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