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Meet the Brain Behind Accenture Interactive’s Acquisition Spree (PR Week)
The Accenture Interactive boss who bought Fjord and Karmarama believes consultants and ad agency groups are facing a seismic change as their two worlds collide. "The next 12 months... More
NeuLion’s MainConcept Business Releases Complete Ecosystem for Hybrid HLS Content Creation (MESA)
NeuLion today announced that its subsidiary MainConcept GmbH has released for immediate licensing, full Apple HLS content creation for both HEVC/H.265 and AVC/H.264 in their recent... More
Hulu to Spend $2.5 Billion on Content in 2017 (Variety)
Hulu is spending a bundle on programming this year: Its content budget for 2017 is around $2.5 billion, CEO Mike Hopkins said. Hopkins, speaking at an event at the Paley Center for... More
Report: Augmented Reality Spending Exploding 11X to $36.4B in 2023 (Forbes)
Apple just released ARKit and Google just released ARCore in the last few months. But revenue for augmented reality devices and content will hit a massive $36.4 billion in 2023, ac... More
YouTube Kills Paid Channels, Expands $4.99 per Month Sponsorship Model (Variety)
YouTube is getting rid of one of its first paid content models: The Google-owned video site announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing its paid channels initiative, effectively kil... More
It Sounds as Though the NBA May Eventually Set Up Shop on Amazon (Recode)
Search for New York Knicks jerseys on Amazon and you’ll find a mishmash of results. Some Porzingis jerseys. Some jerseys for Derrick Rose, who’s no longer on the team. But cert... More
CBS Wins Bid for Australia’s Ten Network (Variety)
Shareholders at Australia’s Ten Network on Tuesday voted to accept a revised takeover offer from the U.S.’s CBS Corporation. The decision is a defeat for a counter-proposal ... More
Fox Puts More Six-Second Spots in NFL Broadcasts (B&C)
Fox continued to run its six-second ad drill during its America’s Game of the Week broadcast with phone company T-Mobile running three of the shorter ads during the NFL contest. ... More
On Heels of Spotify Deal, Skinny Bundles Will Go Multidimensional: Hulu’s Peter Naylor (Beet.TV)
While the present may seem like the heyday of skinny bundles, things are just getting started. Take Hulu’s recent partnering with Spotify for college students and the pairing of ... More
Featured Jobs: Vistex; Hulu; Irdeto
Senior Software Engineer — Kent, WA — Vistex Content Analytics Analyst — Santa Monica, CA — Hulu Product Operations Analyst — North Hollywood, CA — MarkLogic Click h... More
Cord Cutting, Digitization and Object Storage (Caringo Blog)
The first half of my professional career was in the digital audio industry. I was lucky enough to license the MP3 codec in the mid-90s, then work on some very popular encoding/ripp... More
IBC 2017: Dolby, BT Sport Honored at IBC Innovation Awards (THR)
Dolby Labs received the IBC International Honor for Excellence — the International Broadcasting Convention’s most prestigious prize – at the IBC Innovation Awards ceremony du... More
IBM Launches Data Migration to Cloud Service (ZDNet)
IBM launched a physical cloud mass data migration service to rival similar services from Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure. While the physical data ... More
Virtual Reality: Coming Soon to a Cubicle Near You? (MESA)
Cisco thinks it is only a matter of time before virtual reality makes a major impact on all sorts of industries. As of today, Cisco Spark customers can download the experimental Ci... More
Hulu Becomes First Streaming Service to Win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama (Adweek)
Netflix may have more subscribers, more buzz and more cash to throw around, but Hulu now has something that has eluded its streaming competitor’s grasp for several years: an Emmy... More
Apple, Not Google or Facebook, Will Define the Future of Augmented Reality (Forbes)
At Apple's last annual developer conference in June, one new tool captured the attention of developers perhaps more than any other product or tool introduced that day. Called ARKit... More
Netflix’s Sarandos Aims to Build the Next Great Hollywood Studio (Bloomberg)
If you’re an actor or producer in Hollywood, it’s hard to miss the flag Netflix has planted in Tinseltown. Its new 14-story tower is visible for miles in sprawling Los Angeles,... More
FOX Expands FXMovies Across Latin America (Rapid TV News)
FOX Networks Group Latin America has launched a Spanish-language feed of FXMovies across Latin America. Premiering today (18 September), the network will replace Film Zone in FNG�... More
Featured Jobs: LVL; Viacom; Veritone
Full Stack Developer — Montreal— LVL Product Designer — NYC — Viacom Senior DevOps Software Engineer — Costa Mesa, CA — Veritone Click here to view all available job... More
NeuLion Partners with NOVA to Power a New OTT Digital Service for Premium Content Delivery (MESA)
NeuLion today announced a new partnership with NOVA Broadcasting Group (NOVA), a Bulgarian broadcaster, to launch a new over-the-top (OTT) service. “We are very excited to be par... More