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Facebook’s New TV Push Suggests Big Aspirations (THR)
Facebook has found a new friend: original programming. The social network is nearing a deal to revive former MTV comedy Loosely Exactly Nicole and is working with American Ninja Wa... More
Featured Jobs: HGST; Aspera; Box
Sr. Partner Marketing Manager — San Jose, CA — HGST Sr. Software Engineer — Emeryville, CA — Aspera Director, Mobile & Content Creation Engineering — Redwood City, ... More
FreeCast’s New Micro-Channels Usher in the Next Generation of Low-Cost Television (MESA)
Media aggregation firm FreeCast is announcing plans to create a new digital television ecosystem. By using low-cost web and over-the-air (OTA) distribution, the company intends to ... More
Box Introduces Desktop App Box Drive (TechCrunch)
Box just made it a little easier to access your files while you’re at your computer. The company is introducing Box Drive, a desktop application that works on Windows and MacOS. ... More
T2 Computing Becomes Premier New York Source for Bay Microsystems’ Technologies (MESA)
Bay Microsystems and T2 Computing have announced the signing of a Reseller and Support Agreement with Bay. With the signing of the agreement, T2 Computing becomes the premier New Y... More
Wazee Digital Integrates TrackVia’s Low-Code Application Platform Into Live Event Services to Enable More Data-Driven Programming (MESA)
Wazee Digital today announced it has incorporated TrackVia’s low-code application platform into the Wazee Digital Media Hub and related Live Event Services. As a result, customer... More
How ZOO Used Office Artwork to Explain the Bigger Picture (ZOO Digital Blog)
Culture has become a bit of buzzword recently – as companies worldwide are showing off their weird and wonderful personalities. From Google's perks galore to Facebook's employee ... More
MarkLogic’s Enterprise NoSQL Database Platform Is Now Available for Microsoft Azure (MESA)
MarkLogic announced the availability of the MarkLogic Enterprise NoSQL database platform on Microsoft Azure. In today’s rapidly changing, data-driven business environment, enterp... More
IBM, Hortonworks Team Up to Make Data Science More Mainstream (eWeek)
Hortonworks and IBM have formed a new partnership promising to extend access to data science and machine learning to more developers across the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. The compani... More
Trump Nominating Rosenworcel for Return FCC Engagement (B&C)
In what appears to be an unprecedented move, former Democratic FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will also be future Democratic FCC commissioner if the Senate confirms her as ex... More
Netflix is Now Bigger Than Cable TV (Forbes)
Netflix has, for the first time, surpassed cable in total subscribers according to Leichtman Research. US cable companies have 48.61 million subscribers while Netflix has just hit ... More
Capgemini Appoints Rosemary Stark to Global Sales Officer (MESA)
Capgemini has announced the appointment of Rosemary Stark to Global Sales Officer (GSO) and as such she becomes a member of the Group Executive Committee. Rosemary succeeds Srikant... More
Featured Jobs: Pixelogic; IBM; Adobe
QC Technician — Los Angeles — Pixelogic Senior Brand Strategist — NYC — IBM Web Architect-Creative Cloud Mobile — San Francisco — Adobe Click here to view all availa... More
How Adobe Got Its Customers Hooked on Subscriptions (Bloomberg)
When Adobe Systems Inc. started the transition from a product-sales model to a cloud-based subscription model less than five years ago, the move looked risky. Skeptics figured it w... More
Sony’s Sold 60.4 Million PlayStation 4s (VentureBeat)
The PlayStation 4 has hit another major milestone. Sony Interactive Entertainment has sold 60.4 million PS4s. The publisher finished its media presentation leading into the Electro... More
High Hopes for Virtual Reality as E3 Expo Opens in Los Angeles (The Hollywood Reporter)
Some stakeholders see VR content creation as a big business opportunity, while others warn that it’s too early to project such ambitious growth. A recent forecast from Pricewater... More
Verizon Closes Yahoo Deal, Marissa Mayer Resigns (MESA)
Verizon said on Tuesday it closed its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo's core business, combined these assets with its existing AOL business to create a new subsidiary, Oath, a di... More
Analyst Predicts Major Film Studios Will Offer Premium VOD by Early 2018 (Screen Daily)
The pace of negotiations between studios and exhibitors will force studios to usher in their own premium video on demand (VOD) platforms as early as the end of this year, an analys... More
Altice, Netflix Ink Global Distribution Agreement (HMM)
Netflix may have global access, but distribution is still a work in progress. The SVOD pioneer has signed a deal with Dutch-based telecom operator Altice offering direct-access in ... More
Fox Offering 24/7 Live Feed on Hulu Without Local Affiliates’ Content (FierceCable)
21st Century Fox is pushing a 24/7 live feed of its network to Hulu without including local affiliate stations. According to the Wall Street Journal, the national feed of Fox is... More