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CEA Researcher: Growth in Tablet Market Could Make TVs the Second Screen (Hollywood Reporter)
Is the tablet ready to move from being the second screen to the primary screen? It might be, according to the Consumer Electronics Association's senior researcher, who noted that t... More
Wii U Gets Hulu Plus App with ‘Innovative Second-Screen Experience’ (Mobile & Apps)
Hulu announced on Tuesday, Nov. 20, that it has teamed up with Nintendo to bring its Hulu Plus app to the popular Wii U console. Much like the Netflix service on the Wii U, the Hul... More
Yahoo!’s IntoNow Partners with Nat Geo for ‘Doomsday Preppers’ and ‘Rocket City Rednecks’ (Lost Remote)
As the second space heats up it’s continuously harder for a TV network to find the right platform to build a unique partnership with. This month National Geographic Channel’s p... More
Turner Selects Kayak Workflow (TV News Check)
Turner Broadcasting System has chosen Digital Rapids' Kayak dynamic workflow platform as the technology foundation to power Turner's media processing operations for its current and... More
YouView Set to Debut Second-Screen App in December (Cable.co.uk)
Broadband-connected TV service YouView is set to introduce a second-screen app in the coming weeks. Initially launching for iOS devices, the app will allow YouView customers to acc... More
Sailing On the Social TV River (C21 Media)
Twitter has become integral to the TV industry – the basis of chatter around shows, offering broadcasters instant feedback and the means to engage audiences like never before. UK... More
The Internet’s Most Hated Lawyer Finally Gets Served In Free Speech Lawsuit (Ars Technica)
For months, Charles Carreon has delayed case brought by "Satirical Charles."...... More
Super-Fast Broadband Now Available To Half Of All EU Citizens (IP&TV)
Over half of EU citizens can now access super-fast broadband services, while basic broadband speeds are nearly ubiquitous, according to a new study produced by UK firm Point Resear... More
Bezos: Amazon Would Love To Have Physical Stores, But Only Under One Condition (Business Insider)
Will Amazon ever go into brick-and-mortar stores?...... More
Megaupload Shutdown: Detrimental To Box Office Revenues? (Advanced TV)
The shutdown of popular file hosting platform Megaupload.com on January 19th of this year may have resulted in a negative impact on box office revenues, according to an academic st... More
Study: Cord-Cutters and Cord-Nevers Will Soar to 17.2 Million U.S. Homes by 2017 (VideoNuze)
New research from The Diffusion Group forecasts that the number of "pay-TV refugees" - U.S. homes subscribing to broadband, but not to pay-TV services - will increase 58%, from 10.... More
With ‘Defiance,’ Comcast’s Syfy Bets $100M On Convergence Of TV And Videogames (Forbes)
With their long product cycles and multiple revenue streams, massively multiplayer online video games, or MMOs, can be fantastically lucrative...... More
How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable (Technology Review)
The company wants to improve its mobile search services by automatically delivering information you wouldn’t think to search for online... ... More
NPD: Apps, Websites Impact Black Friday Sales (HMM)
More shoppers used smartphone and Internet websites to locate the best retail and ecommerce deals on Black Friday than ever before, according to The NPD Group ... More
CEA Researcher: Growth In Tablet Market Could Make TVs the Second Screen (Hollywood Reporter)
Is the tablet ready to move from being the second screen to the primary screen? It might be, according to the Consumer Electronics Asssociation's senior researcher, who noted that ... More
A Blu Black Friday (HMM)
A record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend, up from 226 million last year, according to the National Retail Federation...... More
The Release Windows Archaism (Monday Note)
Television and media industry are stuck in a wasteful rear-guard fight for the preservation of an analog era relic: the Release Windows system. Designed to avoid destructive compet... More
Facebook Exchange Will Be Big, but Not Big Enough to Stop Slowing Web Ads (All Things D)
Good news for Facebook and all the ad tech companies working on its Facebook Exchange program: It looks like Facebook’s new ad-targeting plan really is going to be a big deal...... More
Shooting for Sizzle — and Sales (HMM)
Whether it’s innovative events, the return of beloved films to theaters or engaging second-screen applications, studios have an ever-increasing arsenal from which to choose when ... More
