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Turner’s Super Deluxe Is Building a Video and Gif Aggregation Site (Variety)

In its current form, Surf.co allows users to manually collect videos from YouTube, Facebook and elsewhere and organize them in collections, or boards, as they’re called on the si... More

Bayern Munich’s Digital 4.0 Project Could Revolutionize How Clubs Engage with Fans (The Drum)

The ambitious project, dubbed ‘Digital 4.0’, is designed to give the Bundesliga champions greater control and flexibility of what content they produce as well as enabling them ... More

Take Snapchat Out To The Ballgame (IBT)

Major League Baseball is pitching hard and fast for Snapchat. The MLB and the popular storytelling app are teaming up for another season of Live Stories from the stadiums, Snapchat... More

Full-length Online Video Consumption on the Rise (Rapid TV News)

Both media buyers and sellers are embracing change, yet still struggling to solve the challenges posed by shifting video viewing habits. According to a Videology-commissioned surve... More

Apple Gets Tech Industry Backing in iPhone Dispute, Despite Misgivings (NY Times)

It is a remarkable moment for the technology industry, with many different companies and organizations rallying around a single company — Apple — in a major legal case against ... More

Rovi Adds Korean Cell Carrier to Patent Client List (MESA)

Rovi Corp. has added yet another tech company to its patent client list, with South Korean cellular carrier LG Uplus Corp. (LG U+) signing an agreement to access Rovi’s entertain... More

Content Marketing, The Branded Video Lifecycle, and The Secret Technology Powering It All (Quantum Blog)

Branded video content is all the rage– and for good reason. Already accounting for over half of consumer internet traffic, video will be over 80% of the internet as we know it by... More

‘Entourage’ Music Supervisor Scott Vener May Just Have the Next Big Music App (Billboard)

Undrtone aims to be a social-media platform for music fans. Piggybacking on the libraries of the on-demand streaming services Rdio, Spotify, SoundCloud and Beats, it allows its com... More

Apps Everywhere, but No Unifying Link (NY Times)

Facebook is trying to create an open standard of deep links to help apps connect to one another, so, for instance, someone could go from listening to a band in the Spotify app to f... More

Saavn Partners With Twitter To Bring Tweet-Powered Radio To Its Streaming Service (TechCrunch)

India-focused music service Saavn is upping its social game after it partnered with Twitter to introduce a tweet-powered radio station for its users. The company serves up “milli... More

In-app Purchases Proving Lucrative for Spotify and Pandora (Music Ally)

Pandora and Spotify were among the top moneymakers on Apple’s App Store globally in August, according to the latest report by app analytics firm App Annie. Its stats suggest that... More

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