Ten Times Boost In TV Everywhere Streams In 2012; New Tools In Online Video Tech by Daisy Whitney

These days, it feels as if all the online video companies are getting ready to go into battle. There's a constant hum in the online video technology business and it's coming from product announcements. Everyone is refining their offerings in a quest to win more business. Here's a quick roundup of some of the more interesting tidbits in the last week from Adobe, the Platform and FreeWheel. They all fall under the heading of what I think of as "video management." They're not so much about new ad innovations as they are about tools to help media companies manage the ...Read the whole story

  • Amazon Adds EPIX Content to Prime Instant Video, Prompting Netflix Slide by Ross Fadner

    Amazon on Tuesday announced that it had signed an agreement with EPIX, which is a joint venture of the movie studios Lions Gate, Paramount and MGM, to distribute its roster of blockbuster movies through Amazon Prime, the online retailer's streaming content service for members. Netflix, meanwhile, saw its shares dive nearly 10 percent as a result of the news, as the announcement came just after EPIX's exclusive streaming agreement with Netflix came to an end. ...Read the whole story

  • Adobe Trumpets TV Everywhere Streaming Success by Gavin O'Malley

    Positioning itself as a major force for TV Everywhere, Adobe Systems said it authenticated more than 88 million video streams to U.S. viewers during the London Games. ...Read the whole story

  • Google TV Ads Shuttered by David Goetzl

    After five years, Google is shuttering its auction-based TV ad sales system and "doubling down" on the growing online video space. Google pitched TV Ads as an easy-to-use platform for advertisers that had never used TV before. ...Read the whole story

The Netflix Effect: In A Multi-Screen World, Being Seamless Is The Next Big Task by Steve Smith

Multi-screen media user is as much about sequential use of multiple devices for the same task each day as it is about simultaneous use of two or more screens. Get in sync. ...More

  • Still Waiting For The Latest TV Set Technology -- While Loving My IPad by Wayne Friedman

    Some people are part of the 99%. I'm proud that I'm part of the 31% -- those who don't have at least one HD TV set. Crazy, you say, in this world of crisper, clearer and bigger TV screens all at decreasingly cheaper pricing? Why jump, I say. Better to stretch the lifespan of consumer electronic devices until they cry uncle -- despite some droll remarks from my wife seeking clearer, warts and all, skin-quality reception for her "Drop Dead Diva," "The Good Wife" and "So You Think You Can Dance" programs. ...More

  • What Online Porn And Video Games Tell Us About Male Behavior by David Measer

    In Martin Amis' latest novel, Lionel Asbo, the titular character wonders aloud why any man would want to have a relationship with a woman when so much pornography is available online. Even real-life siren Raquel Welch recently expressed sympathy for men and their growing online porn habits: "We've gotten to a point in our culture where (men are) all sex addicts, sitting in front of their computers, completely annihilated. Poor babies, they can't control themselves." ...More