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What’s the Perfect Device for Life In A Disrupted World? (CNET)
Could you live, travel and work with only a tablet? A laptop? Or do we need a new "everything" device?... ... More
Infinite Loop: IP, Innovation and the Console Cycle (Games Industry)
Publishers' aversion to new IP late in the hardware generation exposes dubious logic that could harm the AAA industry...... More
NBCUniversal, Hearst Corp. Close Deal to Rebrand G4 as Esquire Channel (Hollywood Reporter)
In its bid for the largely untapped metrosexual viewership, NBCUniversal is set to rebrand G4 channel as the Esquire channel...... More
NBC Partners With Yahoo For Content Deal (AP)
NBC Sports and Yahoo are taking on the crowded sports media landscape with a partnership that fills in gaps for both companies...... More
The Era Of Easy Riches In Mobile Apps Is Over (ReadWrite)
The mobile app industry has grown to mammoth volumes so quickly that even terrific products can't make an impact among the chaos. And without impact, there are no users and without... More
Latest Blu-ray Feature From Fox Should Be ‘Industry Standard’ (HMM)
For the 3D Blu-ray Disc of Ice Age: Continental Drift (Dec. 11), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is debuting a feature that artist Peter de Sève said should be on every Blu-ra... More
U-Tech Signs As One-Blue Licensee (TWICE)
One-Blue said Thursday that U-Tech Media has signed on as a licensee of the One-Blue Blu-ray Disc (BD) product licensing program...... More
Cablevision To Raise Internet Prices By $5 A Month (Reuters)
Cablevision Systems Corp, the New York-based cable operator, said on Thursday it would raise its Internet prices by $5 in January, representing an average hike of 3.2 percent for c... More
Senators Warn FCC Not To Relax Media Ownership Rules (The Hill)
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) blasted a Federal Communications Commission proposal to relax media ownership restrictions at a press conference on Thursd... More
If You Don’t Watch Sports, TV Is a Huge Rip-Off (So, How Do We Fix It?) (The Atlantic)
Are sports on TV a good deal? Depends. If you watch sports, millions of pay-TV households who never click on their ESPN channels are subsidizing your habit. If you don't watch spor... More
Will Google Buy TiVo? (Forbes)
Here’s an interesting suggestion on how Google could deal with the pending patent infringement litigation TiVo is pressing against Google’s Motorola Mobility business: They cou... More
Companies May Have To Move Up Mobility Growth Curve Faster Than They Think (CITE World)
Companies tend to go through a mobile growth cycle that starts with locking down everything, but eventually reaches a point where they're actively developing and managing secure ap... More
WWE App Tops HBO Go with Revolutionary Second Screen Experience (Daily Finance)
During last night's episode of Monday Night Raw®, WWE launched an unprecedented second screen experience, "WWE Active," on its WWE flagship app, including the delivery of live mat... More
Mobile Apps Outpace the Web and Neck-in-Neck with TV (CNET)
It looks like a four-year-old industry is hijacking one that has been around for six decades. According to mobile analytics firm Flurry, the time people spend on mobile apps is now... More
Rogers Extends NextBox TV Anywhere to Second Screen (Mediacaster)
Rogers Communications has launched its Anyplace TV Home Edition application for digital tablets, bringing as many as 25 live streamed channels to the viewer’s second screen. New ... More
Smart Retailers are Helping Multi-screen Customers get the Bargains They Want (Smarter Commerce)
It has been a successful start to the holiday shopping season. According to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, online sales this year were up over 20% compared to last year for... More
Who Will Win The War For Eyeballs Between TV And Social Media (Business 2 Community)
Many people are wondering who will win the advertising war between TV and social media. It seems like TV is as popular as ever and yet so many people have their eyes glued to their... More
UK Social TV Trends Revealed (Broadband TV News)
18.7% of online traffic in the UK is now through devices other than PCs. This, according to Greg Dale, EVP International, comScore, puts the country in second place globally after ... More
Sky Deutschland to Launch Second Screen EPG (Digital TV Europe)
Sky Deutschland is preparing to roll out an enhanced second screen EPG designed to make it easier to find and record content. The Sky Guide will include one touch recording functio... More
