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Featured Jobs: Digimarc; Mediamorph; NeuLion

Software Development Manager — Beaverton, OR — Digimarc Director, Project Management — NYC — Mediamorph Project Manager — Plainview, NY — NeuLion Click here to view ... More

Fox Sports to Offer UEFA Champions League Final in VR (MCN)

Fox Sports said it will offer the UEFA Champions League final in virtual reality using an app that is compatible with Samsung Gear VR headsets and Cardboard viewers. The app, also ... More

YouTube Bans ‘Hateful’ Videos from Making Money Via its Advertising Network (TechCrunch)

Following a backlash around brand advertising on controversial content, YouTube is making a move to clean up which videos are part of its ad network. The Google-owned has update... More

Digital Delivery Rearranges Retail Reality (MCN)

As live TV streaming, a core feature of some competitive skinny bundles, becomes a larger factor in the mobile (and wired) online ecosystem, retailers also have opportunities to in... More

Rumbling Seats. Virtual Reality. Booze. Theaters Plot the Future of Cinema in Uncertain Times (LA Times)

Today, moviegoers pay for tickets online and get their phones scanned at the door. They eat restaurant-style food and sip movie-themed cocktails in theater lounges before the films... More

Pai Proposes Granting OneWeb Broadband Service Access (MCN)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has scheduled a number of broadband and cable-related items for the June 22 public meeting including paving the way for a new satellite broadband effort. That... More

Twitter: People Tweeted Twice as Much During NFL Games it Streamed Than Those it Didn’t (Recode)

On the surface, it was tough to tell how valuable Twitter’s streaming deal with the NFL was last fall. The company didn’t end the season with significantly more users or signif... More

Starbucks’ Corey duBrowa Joins Salesforce as Chief Communications Officer (PR Week)

Starbucks SVP of global communications Corey duBrowa is exiting the coffee company after eight years to join Salesforce as chief communications officer. DuBrowa will join Salesf... More

Study: TV Rates High as Ad Medium (B&C)

For all the hand-wringing about cord-cutting and commercial avoidance, it’s hard to top TV as an ad medium according to a new report. A study by Neustar commissioned by Turner... More

Microsoft Overhauls Skype for the Age of Snapchat (AdAge)

Microsoft's Skype helped pioneer modern video conferencing and instant messaging. But its power has taken a backseat in recent years to the convenience of communicating via nearly ... More

Featured Jobs: Amazon Web Services; Open Text; Qumulo

Solutions Architect - California City, CA - Amazon Web Services Software Architect - San Mateo, CA - Open Text Senior Software Engineer - Seattle - Qumulo Click here to view al... More

The Road to À La Carte Television (OTT2)

Hard as it may be for an industry that has long enjoyed a blank check in the form of cable revenues, we’re quickly headed towards a world where à la carte TV simply more more ec... More

IBM Acquires XCC Digital Work Hub to Strengthen IBM Connections (CMS Wire)

IBM today completed an acquisition to strengthen its IBM Connections enterprise collaboration offerings. IBM acquired the XCC technology, a digital workplace hub that IBM officials... More

Fox Partners with China’s Tencent to Co-Produce 10 Online Movies (THR)

Fox International Productions is bolstering its engagement with China's all-important youth demographic. The international production arm of 20th Century Fox has partnered with Chi... More

Adobe Launches Free Document Scanning App for Android, iOS (VentureBeat)

Adobe is getting into the mobile scanning game with a new free iOS and Android app that is supposed to provide users with high-quality images of physical content they want to captu... More

Report: Average U.S. Household Now Has 7 Screens (FierceCable)

The notion of gathering around the living-room TV has been a relic for some time now, but a new report puts numbers to it, pointing out the host of challenges the trend is presenti... More

James Finn Named FoxNext EVP, Head of Marketing (THR)

James Finn has been named executive vp and head of marketing for FoxNext, the recently-created immersive entertainment division that works across Twentieth Century Fox Film and Fox... More

With Demand for Video Growing, it’s a Lucrative Time for Entertainment Studios, but Competitive, Too (Digiday)

There has never been a better time to be a digital entertainment producer, with all this demand for video. But it’s a risky business, too. All the money being made available for ... More

Featured Jobs: Box; Oracle; Deluxe

Director, Mobile & Content Creation Engineering — Redwood City, CA — Box Director, Software Development — Seattle — Oracle Senior Software Engineer — Solano Beach, CA �... More

PwC Cements Advertising Push with Pond Purchase (The Drum)

Accountancy giant PwC has acquired Stockholm—based design agency Pond for an undisclosed sum as it seeks to cement its advance into advertising via its digital services division.... More

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