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Social TV: GetGlue Calls Off Deal with Viggle (Ad Age)

GetGlue called off its deal to merge with Viggle on Sunday, saying in a blog post that the two will remain independent. "Today we've decided that GetGlue will not be merging with V... More

Digitalsmiths Expands Relationship with Time Warner Cable to Deliver Personalized Search and Recommendations (CNBC)

Digitalsmiths, the leader in personalized video discovery technology, today announced that Time Warner Cable expanded its relationship with the company. Time Warner Cable will inte... More

CES: Second Screen is Focus of Future of Television Panel (Variety)

The topic was supposed to be "The Future of Television" at a panel at the Variety Entertainment Matters conference on Thursday, but if this discussion is any indication, the future... More

CES: Women, Baby Boomers are Enthusiastic Second Screeners (Variety)

With so many TV networks embracing the second screen to interact with viewers of their shows, the big question is, what exactly is the demo that turns to mobile devices while stari... More

With Cable-Cutting On the Rise, So is Mobile Streaming Live TV (PC World)

Big, shiny HDTVs are generally among the major stars of CES, and this year is no exception. But in our always-connected lifestyle we'll occasionally want to take our TV content wit... More

Programmers’ Second-Screen Love Affair Threatens TV Ad Effectiveness (Media Post)

There has always been an unnamed conflict of interest within the historic television business model, because a program’s ratings stand in as a surrogate for commercial ratings --... More

Kwarter Raises $4 Million to Build Pioneering Second Screen Platform for Brands and Broadcasters (Sacramento Bee)

Kwarter, Inc. has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by T-Venture for its mission to create an end-to-end second screen solution for brands and broadcasters. Kinetic Venture... More

Leveraging Converged Media in Local Digital Marketing (Street Fight)

Converged media is a term many local marketers might have heard of but may not be familiar with in terms of digital media environments. Essentially, converged media is the area of ... More

China's Internet Population Surges to 564 million, 75 Percent on Mobile (ZDnet)

More Chinese citizens than ever have access to the Internet thanks to mobile technology driving Internet penetration. According a governmental report released by the China Internet... More

Post-CES, The Stage is Now Set for an Apple Television (Video Nuze)

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year or two, you've no doubt had your fill of stories about the elusive Apple television set - not the existing puck-like Apple ... More

Nintendo Wii (Finally) Gets Amazon Prime Video App (HMM)

In a retro move, Amazon said it has made available an app for its Instant Video transactional video-on-demand and Prime Instant Video subscription VOD services to the Nintendo Wii ... More

Blinkbox Sees 180% Mobile Commerce Spike (The Drum)

Blinkbox has reported a 180 per cent surge in sales via mobile devices from November to December last year, while overall sales jumped 220 per cent year on year. The movie and TV s... More

Arris to Sell $150 Million in Shares to Comcast in Google Set-Top Acquisition (SmartMoney)

Cable equipment provider Arris Group Inc. has agreed to sell around $150 million in shares to Comcast Corp. as part of its deal to buy Motorola Mobility's set-top box business from... More

Forget Apple TV, Microsoft and Game Consoles are the Future of Television (Forbes)

Content continues to be one of most commentators major concerns with any Apple entry into TV. This isn’t the music industry, where failing labels were looking for a lifeline anyw... More

Another Home Screen For Your Home (NPD Group Blog)

The TV is evolving into a more complex device and the basic concept on turning it on and immediately watching TV could become a thing of the past. As consumers we’ve become condi... More

How Big Data Keeps Cable TV Watchers Hooked (Fast Company)

Big Data is one of 2013's most popular buzzterms. It's also transforming the cable television business, which is in ongoing disarray as cord-cutters and competition from phone comp... More

$400 Price Point for Next PlayStation, Xbox Consoles (GamesIndustry International)

Having spent CES "with a number of companies involved in video game development and distribution", Baird Equity Research has suggested that new console hardware will retail for $35... More

Time Warner Licenses Animated Shows And ‘Dallas’ To Netflix (Deadline)

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., The Warner Bros. Television Group, and Netflix, Inc. today announced licensing agreements bringing to U.S. Netflix members complete previous seaso... More

The Car is the New Media Room: GroupM's Rob Norman Sees Big Future for Brands on Wheels (Beet.TV)

The auto is emerging a a new sort of media environment, where driving under 30 miles per hour, a prototype Audi allows drivers to travel via autopilot to check Gmail and the Web, w... More