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Home entertainment spending up slightly in first half; digital models account for 29% of overall market

by Terence Keegan The home entertainment pie is growing again — albeit slightly, according to DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group. But how are slices of the pie split between... More

TiVo-TRA Deal Shows Industry Focus on Analytics

by Terence Keegan It’s revealing that identifies TiVo as “the television analytics company” in its coverage of TiVo’s $20 million planned acquisition of audience tracking ... More

BSkyB Joins UK’s Internet Video Fray

By Terence Keegan While British Sky Broadcasting may be seen as “tak[ing] on Netflix” and Amazon’s Lovefilm with its new Internet video service, the pay-TV incumbent’s "pr... More

Creating the ‘Killer’ 2nd Screen App: What Do Audiences Value the Most?

By Terence Keegan There may never be a single standard for what a second screen app should look like, or what functions it should serve — and that’s a good thing, judging from... More

2nd Screen Summit Delves Into Monetization; Packed House for MESA’s First NYC Event

By Terence Keegan There is still a host of issues to resolve in the burgeoning market for “second screen” entertainment — not the least of which is how the various stakehold... More

‘Academy on UltraViolet’ Heading to London

Capitalizing on the success of the inaugural Academy on UltraViolet last month in Los Angeles, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the Media & Entertainment Services Allia... More

Microsoft To Demo ‘SmartGlass’ at 2nd Screen Summit in New York

Microsoft will demonstrate its new SmartGlass 2nd screen TV technology for the first time on the East Coast since its E3 introduction at the 2nd Screen Summit, set to take place in... More

For Some Movies, ‘Second Pay Window’ Can Come Years After Theatrical Release. Implications for Streaming Business?

by Terence Keegan Time was subscribers to Netflix’s discs-by-mail service faced a “very long wait” for popular titles. Now, in the age of streaming subscription services, th... More

A Question of When: ‘Windows’ Rise to the Fore in Competition Among Subscription Video Services

by Terence Keegan The deal announced Wednesday between Amazon’s Lovefilm and NBCUniversal — securing exclusive streaming rights in the UK of movies including “Battleship”... More

Media Execs Trade Thoughts on Amazon’s Power, Video Monetization Strategies, Second Screen’s Potential

by Terence Keegan Highlights from Wednesday’s paidContent conference in New York: • Is Amazon “predatory” against other retailers — physical and digital alike — or ... More

Testronic Incorporates Tool from Deluxe Digital Studios into File-Based QC Lab

by Terence Keegan Quality assurance services provider Testronic Labs is integrating a new testing tool designed by Deluxe Digital Studios into the workflow of its File-Based QC La... More

Amazon Snags Another Sweetener for Prime: Free Access to Harry Potter eBooks

by Terence Keegan Amazon is adding another deal-sweetener to its Kindle platform and Prime premium subscription service: free access to the Harry Potter eBook series. Beginning J... More

Studios Seek Service Providers To Help Build ‘Trusted Device List’ for Digital Cinema Supply Chain

Motion Picture Laboratories, Inc. (MovieLabs) — the research and development joint venture of Hollywood’s six major motion picture studios — has issued a request for proposal... More

Windows 8 Will Not Come With DVD Support, Microsoft Says

By Terence Keegan Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will not feature built-in support for DVD playback, the company has revealed, in a decision that signals the ... More

Nintendo Outlines Digital Expansion

by Terence Keegan Nintendo plans to market downloads of video games for its 3DS handheld system day-and-date with packaged media versions beginning in August, as the company redou... More

Can Consumers Legally Sell Unused UltraViolet Movie Codes?

by Terence Keegan Hollywood studios view the UltraViolet cloud service as a make-or-break marketing effort to rejuvenate packaged media sales in an access-everywhere era. Howeve... More

NAB: Rimage Launches Signal Online Publishing to Push Secure Mobile Content, from Documents to Video

Content management and delivery solutions provider Rimage Corp. is launching at NAB this week the Rimage Signal Online Publishing platform, designed to enable media companies to pu... More

With Blu-ray households up, Warner readies weighty ‘Harry Potter’ boxed set

by Terence Keegan More than one quarter of U.S. households now own a Blu-ray player, according to a report by Centris Research (via Home Media Magazine). Yet with Centris reportin... More

Related Content Database Changes Company Name to Watchwith, Announces New Platform-as-a-Service

Related Content Database, Inc. (RCDb) announced its corporate name change to Watchwith on March 20, in a move that sharpens the company’s focus on enabling second-screen and othe... More