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Twitter Ads Get DVR-Like Buying Platform (Adweek)
Facts first. Twitter owns the social TV market, advertisers want to run their second-screen ads on Twitter and Twitter's recently introduced ad API will better enable that. Also, a... More
Spotify Opens Its Beta Browser-Based App To Users In The UK Ahead Of Full Launch “Later This Year” (The Next Web)
Spotify is inching ever closer to launching its on-demand music streaming service as a browser-based Web player to either complement or replace its existing desktop app. A closed b... More
NBCU To Allow Online Providers To Distribute Its Content (Broadcast Engineering)
NBCUniversal is negotiating with several Internet video providers to license its full programming lineup for Internet viewing, the network’s owner, Comcast, said in a report to t... More
Cable Industry Needs Wireless, If Not Mobile (Videonet)
On the back of their success with broadband to the home, cable operators are turning their attention to mobility to see whether they can take a bigger share of the value chain that... More
One Third Of US TV Buyers Want An Internet-Connected Set (IPTV News)
The ability to hook up a new television to the Internet has usurped 3D capabilities in terms of must-have features for US consumers, according to new research by research firm IHS.... More
Harmonic Enters the Cloud-Based Video Transcoding Market (Streaming Media)
Video infrastructure company Harmonic launched a major new product today, ProMedia Carbon MP, a professional cloud-based transcoding service available from the Amazon Web Services ... More
Microsoft's Head of Xbox Doesn't See Valve As A Competitor, Happy with Curated Apps (The Verge)
Valve is preparing to enter the console market with its "Steam Box" gaming hardware, but Microsoft doesn't consider it as a competitor just yet. Speaking at Microsoft's TechForum t... More
Warner Owner Invests $60m In Beats By Dre Streaming Service (MusicWeek)
The creator of Beats By Dre headphones has secured a $60 million investment led by Access Industries, the owner of Warner Music Group, for its new Spotify rival dubbed 'Daisy'. The... More
Packet Core Looks 'Ripe' for Virtualization (Light Reading)
One reason network functions virtualization (NFV) was an undercurrent of last week's Mobile World Congressis that 4G LTE provides a likely platform for demonstrating the concept. O... More
Liberty Boss Says Murdochs Approve of Virgin Deal, Dismisses Netflix Threat (TBI Vision)
Rupert and James Murdoch both approve of Liberty Global’s takeover of Virgin Media and understand the need for competition in the UK market, LGI’s CEO Mike Fries said late yest... More
Tesco Launches Personalised Clubcard TV (Advanced Television)
As revealed February 11 by advanced-television.com, UK supermarket retailer Tesco has confirmed the launch of Clubcard TV to its 16 million Clubcard loyalty card customers. Hundred... More
Broadpeak Gives Operators Control Over CDN Allocation (IPTV News)
French firm Broadpeak has introduced a new solution which offers content providers and pay-TV operators complete control over the allocation of video content to multiple Content De... More
News Corp. Aims To Transform Education With Amplify Tablet Computer (Deadline)
After attempts to stake a big claim in the digital arena via also-ran MySpace and the now-defunct The Daily newspaper, News Corp. is headed into the classroom. Its new Amplify Tabl... More
Roku 3 Raises the Bar for Set-Top Streamers (Wired)
Roku today introduced the new Roku 3 set-top box, and it promises to be the best streamer on the market. Your move, Apple. In a world where content is king, the Roku 3 has access t... More
Exclusive: Apple's Cook, Music Mogul Iovine Discuss New Music Service (Reuters)
Apple Inc has held talks with Beats Electronics LLC, the audio technology firm co-founded by influential hip-hop producer Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, on a potential partne... More
Google At Work On Amazon Prime Competitor (CNET)
Amazon Prime, a service from the e-retail giant that offers free two-day shipping and discounted one-day shipping, might soon have a competitor. Google is at work on a new platform... More
Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Other Digital Pioneers Sour on 'Pay What You Want' Music (The Verge)
Not long ago, many hoped the Internet would emerge as a music fan's Shangri-la, a utopian world where any track, no matter how obscure, was available for free, record labels were e... More
Digitalsmiths Finds Tablets a Threat to Pay TV (Streaming Media)
Is the growing use of tablets a concern for cable and satellite providers? In a 2013 Q1 research report targeted at pay TV operators, video metadata specialist Digitalsmiths survey... More
Magic Ruby on Cynopsis:Kids! Second Screen Webinar (Magic Ruby)
We're happy to confirm that Magic Ruby VP of Business Development, Cedric Arnaud-Battandier, will be a featured speaker at the Cynopsis:Kids! Webinar "Leveraging the Second Screen ... More
