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Report: TiVo Nearing Debut of 4K Mini (MCN)
TiVo is nearing the debut of a “Mini” IP video device that would support 4K video and complement TiVo’s retail-focused 4K DVR product, the Bolt. It might also serve as a whol... More
Premier League to Consider Broadcast Deals with Amazon, Twitter and Facebook (The Drum)
The Premier League has revealed it will consider media rights bids from online platforms such as Amazon, Twitter and Facebook. This Friday the 2017/18 Premier League season kicks-o... More
Instagram Will Let You Invite Friends Onto Your Livestream (CNET)
Instagram is looking to make live videos a lot more chatty by letting broadcasters add a guest to a livestream. The feature, announced Tuesday, will let people using it add someone... More
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Accenture Interactive, Pearson Launch New Digital Customer Experience (MESA)
Accenture, together with Pearson, has created and launched a new digital customer experience which will simplify and improve the user experience for students, educators and job see... More
YouTube Connects with TV Audiences in Over-the-Top World (AdAge)
There's a great migration happening among the citizens of YouTube, and it's not in the direction one might assume. Although most digital content producers, including YouTube, are f... More
Netflix Buys Comics Publisher Behind ‘Kingsman’, ‘Kick-Ass’ (Variety)
Netflix — in the first company acquisition in its history — has bought Millarworld, the comic-book publishing firm founded by Mark Millar, creator of characters and stories inc... More
Adobe’s Alex Amado: ‘I Don’t See Designers Being Replaced by AI’ (B&T)
How will experience marketing evolve over the next 10 years? "The crazy thing about the marketing business is that it’s changed more in the last five years than it did in the 50 ... More
U.K.’s Digital Economy Act Becomes Law (THR)
From debate about retrans fees and increased sentencing options for copyright infringements online to anti-pornography measures and making the U.K. the "most digital nation." Brita... More
8 Technologies and Platforms Every Forward-Thinking Marketer Needs to Know (Adweek)
From IBM’s souped-up supercomputer Watson to Google’s tricked-out, self-driving cars, marketers are navigating a new wave of tech services and platforms beyond the walls of tra... More
With an Eye on the Duopoly, German Broadcasters Create a Unified Consumer Login (Digiday)
Broadcasters have become the latest media companies in Germany to challenge the market dominance of tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon. Two of the country’s biggest broad... More
eSports Arena Lets Marketers Connect with Elusive Young Males (Media Village)
The video-game-playing industry known as eSports is on the rise. Fans are watching pro players compete in tournaments around such titles as "League of Legends," "Call of Duty" or ... More
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Inside Salesforce’s Quest to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Everyone (Wired)
This past March, Salesforce flipped a switch and made a big chunk of Einstein available to all of its users. Of course it did. Salesforce has always specialized in putting advanced... More
How the NFL is Rebuilding Digital to Put Video Front and Center (FierceCable)
The NFL recently took a step toward its digital rebuild by relaunching NFL.com as part of its efforts to make video easier to access. The league built a new back-end infrastruct... More
China, U.S. Battling to Become World’s First AI Superpower (The Verge)
In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The craft was no bigger than a beach ball, but it spurred the US into a frenzy of re... More
Amazon’s Hollywood Spending Soars (Reuters)
Amazon.com is quickly ramping up the billions of dollars a year it spends on creating and licensing TV shows and films, signaling the retailer plans to be in show business for the ... More
Senate OKs Two New FCC Commissioners (Light Reading)
After operating with just three commissioners for more than half a year, the Federal Communications Commission will return to full strength with the confirmation of two new commiss... More
Kevin Hart’s New Streaming Service Gives Aspiring Comedians a New Platform (Variety)
Kevin Hart is taking his talents to the (really) small screen — smartphones. Hart, in partnership with Lionsgate, debuted Laugh Out Loud, a mobile streaming platform with a slate... More
Facebook Tests ‘Going Live’ from Facebook Camera, Live Stories Like Instagram (TechCrunch)
Facebook is testing a new way to “go live” on its social network – an option that was previously available by pressing the “Live” button on the Status update box. Now, fo... More