• NFL Has New Content Deal with Sporting News Media
    The NFL has agreed a multiyear deal with Sporting News Media to feature video content on a host of US newspaper Websites.  The deal will see video content, including game highlights, featured on Sporting News Media’s SN ePlayer, which delivers content to papers including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Miami Herald, among others.
  • 'Breaking Bad' Fans Think They Got Ripped off by Apple
    An Ohio man has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming the company owes him and other Breaking Bad fans $22.99 for not including all 16 episodes in a “Season Pass” to the show’s final season, which was split into two parts. Apple delivered only eight, he says.
  • Roku Is Preferred Streaming Media Device, Says New Parks Associate Survey, Beating Apple TV
    A new report from Parks Associates says Roku is the most-used streaming video media device in the U.S.  In a 1Q 2013 independent survey of 10,000 U.S. broadband households with a streaming video media device, Parks 37% primarily use a Roku compared to 24% that primarily use an Apple TV.
  • Video of Guy Who Raced His Beamer Around Manhattan in 24 Minutes Is Quickly Going Viral
    New York Times reports on guy who mounted camera on dash, showed himself racing around Manhattan from 116th, down FDR and up Hudson Pkwy in 24 minutes. Many commenters forgive the speeding, hate the background music. Click on video or go to Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/nyregion/police-arrest-driver-who-raced-around-manhattan.html?hp
  • Target Officially Announces It's Going Into the Streaming Video Biz
    After several months of leaked information about it, Target officially says it will begin Target Ticket streaming video biz. It tested its pay service with employees-only site for a few months.  
  • Yes, There Is Now an Online Video Course Teaching Photogs How to Shoot Gay Marriages
    Not all wedding photographers are prepared to photograph same-sex weddings. They face difficulty in understanding how to be a gay friendly photography business, what new traditions to expect at a same-sex wedding, and how to effectively market to same-sex couples. Photographers, while eager and excited about the emerging market of same-sex weddings, may also be intimidated
  • Netflix Research Discovers Original Content a Huge Aid to Retention
    Research shows 43% of Netflix subscribers think the pay service's original programming is a good enough reason to keep  paying for all the rest. So, THAT'S why Netflix must spend money on that stuff!
  • If Online Wants Advertisers, It Must Improve Quality Writes European Adap.tv Exec Brian Fitzpatrick
    The online industry is tackling the measurement concerns of advertisers. But on another front, the online TV industry cannot ignore the issue of quality content. Much of the online video sector still revolves around user-generated content, and advertisers want more than that, writes Adap.tv's Brian Fitzpatrick.
  • LG Smart TVs Begin Offering M-Go Movie Service
    M-Go, owned by Technicolor and DreamWorks is now available on LG TV sets. It eventually aims at something that's tough to pull off--getting rights to events it can stream live.
  • The Shipping News: New AppleTV Device on Sept. 10?
    With a new iOS 7 on its way, it wouldn’t be a stretch to expect a newer model of Apple TV that accommodates the increasing number of channel options and brings some of the features of iOS 7 to the big screen, this story says. And it notes documents, required by Homeland Security,  that confirms a Chinese manufacturer has shipped "set top TV boxes" to the U.S. Apple plans a big press event for Sept. 10. Let's read the tea leaves...
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