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Age of Abundance: How the Content Explosion will Invert the Media Industry (Redef)
The next evolution in the media value chain will be the rise of decentralized curation – with individual tastemakers building up mass followings and driving enormous consumption ... More
HBO Built Fun, Intricate Escape Rooms at SXSW for ‘Veep’, ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ (Adweek)
If there’s one thing HBO does well, it’s creating an environment that’s rich in detail on your television screen. At South by Southwest this year, the network is giving atten... More
Snapchat is Fun, But Facebook is the King of Social Media (Forbes)
With Snapchat’s long-awaited IPO finally over, it’s time to take a look at how the big social media companies stack up and what their prospects are going forward. While there w... More
Digital Music Wars at SXSW (Bloomberg Technology)
While music revenue is climbing for the first time in nearly two decades thanks to paid streaming services, artists still feel slighted. Songwriters are trying to extract extra mon... More
Washington D.C. Pushing to be ‘the Capital of eSports’ (GamesIndustry)
Washington D.C. intends to become the home of eSports in the United States, with a strategy that includes sponsorship of the NRG Esports team and the construction of a $65 million ... More
Accenture Introduces Next-Gen Personalization Solution, Genome (MESA)
Accenture Interactive has launched Accenture Genome, a personalization technology that helps accelerate transformation by enabling brands to create highly individualized experience... More
PwC Selects Thunderhead to Deliver Customer Engagement for the PwC Suite (MESA)
PwC is launching PwC Suite - a brand new service created to deliver knowledge and insight to Tax, HR and Legal professionals that can be accessed on a 24/7 basis. Thunderhead’s O... More
TiVo Hires Walt Horstman to Lead Analytics, Advertising (MESA)
TiVo announced today that Walt Horstman has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager, analytics and advertising. In this role, Mr. Horstman will lead TiVo... More
Box Expands Box Zones to Britain (MESA)
Box announced that Box Zones is launching in London and Frankfurt, powered by IBM Cloud. Leveraging the IBM Cloud for the first time, the new Box Zones offering in London, backed u... More
Prime Focus Technologies Makes ’10 Most Admired Companies’ List (DigitalStudio)
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) had a busy 2016. The company brought on board Raghunath Mohanrao as COO, who set up the Client Solutions team and ensured seamless functional integra... More
Games Take a Back Seat to Gamers’ Lives (All Tech Considered)
For four to eight hours a day, Chris Schranck sits between three computer monitors and a green screen in his one-bedroom apartment in Queens, N.Y. It's his job — live-streaming h... More
Pandora’s Premium On-Demand Streaming Service Rolls Out in the U.S. March 15 (VentureBeat)
Online music service Pandora has finally revealed launch details for its much-anticipated on-demand music streaming service. Pandora Premium will cost $9.99 per month, and invites ... More
Net Neutrality Lite? The FCC May Reduce, Not Repeal, Open Internet Order (Fast Company)
Many in the media are already writing the epitaph for net neutrality in the Trump era. And it’s true that with every new press release and statement out of the Federal Communicat... More
MPAA Studios Taking on Large-Scale Piracy Ring in New York Court (THR)
Users looking for pirated films to stream may have noticed that several high-volume sites are no longer available. That's because the major Hollywood studios launched a legal battl... More
SXSW: Despite Talks on Cord Cutting, Bundles Will Live on (AdAge)
For all the talk about how younger consumers don't want to pay for a package of channels, the bundle isn't likely to break down altogether. In fact, bundling may become even more r... More
Netflix Viewers Get to Tell the Story with New Interactive Technology (Forbes)
Netflix subscribers may soon have the opportunity to decide for themselves how stories unfold on their favorite shows as work begins on a new interactive storytelling technology. T... More
Front Row Seats From Your Couch: How VR Could Change Concerts (Billboard)
As the virtual reality market and the music industry increasingly cross paths, an immersive live-music experience no longer requires setting foot in a crowded venue. Hordes... More
NAB Show to Tackle Next-Gen TV Audio (TV News Check)
Like TV broadcasters themselves, audio for television at the 2017 NAB Show will find itself with one foot planted in a present where the issues of audio over IP and the allocation ... More
Deluxe’s EFILM Handles Color, Dailies for Multiple Oscar Winner, ‘La La Land’ (MESA)
The winner of six Academy Awards, La La Land is reminiscent of those classic musicals where music and color seem to jump off the screen to delighted audiences. EFILM and colorist N... More
How Snapchat is Changing the Way the Web Works, Looks (Tubefilter)
For more than a year, the company’s design innovations have been transforming the way we’re using smartphones and digital media, even if you’ve never even seen the Snapchat a... More