We get all excited about Super Bowl ads this time of the year. The creativity! The engagement! The millions and millions of dollars each one of those commercials represent! And the big fat flops! Every commercial a huge risk! What's not to like? Unruly, the global platform provider for social video advertising with U.S. offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles (and also San Francisco, whose team may actually be involved in the Super Bowl) released its Super Bowl Social Video Playbook that demonstrates how online video is an extraordinary message extender. That's a good thing to know if ...Read the whole story
A week after a deal giving it access to Warner Bros. shows such as NBC's "Revolution," Netflix has another arrangement with Time Warner that covers content carried on its Turner networks, including the remake of "Dallas." Netflix will have sole streaming rights to the first two seasons of the TNT show, produced by a Warner Bros. unit, starting in January. ...Read the whole story
Sony Computer Entertainment has settled its breach of contract court fight with the actor Jerry Lambert. Lambert portrayed the "Kevin Butler" character that was prominent in some 30 Sony PlayStation game console TV ads that aired from 2009 to 2012. ...Read the whole story
Since its debut on YouTube in 2005, the wacky sketch-comedy brand Smosh has racked up more than 2 billion views, and 6.8 million subscribers -- more than any other channel on YouTube, according to new data from channel tracker VidStatsX. ...Read the whole story
Dana McClintock and Chris Ender have been promoted to executive vice presidents of communications for CBS Corporation. ...Read the whole story
Matthew Doherty joined TubeMogul New York as senior account executive. ...Read the whole story
We've heard -- or seen -- it all before: some new TV technology that is going to change our lives. This is where 4K TV, or Ultra TV sets, now lives. This new technology has four times the digital information as current HDTV and is where many TV set makers are looking to put another stake in the ground. But where? ...More
Another CES is now behind us, and while this remains first a show about new devices, a closer look at the capabilities these devices are touting forecasts a need for a multi-device content (and advertising) strategy for the coming years. So what type of content will be the driver of content consumption on all these devices? Based on the news and chatter at CES, few can argue that video - particularly multi-device video distribution - emerged as the biggest theme of the conference. ...More