All posts by MESA News

IP Opens Up the TV Race (Digital TV Europe)

At the moment, TV Everywhere may be more hype than actual services, but if you are a pay TV operator you are certainly thinking about it. And if you’re not thinking about it, wel... More

Mobile User Interfaces for the Supply Chain (Supply Chain Digital)

The explosion of mobile devices available today is providing workers with a deluge of new ways to interact with their corporate enterprises...... More

The Right To Resell: A Ticking Time Bomb Over Digital Goods (PaidContent)

There’s a brewing conflict over consumers’ rights to use platforms like ReDigi to resell their books, music and other digital property. Now libraries and companies like eBay an... More

A Year Without Cable (WSJ)

Having cut the cord 12 months ago, a long-time subscriber answers the question: Is it possible to survive on Netflix and Hulu alone?...... More

2013: A Year When the Future of the Media May Lie In the Palm of Your Hand (The Guardian)

Mobile data is set to soar - bringing a boomtime for television and sounding the death knell for the printed newspaper...... More

League Technology Summit: YouTube’s Frank Golding Rejects Rights-Buying Rumors, Discusses Best Ways To Use Platform (Sports Video Group)

When is Google going to step into the negotiation room and shake up the sports-rights–buying business? That has been a topic of conversation for much of 2012 as the rights market... More

Streaming Media Player Shipments Hit New High (Advanced TV)

Multimedia Research Group (MRG), the market specialist in the Video and Media ecosystem, has released its latest forecast on the worldwide streaming media player market ... More

Mobile Apps Compete for Holiday Downloads (Adweek)

Christmas morning is a gift to app developers. Once folks unwrap their new tablets or smartphones, among the first things they do is load them up with apps...... More

5 Reasons Why The U.S. Rejected The ITU Treaty (ReadWrite)

Citing non-negotiable issues including Internet governance, content regulation and network security, the United States has refused to support a set of revised regulations at the U.... More

Samsung TVs Get Amazon Cloud Player (TWICE)

Amazon said Thursday its Cloud Player application for Samsung Smart TVs. The new app gives Cloud Player customers access to their entire music library in the cloud, for access anyw... More

Can Warner Bros. Save Kaleidescape? (CE Pro)

Populating a new online store with Warner Bros. movies is a good start for Kaleidescape but will other studios follow suit? Here’s a prescription for the maker of high-end movie ... More

UKTV Homes In On NBCU Content (Variety)

British channel group UKTV has signed a content deal for scripted drama with NBCUniversal Intl. Television Distribution...... More

Aereo Streaming Joins Forces with Bloomberg TV (CNET)

The oft-maligned television streaming service is now offering its first cable channel -- with permission from that broadcaster...... More

Tablets Push Networks To The Edge (Advanced TV)

Research from Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has revealed the impact of surging video consumption, suggesting that by 2020, people will be watchi... More

Can BitTorrent Go Legit with the Entertainment Business? (MediaShift)

BitTorrent, Inc. likes to point out that it's been experimenting with helping musicians by putting up free content that will lead to better engagement and sales of music, concert t... More

Sony: UltraViolet Tops 7 Million Registered Accounts (HMM)

Consumers registering movies to the cloud-based UltraViolet digital locker exceeds 7 million accounts, with consumer awareness above 50%, a Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executi... More

The Future of Television Has Arrived: It’s Called the iPad (The Verge)

Apple may call its TV efforts a "hobby," but the TV industry is already making huge bets on iOS...... More

Eric Schmidt Says Google Fiber Won’t Stop With Kansas City (Wired)

Kansas City is just the first stop for Google’s ultra-fast Google Fiber broadband network, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said today...... More

Amazon Instant Video App Comes to iPhone, iPod Touch (CNET)

The free application lets Amazon Prime customers stream over 30,000 titles available in the Prime Instant Video library...... More