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Adobe Pushes New Open Standard for Cloud-based Digital Signatures (ZDNet‎)

Adobe says it processes more than six billion digital and electronic signature transactions each year through Adobe Sign and Adobe Document Cloud. So it's no surprise that the crea... More

Oracle, BT Team Up to Conquer the Cloud (Business Cloud News)

Through the new partnership customers will be able to use several features of BT Cloud Connect environment to gain direct connectivity to the Oracle Cloud. The offering will provid... More

CTA: Consumer Tech Spending Confidence Rebounds (B&C)

Consumer confidence in technology spending rose 10 points in June, according to the Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE) from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA),... More

Advice to Big Ops: Add Streamers to the Box (Multichannel News)

Integrating apps from subscription video-on-demand services into cable set-top boxes could go a long way toward tapping into an underserved demographic for subscription video-on-de... More

Spotify Redefines its Marketing Strategy Now that It’s No Longer the Disruptor in Music (The Drum)

Spotify is no longer the disruptive force it once was now that so much is streamed to devices, meaning there’s greater pressure on its marketing to lift the value people place on... More

Nielsen: SVOD, DVR Penetration Now Equal (TVNewsCheck)

The growing business of subscription-based video on demand has been in the news a lot recently — be it networks looking to sell streaming rights of popular TV series or studios c... More

Musical.ly May Be the Spoiler in Livestream Race with Launch of Live.ly (Variety)

The momentum already propelling the livestreaming category from Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live accelerated even further this week as two other major platforms, Tumblr and ... More

Is Branded Virtual Reality Content the Next Frontier in Marketing? (WSJ)

Two of the shiniest objects in marketing in 2016 are branded content and virtual reality, so it’s no surprise that the two collided during the Cannes Lions advertising festival i... More

Amazon Adds Dolby Vision HDR To Streaming Titles (Twice)

Amazon Video will begin offering streaming titles in Dolby Vision high dynamic rage (HDR), bringing it on par with other streaming sites including Vudu and Netflix. A joint announc... More

Blu-ray Disc at 10: Gateway to 4K Ultra HD, Digital Delivery (HMM)

That the Blu-ray Disc is the vehicle the CE and content industries are using to drive 4K Ultra HD into the home isn’t surprising. It’s not just the disc’s high capacity; it�... More

Garcia Joins Cognizant (MESA)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. has added Theodore X Garcia as its new VP and Western region leader for the company’s Information, Media and Entertainment (IME) group. He’... More

Broadcast, Cable, IP: Which Will Win the Race to 4K Ultra HD Delivery? (Quantum Blog)

IP-based infrastructure for delivering content to consumers has clearly taken hold over the last several years. Proof of this trend is evident in the explosive growth of Netflix, w... More

Net Neutrality Rules Will Make Winners and Losers Out of Businesses (Harvard Business Review)

The internet is woven into the fabric of how businesses run and how we live our lives. And as this technology has grown, so have the complications with how we build, manage, and re... More

Adults Consume More Media; Smartphone Viewing Rises (MediaPost)

Although analysts say U.S. media use is nearing media saturation, total media consumption for the first quarter of 2016 among U.S. adults rose around 10% versus the same period the... More

Netflix and Its Ilk Don’t Play Second Fiddle to DVRs Anymore (CNET)

Paid streaming video services like Netflix are as prevalent in US homes as digital video recorders, TV-ratings giants Nielsen said Monday in a quarterly report. Subscription video-... More

BBC Readies for UHD/HDR Transmissions (Advanced Television)

The BBC is stockpiling suitable programming in preparation for the start of a dedicated 4K/UHD channel. The Corporation, as part of its relationship with commercial arm BBC Worldwi... More

Cinépolis Uses Elemental Cloud from AWS for Fast-Growing OTT Service (MESA)

Elemental Technologies announced that the Cinépolis KLIC transactional video on-demand (TVOD) service uses an integrated solution from Elemental and Amazon Web Services. The integ... More

6 Reasons Why Virtual Reality Will Thrive in Film and Entertainment (UploadVR)

People are starting to realize the exciting potential that VR has in entertainment to the point where the world’s first permanent VR theatre opened up in Amsterdam. Million of pe... More

What Brexit Means For Tech (Fortune)

Now that the citizens of the U.K. have voted to leave the European Union, it’s time to take a good look at the implications for the technology sector. So-called Brexit will take ... More

Slack, the Facebook Slayer (The Atlantic)

Facebook may be devouring the web, but Slack is increasingly nibbling on a significant portion of it. The group-chat platform announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with 12 co... More

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