M+E News Headlines
Despite Streaming Options, Millennial Women Plan to Watch the Olympics on TV (Adweek)
The 2016 Summer Olympics are just a few weeks away, and it looks like the TV-friendly time zone of the host city, Rio de Janeiro, will pay big dividends for NBC. With Rio just one ... More
Vubiquity, ICX Media to Offer Independent Content Creators Access to Global, Premium Video Distribution (MESA)
ICX Media and VUBIQUITY announced today that independent content creators on the ICX Media platform will have access to additional distribution services from VUBIQUITY and its subs... More
Avere Systems Helps Eight VFX Produce High-End Visual Effects for Commercials (MESA)
Avere Systems announced today that Eight VFX, a visual effects studio known for its outstanding work in commercials, feature films and music videos, uses Avere’s Virtual FXT Edge... More
Salesforce Will Only Support Nexus and Samsung Galaxy Phones to Avoid Android Fragmentation (Recode)
One of the big challenges for Android app developers is the fact that there are just so many different phones out there using a variety of versions of Google’s operating system. ... More
Microsoft Again Claims Huge Gains in Azure Cloud Business (Fortune)
Microsoft continued to claim big cloud momentum on its fourth quarter conference call. That’s no surprise—what would have been shocking is if it had not done so. Investors like... More
ContentBridge Appoints Fernando Gonzalez Director Of Operations and Sales (MESA)
ContentBridge has appointed Fernando Gonzalez Director of Operations and Sales. The announcement was made by ContentBridge CEO Jason Peterson. “Fernando (Gonzalez) has a unique c... More
Entertainment Partners Taps Industry Veteran Paul Gaffner to be VP of Strategic Account Management (MESA)
Entertainment Partners announced the appointment of Paul Gaffner as Vice President of Strategic Account Management. In his role, Gaffner will be deepening client relationships, all... More
Study: OTT, Video Revenues to Generate $65 Billion (Advanced Television)
Global OTT TV and video revenues [for 100 countries – up from 64 in the previous edition] will reach $64.78 billion (€58.7bn) in 2021; a massive increase from $4.47 billion in ... More
GOP: Obama is Biggest Threat to ‘Net Survival (Multichannel News)
Forget cybercriminals and rogue states: President Obama is the biggest threat to a free and open Internet, at least according to the platform approved at the Republican National Co... More
With Apps like Netflix and Hulu, Your Old Cable Box Wants to Once Again be Your Home Entertainment Hub (Quartz)
There is no love lost between cable operators and streaming video services. The two industries have been duking it out for consumers’ eyeballs since streaming burst onto the scen... More
eSports Creeping Beyond Livestreams and Onto TV Networks (Mashable)
Like Evo tournaments of years past, hundreds of thousands of viewers watched the action unfold live online on Twitch. Unlike Evos of years past, the Street Fighter championships al... More
Yahoo Touts Video, Social Initiative Gains (MESA)
The second quarter fiscal results Yahoo reported July 18 were weaker than analysts had expected, but CEO Marissa Mayer used the company’s earnings call to focus largely on the br... More
Evolution Digital Secures Distribution Agreement for eVUE-TV IP VOD Solution with the NCTC (MESA)
Evolution Digital today announced that it reached a deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) to distribute its eVUE-TV™ IP Video on Demand service to NCTC membe... More
Twitter Inks NBA Deal for More Exclusive Basketball Video (Bloomberg)
LeBron James and the NBA are big on Twitter. They’re about to get bigger. The National Basketball Association announced Tuesday that it will develop original, exclusive content t... More
Deluxe Puts Former Tag CEO John Paulson in Charge of Features, Advertising Post (StudioDaily)
Deluxe named John Paulson, former CEO of agency Tag Worldwide, as president and general manager of features and advertising post services. Reporting to Deluxe CEO John Wallace, Pau... More
Oracle Provides Technology to White House’s PAWR Program (SD Times)
Oracle is providing its Oracle Cloud technology and engineering resources to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s program Platforms for Advanced Wireless Res... More
Dolby, VIZIO Recognize Next Generation of Storytellers with New Award (MESA)
VIZIO announced today that AFI Conservatory Class of 2015 Cinematographer Todd Sheridan and his film Frontman has been selected as the winner in the VIZIO + Dolby Vision™ Filmmak... More
Music-Subscription Service Deezer Enters Crowded U.S. Field (WSJ)
French music-streaming service Deezer is launching to the masses in the U.S. this week, stiffening the competition in an already-crowded market. Deezer, which had about 6 million s... More
Amazon Eyes European Expansion for Prime Video: Report (Multichannel News)
As the U.S. video streaming market shows signs of saturation, international expansion is becoming increasingly important for OTT players. It’s a clear strategy point for Netflix,... More
Snapchat Talks with Hollywood about Bringing Shows to the Platform (Digiday)
Snapchat Discover is going Hollywood. The messaging and media app is out looking for deals with major networks and studios that would transform the Discover section, where publishe... More
