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Multiplatform World Wakshlag Says Industry Creating ‘Frankenmetrics to Measure Usage
B&CNew 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 ...
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Multiplatform World Ops Nets Need More Cooperation to Make TV Everywhere Work
B&CNew 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 ...
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Multiplatform World Streamlining Second-Screen Experience DrivesUser Engagement
B&CNew 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, ...
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Multiplatform World Comcasts Strauss Says VOD Poised for More Growth
B&CNew 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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Walden Sees Aereo as Potential Marketplace Disruptor
B&CRep. 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 ...
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Comcasts David Cohen U.S. Broadband Is World Class
B&CComcast 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 ...
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Stocks end modestly lower
RBR.comSocks 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 ...
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Another FCC indecency story to debunk
RBR.comA group of eight agricultural organizations have fired off letters to the FCC and both congressional commerce committees calling for the preservation of what...
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Agriculture interests go to bat for LPTV
RBR.comA 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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AdLarge Media Sports USA kiss re-up
RBR.comAdLarge Media and Sports USA Media have settled their differences and extended their relationship. A pending suit has been dismissed as a misunderstanding. So AdLarge continues as the exclusive national ad sales representation firm for Sports USA, an independent syndicator of live play-by-play sports. Sports USA owner Pacific Radio Sports was reportedly suing AdLarge in U.S. District Court for ...
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Bob Pantano honored by Philly City Council
RBR.comCBS Radio's 98.1 WOGL's Bob Pantano, host of the Saturday Night Dance Party for over 36 years, will be honored by Philadelphia City Council for his organization and efforts of many charitable events throughout the years, including The Hero Scholarship Fund, Saints Neumann Goretti High School's annual "Taste of South Philly" fundraiser and The Vendemmia Festival in Girard ...
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Polecam shows new starter pack long head at BroadcastAsia
Broadcast & EngineeringPolecam Systems will be in Singapore at Broadcast Asia 2013 International Conference in June with Polecam Systems’ two trading partners H Warta, on stand number 4E3-01, and Antel Trading & Services on stand number 5F4-01. Steffan will be sharing his time between stands and demonstrating the new versatility on offer from the Polecam Starter Pack, which together with the Long Head from ...
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HARMAN’s Studer Offers Free Online Vista 1 Tutorial Classes
Broadcast & EngineeringHARMAN's Studer has produced a series of tutorial videos for its latest compact Vista 1 broadcast production console, which are freely available to view online on the company's website and YouTube ...
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Streambox deploys servers worldwide
Broadcast & EngineeringStreambox has announced major improvements to the Streambox Live Service with the installation of Streambox Live Servers on the Amazon Web Services platform around the world. Allowing users to take advantage of shorter distances for video to travel before being routed live on-air or archived for later use. Six servers have been strategically placed in Australia, Japan, Ireland, Brazil, Singapore ...
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Encompass Digital Media Asia Builds New Value-Added Broadcast Management Service With Pilat Medias IBMS Express
Broadcast & EngineeringPilat Media today announced that Encompass Digital Media Asia, one of the world's top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity, has launched a value-added service for its clients using Pilat Media's IBMS Express Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. IBMS Express is a modular and scalable entry-level business management system for ...
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