All posts by Jeff Hyatt

Second Screen Experts Converge at CES

By Chris Tribbey LAS VEGAS — It’s a saying you may have heard before, and Ed Haslam, SVP of marketing for multi-screen video advertising company YuMe, used the phrase to sum u... More

Evite, ConnecTV Partner on Social TV

By Chris Tribbey Online social planning company Evite has tapped ConnecTV and its app to help Evite users promote in-home and virtual viewing parties for sports, reality and Holly... More

ConnecTV Gears up for Social Second Screen

By Chris Tribbey ConnecTV wants just six seconds of your time. Shared with the world, of course. The Emeryville, Calif.-based second screen app company is looking for major adopt... More

IBM to Acquire Aspera

By Chris Tribbey Big Blue is synonymous with Big Data. Emptoris, DemandTec, Varicent, Vivisimo, Star Analytics, StoredIQ. All are big data acquisitions IBM has made in just the l... More

Second Screen Summit at CES Preview

By Chris Tribbey It’s looking more and more like the fight for the digital video consumer will be won or lost via the second screen and all its evolving components, from TV Ever... More

Second Screen Panelists: What Happens on TV Still Most Important

By Chris Tribbey Yes, more and more households have several screens at their disposal, and yes, more and more people are utilizing second screens for content of every variety. Bu... More

Google Adds Chromecast Apps

By Chris Tribbey Google Chromecast, the USB-powered HDMI dongle that allows users to stream content from tablets, phones and laptops, is beefing up its app offerings, Google annou... More

Digitalsmiths: TV Everywhere Still Struggling

By Chris Tribbey For all the work pay TV providers are putting into TV Everywhere platforms, the efforts are still going largely unrecognized by their subscribers. That’s accor... More

Digitalsmiths: TV Everywhere Still Struggling

By Chris Tribbey For all the work pay TV providers are putting into TV Everywhere platforms, the efforts are still going largely unrecognized by their subscribers. That’s accor... More

Content Protection Summit Speaker Out to Scare Attendees … For Their Own Good

By Chris Tribbey Hollywood, know your enemy. Better yet, know their motivations. That’s part of the message Ralph Echemendia aims to deliver Dec. 12 at the Content Delivery... More

Cyber Monday Sales Break Records

By Chris Tribbey Online sales for Cyber Monday hit $2.29 billion, a 16% year-over-year increase that helped conclude a record five days of holiday spending, according to data fr... More

Black Friday Weekend Traffic, Sales Up

By Chris Tribbey In years past Best Buy would greet its Black Friday crowds with a midnight Thanksgiving night opening, but for 2013 the retailer opened its doors six hours earlie... More

Save the Date: Forecast: Hollywood Analyst Conference Returns December 10 in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Join leading media & entertainment analysts and consultancies on December 10th in Los Angeles to find out what’s new, what’s trending, and what’s right a... More

Allen DeBevoise, Machinima CEO, is Keynote Speaker for 2nd Screen Summit at CES 2014

Allen DeBevoise, the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Machinima, Inc., will be the keynote speaker for the 2nd Screen Summit at CES, set for January 6, 2014 at Treasure Island Hotel... More

2nd Screen Summit Set for January 6 at CES 2014

By Jeffrey Hyatt Right around the corner, just beyond the plates of turkey, the gifts, and ringing in the New Year, CES 2014 will be here. And that means the 2nd Screen Summit retu... More

‘Walking Dead’ Executive Producer, Gale Anne Hurd to Keynote Variety’s Content Protection Summit, December 12 in Los Angeles

Variety, in partnership with The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA), has announced that Gale Anne Hurd, known as the “First Lady of Sci-Fi,” will be a keynote s... More

Sony's PlayStation 4 Makes Its Debut

By Jeffrey Hyatt PlayStation 4 went on sale early Friday, marking the first new gaming system in seven years from Sony. Sony's PlayStation 4 is faster than its predecessor, and als... More

10th Annual Digital Asset Management Event Set for Nov. 14-15 in Los Angeles

Leading Digital Asset Management (DAM) executives will gather next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to share best practices and expertise representing all sectors of the dig... More

Variety/CDSA Content Protection Summit Returns to LA, December 12

Variety, in partnership with The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA), the international association advocating the secure and responsible delivery and storage of ent... More