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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

WinView Joins Two-Screen Ad Arena

  WinView Inc. is introducing its “Two-Screen Brand Response” system this week, focused on synchronizing interactive TV advertising between cable and broadcast commercials with wireless devices.  

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

The Video Compression Wizards Aren't Done

Here comes HEVC -- the High Efficiency Video Coding spec, which gained initial ITU approval in January (see ITU OKs Next-Generation Video Codec Standard).

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

Public Interest Or Public Relations?

While the FCC and Justice Department may believe it was concentration and competition concerns that prompted them to deny the $39 billion AT&T/T-Mobile deal, the Public Relations Society of America seems to thinks PR had something to do with it as well. The Glen Echo group received a Silver

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

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The State of Video Description Around the World

By Diane Johnson The July 4th Independence Day celebrations come a few days early this year for the nearly 30 million blind and vision impaired people in the U.S. Thanks to the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, that is the day that television networks across the country will

Mixed Signals

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Mixed Signals

By: Jimmy Schaeffler

VuDu: Walmart’s Video Magic At Retail

Santa Clara, CA-HQd Vudu has been around since the early years of the millennium, and has been under the pure control of the Walmart conglomerate since early 2010. Within Walmart’s 3,981 U.S. outlet environment (as of 12-31-2012), the Vudu subsidiary permits U.S. customers to purchase and

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Shatnerpalooza

Capt. Kirk was on deck at the aircraft carrier Intrepid Saturday night. After working the room at a VIP reception with his wife, Elizabeth, there was William Shatner, in the spotlight, on a walkway above the carrier (now a floating museum in New York City). “Wow! What a magical moment,

On The Money

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On The Money

By: Mike Farell

Help From an Unsung Source

Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out the best in people, or just to open their eyes to the kindness and compassion that is already there. In the past few days, newspapers and TV newscasts in New York and New Jersey have been full of stories of local residents helping people in areas that

Picture This

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Picture This

By: R Thomas Umstead

MTV Turning To Facebook To Support `Movie Awards'

 MTV has consistently tapped social media to enhance its marquee live event telecasts, and this Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards show is no exception. The network will partner with Facebook to give viewers exclusive access to celebrities appearing on the 21st annual awards show, as well as

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Chewing, Pay-Per-Viewing at Clyde's

The 2012-13 NBA season is about to tip off and James Dolan has a lot invested in the revamped New York Knicks roster and MSG Network, the RSN home to the club.

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

NBC's Smash Is Terrific Fun (With One Caveat)

NBC’s much-hyped Smash premieres tonight, February 6 at 10p, although one wonders if there’s anyone left who hasn’t already seen this show. On January 9th, NBC hosted screenings of the pilot in 10 local markets - Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, L.A., Minneapolis, Philadelphia,

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

What the Charter Waiver Means to Cable

Once upon a time, consumer-electronics companies wanted to sell digital TVs that were “cable ready.” That means one attaches the TV to power and cable, and it works. No set-top required. Federal regulation ensued, which brought us the “CableCard” — an expensive,

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

By: Mark Robichaux

Who's Right(s)?

As Time Warner Cable draws a line in the digital sand to give its subscribers unfettered access to TV content, some programmers are peeved that the big cable operator didn’t ask for “rights” to deliver their programming to an iPad. In our cover story this week, Todd Spangler

The Bauminator

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The Bauminator

By: Jeff Baumgartner

So, What Else is New with Canoe?

While Canoe’s announced news today is that it is...