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Comcast Ventures Backs YouTube Partner

Joins $30 Million ‘A’ Round in Fullscreen Led by The Chernin Group
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 18 2013 - 9:52am
Joins $30 Million ‘A’ Round in Fullscreen Led by The Chernin Group

Fullscreen, one of YouTube’s top supplier of independent “channels,” said it has closed a series “A” round led by The Chernin Group, along with Comcast Ventures and WWP Digital.

Viggle Eclipses 3 Million Registered Users

‘Active’ Users For TV Second-Screen TV Loyalty App Surpass 800,000 in May
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 18 2013 - 8:21am
‘Active’ Users For TV Second-Screen TV Loyalty App Surpass 800,000 in May

Viggle, a company that has developed a second-screen platform that offers rewards for watching TV shows, said it has eclipsed 3 million registered users after adding 400,000 in May.

Viggle, which counts DirecTV among its customers and GetGlue among its competitors, said “active” users likewise grew 26% in May, to 838,189, with 29% of all registered users considered active in the month. Viggle determines active users by calculating how many registered users have logged into the company’s app at any time during the month.

CNBC Joins Cablevision’s ‘TV to GO’ Lineup

MSO's TV Everywhere Portal for Web Browsers Features Fare From 50-Plus Networks
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 17 2013 - 5:45pm
MSO's TV Everywhere Portal for Web Browsers Features Fare From 50-Plus Networks

Cablevision Systems has added CNBC to Optimum TV to GO, the MSO’s authenticated TV Everywhere for Internet-connected PCs and laptops. 

CNBC shows currently offered on Optimum TV to GO include Squawk Box, Squawk on the Street, Closing Bell, Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer, and American Greed.

NBCSN Draws Record 3.96M Viewers for Stanley Cup Finals

Game 2 is Most-Watched NHL Contest in Net's History; Second-Highest Event Ever
By: Tim Baysinger Jun 17 2013 - 5:04pm
Game 2 is Most-Watched NHL Contest in Net's History; Second-Highest Event Ever
 

NBC Sports Network's coverage of Game 2 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals drew 3.96 million viewers Saturday night, making it the most-watched NHL game in the net's history, according to Nielsen.

Survey Finds Sports Fans Check Online Content Frequently

Survey Also Finds 44% Of Sports Fans Watch Events On HD Television
By: MCN Staff Jun 17 2013 - 4:43pm
Survey Also Finds 44% Of Sports Fans Watch Events On HD Television
Second screen sports study in infographic form

More than a third of U.S. sports fans use smartphones to tap into sports content and of those fans, 36% view sports content via their mobile device at least once a day, a new survey found.

Some 44% of fans watch sports on high-definition television, reports the study from Sporting News Media in conjunction with Kantar Media and TV Sports Markets.

Comcast Brings X1 to Baltimore

MSO Continues to Expand Cloud-Based Platform and Establish Groundwork for Coming ‘X2’ Upgrade
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 17 2013 - 12:25pm
MSO Continues to Expand Cloud-Based Platform and Establish Groundwork for Coming ‘X2’ Upgrade

Comcast has launched its cloud-based, IP-capable X1 Platform to the greater Baltimore area, getting the MSO one step toward its goal of deploying its next-gen video platform to all its markets by the end of 2013.

DreamWorks Animation to Create TV Shows for Netflix

Series Based on Studio's Franchise Characters to Begin Airing in 2014
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jun 17 2013 - 11:08am
Series Based on Studio's Franchise Characters to Begin Airing in 2014

Netflix has inked a multiyear deal with DreamWorks Animation to premiere its slate of new original TV series, the company announced Monday. The first series are expected to begin airing in 2014.

CableLabs Stamps EPON Gear From Six Vendors

CommScope, Huawei, Sumitomo, ZTE, CTDI, and Finisar First to Pass Test for DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON
By: Jeff Baumgartner Jun 17 2013 - 10:31am
CommScope, Huawei, Sumitomo, ZTE, CTDI, and Finisar First to Pass Test for DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON

Six vendors have become the first to achieve qualification from CableLabs for Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) network equipment that applies DOCSIS-style provisioning, the Louisville, Colo.-based R&D consortium announced Monday.  

According to CableLabs, CommScope, Huawei, Sumitomo Electric, and ZTE obtained qualification for DOCSIS Provisioning over EPON (DPoE) systems, while CTDI, Finisar, Huawei and Sumitomo got the stamp for optical network units (ONUs).  Vendors in both categories received qualification for the 1.0 version of the DPoE specifications.

Disney Channel Greenlights 'Girl Meets World' Series

'Boy Meets World' Spinoff To Debut In 2014'
By: by R. Thomas Umstead Jun 17 2013 - 8:23am
'Boy Meets World' Spinoff To Debut In 2014'

Disney Channel will telecast  Girl Meets World, a spinoff of the popular 1990's ABC sitcom, the network announced Monday morning.

Girl Meets World, based from the 1990’s comedy Boy Meets World, will star Rowan Blanchard (Spy Kids: All the Time in World in 4D) as "the girl" Riley Matthews, as well as Sabrina Carpenter (Sofia the First) as her best friend Maya, said the network.

Food Network Cooks Up Two Daytime Emmys

Nickelodeon, Hub Win Big At Creative Arts Emmy Awards
By: by R. Thomas Umstead Jun 17 2013 - 8:16am
Nickelodeon, Hub Win Big At Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Food Network was cable TV’s big winner at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Sunday night.

Food’s The Best Thing I Ever Made and Trisha’s Southern Kitchen tied for the award in the Outstanding Culinary category, according to The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: Clone Wars won for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program, while Ben Bailey of Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab won for Outstanding Game Show Host.

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