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Survey: Almost Half the World’s Online Population Plans to Tune Into the World Cup (The Drum)
Almost half the world’s online population plans to tune into the Fifa World Cup in Russia according to research from GlobalWebIndex. The company surveyed 80,267 people from more ... More
Showtime Launches App for LG Smart TVs (MCN)
Showtime said it’s the first cable network to launch an app on LG Electronics smart TVs that run webOS. The launch, which includes access on LG’s new 2018 OLED TVs and Super... More
NAB Show: ‘Alex, Inc.’ Star Braff, ‘Up and Vanished’ Creator Lindsey Headline Mainstage Keynote (MESA)
NAB Show will present “From Podcast to Broadcast,” a main stage keynote session featuring “Alex, Inc.” executive producers Zach Braff and Matt Tarses, the creators and host... More
How the Media Biz is Embracing Blockchain Technology (Variety)
Outside of the ICO-fueled blockchain startup mania, big media companies are also looking into the technology. In addition to investing in blockchain startups via its VC arm, Comcas... More
Data & Analytics Summit Comes to L.A. April 3; Discount for MESA Members (MESA)
The 2018 XLIVE Data & Analytics Summit comes to Los Angeles April 3-4, featuring a host of live event producers, expert data and analytics executives, sports executives, entertainm... More
NAB Show: Prime Focus Technologies, Microsoft Partner to Lead the Media, Entertainment Industry to the Cloud (MESA)
Prime Focus Technologies has partnered with Microsoft to further strengthen its flagship CLEARTM Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media ERP Suite. CLEAR handles 1.5 M hours of content, and its... More
Stream Nation: U.S. Consumers Spend $2 Billion Monthly on Streaming Video Services (Variety)
Americans are watching more streaming video than ever — and they now pay an estimated $2 billion each month on subscription-video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. That�... More
Ooyala Finds More People Than Ever Click ‘Play’ for Mobile Video, Reaching 60% of All Views Globally (SSN)
Mobile video plays topped 60% globally for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2017 -- garnering a 60.3% share of all video starts – per Ooyala’s newly released Q4 2017 Glo... More
Facebook is Testing Ways to Compensate Video Creators to Cut Into YouTube’s Dominance (Los Angeles Times)
If you're a die-hard fan of a Facebook video creator, the social network may soon give you a way to pay for exclusive content and award you with a digital badge to declare your fan... More
Facebook Talking with News Outlets About Creating Daily Videos for Facebook Watch (CNBC)
The company is currently in talks with 10 major news outlets about producing roughly 3-minute videos that would live in the Watch tab and could also appear in the main News Feed, a... More
Study: 20% of U.S. Broadband Homes Use Antenna for TV (MCN)
In findings that highlight the growing cord-cutting trend, Parks Associates said that about 20% of U.S. broadband homes used digital, over-the-air antennas to access live TV near t... More
Scaeva Technologies CEO Discusses the Importance of Protection (Mix Magazine)
Scaeva Technologies has come up with a process whereby all digital content will be created in an encrypted form, with encryption and decryption capabilities built into the DAW, as ... More
Report: U.S. Broadband Sub Adds Slow to 2.1M in 2017 (MCN)
With the pace of broadband subscribers slowing, the top 14 U.S. cable operators and telcos, representing 95% of the market, acquired about 2.1 million net high-speed internet custo... More
Netflix Executives on Theme Parks, VR, Smart Speakers, More (Variety)
Netflix is known to embrace cutting-edge technology. The company not only single-handedly introduced consumers to paid subscription video streaming, it was also one of the first of... More
Fandango Joins Disney-Owned Movies Anywhere (Variety)
Fandango’s FandangoNow video-on-demand service is the fifth online retailer to throw in with Movies Anywhere, the digital movie-collection service owned by Disney. Under the d... More
Why Subscription Sports Sites Have Scored Early Wins (Digiday)
As publishers cast about for reader revenue in a tough digital ad market, many are finding that local sports coverage, which attracts especially passionate, engaged readers, is a g... More
What Google Does for Car Traffic, NeuLion Does for Video Traffic (NeuLion Blog)
Digital video is a rapidly growing market, expected to reach more than $100 billion by the year 2020. As industry leaders such as Netflix and YouTube take advantage of this on a la... More
Technicolor’s Marc Rachlin: How to Leverage Logistics Resources to Meet Demand for Direct to Consumer Delivery (MESA)
In a podcast interview, Marc Rachlin, VP of National Operations with Technicolor's Home Entertainment Services division, explains how Technicolor is ideally placed to provide these... More
Hulu’s Interactive Ad Lets Viewers Buy Movie Tickets With a Remote (Variety)
Subscribers to Hulu sometimes use the streaming-video site to watch movies. Now they can use certain ads on the service to buy movie tickets. You might call it a commercial inte... More
Cord-Cutting Accelerates, Top Pay-TV Operators Lost Nearly 1.5 Million Subscribers in 2017 (VideoNuze)
The top 13 pay-TV operators in the U.S., which represent around 95% of the total market, lost nearly 1.5 million subscribers in 2017, double 2016’s loss of 760K subscribers, acco... More
