (Washington Post)
There was a time when TV check-in apps like Viggle and Get Glue seemed edgy and cool. But the latest talk from the Consumer Electronics Show promises to push social TV way beyond a... More
CBS Super Bowl ‘Second Screen’ Stream to Include Alternate Cameras, DVR Functionality (Engadget)
With the heavy responsibility of handling the Super Bowl XLVII livestream, CBS is focusing in on what football fans really want: commercials. Well, that, and real-time statistic up... More
Cox Goes All-In with Second-Screen App Strategy (MediaPost)
The battle for the second screen gets hotter at the Consumer Electronics Show this week as cable and satellite service providers try to get a piece of the action. Cox Communication... More
CES: Studio Execs Say 4K, 48 FPS Will Be Industry Standard (Variety)
Execs from all the major studios testified to the myriad innovations they're bringing to film distribution on digital platforms at the Variety Entertainment Summit on Wednesday, th... More
Mobile500 Alliance Readies Soft Consumer Launch of MyDTV In Two Markets (Broadcast Engineering)
The Mobile500 Alliance plans a soft consumer launch of its MyDTV-branded Mobile DTV service in Seattle and Minneapolis complete with national auto advertisers and audience measure... More
Canada's Cineplex Entertainment Heads for the Cloud With UltraViolet (Hollywood Reporter)
Cineplex Entertainment has gone to the cloud to bolster its home entertainment offering, with the launch of UltraViolet in Canada. The service allows the Canadian exhibition gian... More
For Consumers, Cisco's Vision For TV Means Paying A Lot More (ReadWrite)
Cisco grabbed some of the limelight at the Consumer Electronics Show by unveiling a cloud-based video platform for service providers like cable TV companies. A lot of hubbub was ma... More
Redbox Instant by Verizon Launching Out of Beta in March (VentureBeat)
Streaming movie service Redbox Instant by Verizon will fully launch to the public before the end of the first quarter, the venture’s CEO said today at a CES 2013 breakfast. As we... More
Aereo's Rollout Will Put Pay-TV's Value Proposition in the Cross Hairs (Video Nuze)
Yesterday, Aereo announced a new $38 million financing (bringing its total to $63 million to date) and its intention to roll out to 22 additional U.S. cities in 2013. Listening to ... More
At CES, Chipmakers Go All In on Mobile (All Things D)
It’s telling of a sea change when Qualcomm — hardly a premier consumer electronics company by any stretch — takes over the keynote reins from Microsoft, the longstanding CES ... More
Time Warner Cable Smartens Up TV Search With Digitalsmiths (Multichannel News)
Trying to make it easier for subscribers to find stuff to watch across a range of devices, Time Warner Cable is using Digitalsmiths’ personalized search and recommendations in it... More
Amazon To Launch Auto Rip, An Effort To Sex Up CDs (CNET)
The compact disc has long been left for dead by most tech-savvy music fans, but Amazon apparently still sees some life left in the format. Amazon managers are expected to announce ... More
Aereo CEO: The Days of the $200 Cable Bundle Are Numbered (AdAge)
The most disruptive technology at CES wasn't launched here at all. But Aereo, the web TV service backed by Barry Diller, did announce some news: expansion from New York City to 22 ... More
Lionsgate, Samsung Partner to Deliver More 3D Movies at Home (The Wrap)
The studio will convert already released action films “Gamer,” “Crank,” “Bangkok Dangerous” and horror film “The Descent” to 3D for DVD, Blu-ray, electronic sell-th... More
TiVo's Rogers: Pay TV Industry Faces 'Digital Cliff' (Multichannel News)
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers likened the looming threat of Internet video distribution to traditional pay TV to the “fiscal cliff,” warning that if operators don’t act now they will f... More
Panasonic Is Moving Beyond The Living Room (TWICE)
Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga used his 2013 International CES keynote address here Tuesday to shine the spotlight on the company’s expanding innovation roles in the worlds of eco-... More
Netflix “Open Connect” Gains Global Acceptance (Advanced TV)
Netflix Open Connect, the single purpose video content delivery network launched last year, is now delivering the majority of Netflix international traffic and is growing at a rapi... More
EU Lawmakers Seek To Limit Use Of Data By Internet Firms (Reuters)
Internet companies such as Facebook and Google may have to get more permission to use information if European Union lawmakers give users more control over their personal data. EU l... More
