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  • DMI from beta to bust

    approves 81m in funding and greenlights the first phase of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI).Future media and technology director Ashley Highfield describes DMI as "the single most important initiative we are working on. Without DMI, we simply can't deliver many of our planned exciting new on-demand ...

  • Multiplatform World Wakshlag Says Industry Creating ‘Frankenmetrics to Measure Usage

    New York - Turner Broadcasting System chief research officer Jack Wakshlag said the TV industry is creating a series of complicated, useless "Frankenmetrics" to measure viewer habits for linear television, online video and VOD when three simple questions would give advertisers and content providers the answers they want."There are three things we have to start with - how many, how ...

  • Multiplatform World Ops Nets Need More Cooperation to Make TV Everywhere Work

    New York -- Cable operators and content providers will have to work together to maximize the viewership and revenue opportunities for TV Everywhere, but the window of opportunity is fast closing due to competition, said executives speaking at the TV in a Multiplatform World conference here Thursday. Executives said the industry needs to develop better partnerships with regard to offering ...

  • Multiplatform World Streamlining Second-Screen Experience DrivesUser Engagement

    New York -- The second-screen market is in HTML 5 technology, and manufacturers need to "sync" up with this technology to better streamline the user experience. "The market is [in] HTML 5," says Jonathan Ruff, senior director, technology applications, ...

  • Multiplatform World Comcasts Strauss Says VOD Poised for More Growth

    New York -- Comcast's video-on-demand programming is poised for growth on several levels. Matt Strauss, senior VP of digital and emerging platforms at Comcast Cable, speaking at NewBay Media's "TV in a Multiplatform World" event here Thursday, said the platform's viewership, promotional and monetization aspects are accelerating. Whereas kids, music and movies have ...


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Bandits

It's always a shame to see a great character in a lousy movie. It's a waste because one inspired character isn't enough to elevate the movie above its basic mediocrity, even if he or she makes it almost worth watching. And, at the same time, you can't help but wonder how even more effective the character would have been had he or she been placed in the context of a better movie. ...

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  • Walden Sees Aereo as Potential Marketplace Disruptor

    Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) says Aereo could be a major disruptor in the marketplace -- as could Dish's Hopper -- and suggests he understands why Fox would warn that such disruption could move programming off the broadcast model. Walden, chair of the House Communications Subcommittee, was being interviewed for C-SPAN's Communicators series. Walden called both Aereo and Hopper disruptions ...

  • Comcasts David Cohen U.S. Broadband Is World Class

    Comcast executive VP David Cohen stood up tall for U.S. broadband Thursday, saying Americans "are getting world-class broadband from competing companies, and it's getting better every day." He ascribed to parochial agendas the "running down" of U.S. broadband build-outs by some critics and members of the press who he said use "selective statistics" to back ...

  • Stocks end modestly lower

    Socks fell modestly on Thursday, but finished well off their lowest intraday levels after upbeat U.S. economic reports and gains for Hewlett-Packard countered worries about the Fed potentially tapering its bond-buying program. After dropping as much as 127 points, the Dow declined 12.67 points, or 0.1%, to end at 15,294.50. The RBR Radio Index was down 1.606, or .3%, to 632.801. The TVBR ...

  • Another FCC indecency story to debunk

    A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of ...

  • Agriculture interests go to bat for LPTV

    A group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of what to them is critically important low power television and TV translator service. They noted that their members' line of work typically places them beyond the reach of America's media markets. They said, "In rural and ...

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