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Innovid Lands $11M Series C Round for Video Ad Tech Platform (Xconomy)
New York’s Innovid announced Wednesday that it has raised $11 million in a Series C round with backing from new investor Vintage Investment Partners and existing investors Sequoi... More
TV Is Changing Before Our Eyes (All Things D)
It’s finally happening. The Internet is taking over TV. It’s just happening differently than many of us imagined. There are two major transformations under way: The Rise of the... More
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge Gets Second Screen Gameplay Via Xbox SmartGlass (Shack News)
The upcoming enhanced Xbox 360 version of the formerly Wii U exclusive port of the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of Ninja Gaiden 3, Razor's Edge, will have support for second-screen gam... More
Q5X and Action Audio Apps Inc. Announces Technology Partnership (Q5X)
Action Audio Apps Inc. and Quantum5X Systems Inc. (Q5X®) have teamed to introduce the first Smartphone enabled App that allows fans in a venue to listen to the player’s interact... More
Copyright Reformers Launch Attack On DMCA’s “Digital Locks” Rule (Ars Technica)
Supporters of copyright reform are hoping that 2013 is the year they get some real momentum going. In the wake of Monday's news that the White House and FCC now support consumers'... More
Thrillist Media Launches 'The Crosby Press' to Finally Solve Content + Commerce Puzzle (AdAge)
Ever since Thrillist - the young guy's lifestyle email company - bought the men's apparel site JackThreads almost three years ago, Thrillist Media Group CEO Ben Lerer has promoted ... More
Barnes & Noble Boosts Nook Video Library With New Hollywood Deals (PC Magazine)
Looking to catch up on the Paranormal Activity franchise? Now you can grab your Nook and hunker down for a tale of the occult, thanks to new partnerships between Barnes & Noble... More
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
