- The 'Cyberpunk' Problem
Digital News Daily, Zach Oscar - Thursday, December 24, 2020
Over the past few months, many gamers shed doubt on the much-anticipated release of CD Projekt Red's "Cyberpunk 2077." Why do so many people care? ...
- Warner Music Group Edges Up Quarterly Revenues To $1.13 Billion, Digital, Streaming Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Warner Music Group posted slightly higher revenues in Q4, reversing declines in its fiscal Q2 and Q3 2020 periods -- boosted by sharply higher digital revenues of 15%. ...
- Nintendo Halo Effect, Search Share Rises With Release Of Next-Gen PlayStation, Xbox
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 20, 2020
Search data from Captify revealed that PlayStation 5 had the majority share of search up to its release in the last 3 months while Xbox Series X's share of sear ...
- Sony PlayStation And Microsoft Xbox New Consoles To Launch This Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 12, 2020
Sony PlayStation continues to outspend competitors in major national TV advertising -- $75.7 million from mid-May through mid-November of this year, according to iSpot.tv. ...
- Apple TV App, Vudu To Launch On New Xbox X And S, As Game Consoles Grab More Streaming Time
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 3, 2020
In Q3, Xbox One accounted for 48% of game consoles' total video streaming viewing time, edging out PlayStation 4 at 47%, according to Conviva. ...
- Microsoft Moves Bing To Xbox, Rewrites Site Explorer For Webmaster Tools
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 16, 2020
Microsoft Bing's re-launch of Bing Site Explorer in Webmaster Tools and Bing's app for Xbox give advertisers another way to reach out to consumers from the console. ...
- Juventus Will Not Appear In FIFA 20
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Any marketing execs about to pre-order FIFA 20 might need to know that according to the BBC, it is the first edition of the game where a major team ...
- Xbox One Adds Alexa, Cortana Voice Support
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, September 6, 2018
Xbox One users can now give voice commands to their console through other devices. “Voice-control functionality is already a thing through the console itself, but now this expanded function v ...
- Data Platform MParticle Launches Xbox SDK
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Thursday, December 14, 2017
Customer data platform mParticle has launched a native SDK for Xbox video game consoles. The Xbox SDK means that mParticle supports client-side data collection on connected TV devices like t ...
- Xbox One Gains An Email Application
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Monday, October 17, 2016
Xbox gamers now have a way to access their email inboxes from within their favorite gaming console -- if they are willing to pay the price. ...
- FTC: Machinima Broke Law, Starcom Deal For Microsoft Cited
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Online gaming network Machinima violated laws against deceptive advertising by secretly paying video bloggers to tout the Xbox One, the Federal Trade Commission said in a complaint unveiled on Wednes ...
- "The Interview" Now On iTunes Too
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, December 29, 2014
The controversial film that was canceled and then rescheduled by Sony, debuted in about 300 theaters and is available to download from several sources, but iTunes was among the l ...
- Hackers Say They've Released Playstation, Xbox Credit Card Info
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, December 29, 2014
A group claiming affiliation with hackers, Anonymous, say they’ve released personal information including credit card numbers for customers of Amazon, Sony PlayStation, XBox Live and
more companies. ...
- Xbox, Playstation Still Not Back From Hacking Attack
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, December 26, 2014
After failing
on Christmas, Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live are still experiencing problems that are preventing many users from signing on to the services. At least one hack ...
- Ballmer Exits Microsoft, Focuses On LA Clippers
MediaDailyNews, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Less than a year after stepping down as Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer officially resigned as the company's chairman on Tuesday. He will remain the software giant's single largest shareholder. Ballme ...
- Microsoft Brings Reddit And MTV To Xbox One, Updates Twitch
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The Xbox One Tuesday will introduce Reddit and MTV apps to the system, as well as increase functions and tools for Google's YouTube Twitch app- -- complete with voice sear ...
- Xbox Strikes Out At A Different Game
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, August 18, 2014
Xbox Entertainment Studios looked just like a content-provider. How come it didn't make it? One analysis says it's because while it has lots of users, they like it for gam ...
- YouTube Making It Easier To Watch On Connected TVs, Xbox, Other Devices
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, August 15, 2014
According to YouTube, the updated app will present channels its users subscribe to via a guide on the left hand side of the screen, much like the guide YouTube ...
- Xbox One Users To Get Feature Letting Them Stream TV On Phones,Tablets
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Microsoft is announcing some significant improvements to the TV experience for Xbox One owners. Preview users will soon get access to a streaming TV feature on the Xbox One, allowi ...
- Microsoft Earnings Don't Hit Analyst Projections, But Consumer Revs Up
MediaDailyNews, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The sky isn't falling for Microsoft, but CEO Satya Nadella clearly has his work cut out for him. The software giant on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings -- the first sin ...
- Microsoft To Launch Siri Rival And Device Targeting Tools
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, June 20, 2014
Microsoft Advertising is to launch a digital assistant called Cortana, to rival Apple's Siri, as well as new tools that allow brands to target consumers sequentially across Microsoft platforms. Th ...
- Bing Turns Five, Lets Searchers Earn Five Times The Credit, $5 Monthly Gift Cards
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Happy fifth birthday, Bing. The engine is celebrating the big day by giving those who sign up for the Bing Rewards program up to five times the credits when searchi ...
- Xbox Blog Says All Users--Not Just Gold--Can Access Other Apps, Starting In June
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, May 14, 2014
On Microsoft's Xbox Wire blog, it says that "Coming in June, anyone with an Xbox will be able to access popular entertainment experiences – whether or not you have ...
- A Week Of NewFronts: A World of Food Shows And Analytics
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, May 2, 2014
America now is at the limit for cooking shows, and I say that just a few hours after enjoying a delicious waffle ice cream sandwich with espresso concoction made f ...
- Microsoft To Debut Xbox Originals, New Programming Lineup
MediaDailyNews, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, April 28, 2014
Ahead of its scheduled NewFronts presentation on Monday afternoon, Microsoft announced a major move into original programming. Xbox Originals, so-called, range from a "Halo" TV series to a live broadca ...
- Xbox's Tellem Tips New Content Offerings
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, April 28, 2014
Here's an early look at new programming being planned by Microsoft's Xbox, with details to come at its NewFronts presentation today in New York. ...
- Microsoft and Xbox Get Ready For NewFronts: Make No Small Plans
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 25, 2014
Microsoft presents at the NewFronts beginning Monday -- and Scott Ferris, Microsoft general manager for the video group, is excitedly predicting that its new content offerings, available across all device ...
- Microsoft Sees Spencer As Xbox Savior
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, March 31, 2014
Microsoft has tapped Phil Spencer, head of the company’s game studios, to oversee its Xbox business. “As such, he’ll have the task of making the Xbox One more competitve again ...
- Heat Develops Major Ad Launch For EA's Titanfall
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The agency says that the "massive" campaign for the video game, due out March 11, is designed to capture something far more valuable than share of voice-"audience share of cultu ...
- Bing Logs Web Searches From Xbox One
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 6, 2014
Microsoft began offering Web searches through Xbox One with support from Kinect and Bing. Whenever someone searches with Xbox Bing, they receive results from the marketplace and relevant items fr ...