I get as excited as anyone thinking about the upcoming 49ers season. Quite a bit has happened since we were 5 years from winning the Super Bowl. The stadium was branded with the Levi’s logo, we got Anquan Boldin from the Ravens for pretty much nothing, and Michael Crabtree suffered a hefty injury. Yahoo!, while on a purchasing spree of startups, decided to align themselves with SF’s most beloved football team (sorry Raider fans) by inking a 10 year deal that makes them the 49ers exclusive partner for online digital content.
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Yahoo! Becomes Exclusive Partner Of 49ers Online Content
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on June 18, 2013
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Video app Squrl pumps up content with redesign
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on June 17, 2013
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The video-discovery app that scours the Internet improves its search and adds private messaging. The next step is getting official with content providers. [Read more]
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Netflix Keeps Driving For Original Content, Inks Largest Deal Yet For DreamWorks’ Characters
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on June 17, 2013
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Netflix has been using original programming to power its Internet-TV business, luring viewers to flagship programming such as House of Cards. Today another development showing no let up in its strategy to use exclusive content to put clear blue water between its streaming service and rivals’: it has inked its largest original content deal yet, with DreamWorks Animation.
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Intel TV said yet to secure content despite offering 75% cable premium
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on June 8, 2013
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Intel is yet to close a single content deal for its upcoming Intel TV service, sources claim, despite reportedly offering media companies as much as a 75-percent premium over what traditional cable firms pay. The combination live and on-demand TV service is expected to launch this year, according to Intel, but insiders familiar with the
Reports: NSA, FBI collecting content from Google, Facebook, other services
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on June 7, 2013
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The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have access to servers at Google, Facebook and other major Internet services, collecting audio, video, e-mail and other content for surveillance, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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Xbox One yearning for exclusive content as Microsoft goes to Hollywood
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on June 4, 2013
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If Microsoft’s unveil event for the Xbox One last month didn’t give you the clue that the company is focused on non-game entertainment for their new console, then maybe this will make you understand. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly went to Hollywood in order to get studios excited about the Xbox One, with the goal
Nissan, other brands suspend Facebook ads over offensive content
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on May 30, 2013
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Nissan and some other big brands have suspended advertising campaigns on Facebook after ads were apparently displayed next to offensive content on the site.
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Major brands pull Facebook advertisements over hateful content
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on May 30, 2013
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Facebook has once again come under fire for its content policy, which many organizations, companies, and users say is too lax in light of hate speech and violent content. Earlier this month, the social network finally banned videos of decapitations, but has still allowed large quantities of controversial content – many of it gender-based, according
Facebook responds to protest over rape content
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on May 30, 2013
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Facebook has agreed to review its policy concerning rape jokes, after several activism groups organized a Twitter protest calling attention to the fact that pages making light of rape, assault and battery are allowed to exist on the social network.
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Yahoo’s big lean into content to fuel growth
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on May 22, 2013
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Mayer’s plan is for Yahoo to be for personalized content what Google is for search and Facebook is for social networks. [Read more]
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Nokia Xpress Now browser brings content discovery to Asha phones, in beta now
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on May 17, 2013
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Nokia took to its blog today to introduce Xpress Now, an enhanced version of its Xpress browser. Made for Asha devices, the web app delivers personalized content suggestions based both on your personal preferences and those of the browser’s “more than 80 million monthly users.” These new recommendations come courtesy of three separate browsers views: What’s Hot, You May Also like and Most Liked. The categories are largely self-explanatory, and we imagine suggested content will be more spot-on after the app has been around for a few months. For the time being, though, Nokia Xpress Now is in beta in India, and it should make its away to other countries later in 2013.
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Google Launches Content Recommendation Engine For Mobile Sites, Powered By Google+
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on May 13, 2013
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Google continues to increase the reach of its Google+ platform, and today the company is launching a new mobile content recommendation service powered by Google+. These recommendations will appear as small widgets at that bottom of the screen as users browse a news site that has enabled this service. Google’s launch partner for this service is Forbes, but others can implement these recommendations by just adding a single line of code to their mobile sites. Recommendations, Google says, can appear regardless of whether a users are signed in to Google+.
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ESPN streaming content subsidization: mobile carriers mull partial payment
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on May 12, 2013
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As most carriers have now moved toward using data caps and effectively got rid of unlimited data plans, it seems there are still some big companies out there that feel bad for the users, ESPN being one of them. The sports media network has reportedly been in talks with at least one major carrier about
Google unveils ‘Save to Drive’ button for websites, streamlines content delivery to cloud storage
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on May 9, 2013
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Google Drive may be playing catch-up to its competitors in some ways, but the cloud storage team in Mountain View is forging ahead in others. Today, Big G announced a ‘Save to Drive’ button that allow users to save content directly from websites to Google-fied cloud lockers. Adding the button’s easy, as it only requires a few lines of HTML, and a JavaScript API allows web admins to control their behavior. Folks looking to take advantage of the new button can learn more about it on the Google Developers portal, and as for the rest of us, we’ll just enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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Source: Google Developers blog
Share original content with Flipboard Android 2.0
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on May 9, 2013
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The magazine-style news app brings magazine curation to Android and adds ways for people to track the popularity of curated items. [Read more]
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LinkedIn, On The Lookout For More Stickiness, Adds Curated Content Channels On LinkedIn Today
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on May 8, 2013
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LinkedIn, now at 225 million users, continues to introduce more features to its site to keep people returning to the it and staying there for longer. Today it’s the turn of LinkedIn Today, its social news page, which is getting a new feature called Channels. The feature is rolling out starting today to English-speaking users. LinkedIn says that it plans to announce the service formally on Wednesday.
BitTorrent introduces new file format for content creators
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on May 7, 2013
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BitTorrent has been moving its way up in the world as far as introducing new features and services, and today’s announcement goes right along with that. The company announced a new file format called Bundle, which will allow content creators to require users to pay or register an account before downloading the torrent. Essentially, a
Nintendo Offers Smartphone App Porting Tool, But Should Be Porting Its Content To Phones Instead
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on May 6, 2013
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Nintendo is trying to get people to buy the new Wii U, but it just isn’t working, according to recent sales numbers. Now, the Japanese gaming giant is hoping that helping developers port their smartphone content to the home gaming console with conversion software will help entice buyers, according to the Japan Times.
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Wonderville Launches An Interactive Content Library And Virtual Classroom Network For Kids
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on April 28, 2013
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Last July, a group of veteran executives from eToys, eBay, Sesame Street, Discovery and Disney unveiled their ambitious plan to create a souped-up Khan Academy for kids. But rather than a straightforward port, the learning platform, called Wonderville, aimed to expand on Khan’s approach to the “flipped classroom” by aggregating educational content from a variety of third-party sources.
EC Wades In On Connected TV, Cross-Border Content Regulation In New Green Paper
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on April 24, 2013
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The European Commission believes that, alongside the rise of smartphones, tablets and other TV replacements, by 2016 connected TVs could be used in the majority of European homes — up from around 40.4 million today. Today it released a Green Paper to lay the groundwork for how it might cope with that. To be clear, this is not a re-writing of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the basic set of rules first introduced in 2010 covering areas single-market convergence, although it could lead to that. Initially, the purpose of the Green Paper will be to get a better handle on an area that is rapidly changing with the boom in mobile broadband, the rise of tablets and video apps, those connected TVs and more. It’s part of Kroes’ wider Digital Agenda strategy, which has covered areas like addressing the digital divide, the role of regulation in childrens content, cybersecurity, tech brain drain and more. As part of the Green Paper, the EC seeks feedback on things like how TV is watched, the limitations of digital content distributed on a per-country basis, exclusivity deals for films and other media, and whether self-regulation (used widely today) is doing enough — issues that could potentially impact, among others, device makers like Samsung, LG and (perhaps!) Apple; streaming companies like Amazon and Netflix; and publishers/creators. Neelie Kroes, the outspoken Commission VP who oversees this area, focuses her attention on connected TVs specifically today: “Connected TV is the next big thing in the creative and digital worlds,” she is expected to note in a statement today. But Kroes also acknowledges that even if it’s not a huge LG set in a TV room that will be the lever for how things transform, the evolution is certainly an issue regardless. “Convergence between sectors means people can enjoy a wider choice of great content – but it also creates disruptions and challenges. We need a converged and EU-wide debate to help deal with these changes.” Indeed, figures from Cisco’s most recent Visual Networking Index, a huge study it puts out annually, mobile video consumption worldwide exceeded 50% for the first time last year and shows no sign of slowing down, with Europe accounting for over 20% of all global mobile traffic. Part of the issue in Europe is that, at the moment, there are some cross purposes at work. For example, when it comes to content, deals
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Survey: Internet users like targeted ads, free content
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on April 20, 2013
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Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they'd rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this week by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).
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Jolicloud Adds Search To Jolidrive, Its Cloud Services Dashboard Pivot, To Power Content Discovery & Rediscovery
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on April 19, 2013
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Jolicloud, which last October pivoted yet again — to become Jolidrive: a “entry point”/dashboard for accessing third party cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and also social accounts like Vimeo and YouTube — has taken the next obvious step on this new product path and added a search function to flesh out its role as a cloud content (re)discovery service.
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Twitter reportedly in talks with Viacom and NBC over content partnerships
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on April 16, 2013
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The folks at Bloomberg chatted with two sources said to be involved in some private talks that Twitter is undergoing with Viacom and NBCUniversal about offering their content on the microblogging service. The sources, who won’t named, said that discussions with Viacom concern displaying TV show clips and ads, but the subject of its talks
Apple bans Chinese bookstore app over ‘illegal content’
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on April 4, 2013
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The company has pulled a bookstore app in China that featured titles deemed “illegal” by the Chinese government. [Read more]
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TuneIn Live update comes to Android, offers category curated content discovery
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on April 2, 2013
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There’s nothing worse than seeing a handy new update hit your favorite app on the wrong OS. Luckily, time heals all wounds platform fragmentation. TuneIn’s Android app has just been updated with TuneIn Live, a content discovery interface introduced on iOS back in February. What this really amounts to is an extra tab on the app’s main screen, but what it offers is pretty neat: a customizable layout of eight tiles, each previewing live music representative of its respective category. Users can peek at what various stations are playing at a glance, casually flipping through their favorite genre’s live offerings by swiping each tile individually. It’s nothing we haven’t already seen from the folks at TuneIn, but its nice to see the app updating consistently across platforms. Check out the adjacent Google Play link to snag the update for yourself.
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Russian government blocking some Internet content
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on April 1, 2013
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There are number of places around the world where the government blocks all sorts of Internet content to prevent citizens from accessing things deemed inappropriate. While no one would be particularly surprised that Internet content is being filtered in the Middle East or in some parts of Asia, you might be surprised to learn that
Twitter reportedly to offer Vevo content via its music app
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on March 30, 2013
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It has been rumored for a couple weeks now that Twitter will be releasing its own music app using technology from its not-too-long-ago acquired We Are Hunted. While it has already been said that SoundCloud and iTunes will be integrated into the service, the folks over at AllThingsD are now reporting that a Twitter and
Boxee TV Update Adds Vudu 3D Content And DLNA Streaming From Computers And Mobile Devices
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on March 27, 2013
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Boxee TV has a new firmware update making its way out to its connected set-top boxes this week, which includes a number of big improvements including the addition of DLNA streaming. Spotted by GigaOM, the update also adds 3D streaming of content from Vudu, the video streaming service from Walmart, and changes to its TV guide and notification settings.
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Digg Hints Its Replacement For Google Reader Will Include Social Media Content
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on March 25, 2013
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RougeFemme writes “To capitalize on Google Reader’s shutdown, Digg is building an RSS reader from scratch. But this Reader replacement will go beyond RSS to include social media content, like Facebook, Tumblr, Hacker News, Reddit, LinkedIn, etc. From their blog post: ‘Google did a lot of things right with its Reader, but based on what we’re hearing from users, there is room for meaningful improvement. We want to build a product that’s clean and flexible, that bends easily and intuitively to the needs of different users. We want to experiment with and add value to the sources of information that are increasingly important, but difficult to surface and organize in most reader applications — like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, LinkedIn, or Hacker News. We likely won’t get everything we want into v1, but we believe it’s worth exploring.”
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SF Chronicle erects paywall for ‘premium’ content
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on March 25, 2013
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The move to offer readers “unrivaled content” separate from the free SFGate.com appears to be an attempt to woo readers back to good old-fashioned print. [Read more]
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The Exciting Uncertainty At The Intersection Of Content And Commerce
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on March 23, 2013
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Editor’s note: Mike Jones is CEO of Science, Inc., a Los Angeles-based technology studio.
Content and commerce have always had a symbiotic relationship that many traditional content providers tried to separate. The slow adoption of all that the digital revolution has to offer – curation, aggregation, social, and automation – has also hobbled many traditional content providers.
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Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Web Content?
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on March 17, 2013
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First time accepted submitter willoughby writes “Many routers today have the capability to block web content. And you all know about browser addons like noscript & adblock. But where is the ‘proper’ place for such content blocking? Is it best to have the router only route packets & do the content blocking on each machine? If using the content blocking feature in the router, will performance degrade if the list of blocked content grows large? Where is the best place to filter/block web content?”
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Foundation: Chad Hurley Talks Collaborative Social Content and Hints at a New Video Platform
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on March 14, 2013
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In today’s episode of my Foundation series, I talk with Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, and founder of AVOS. Chad talks about life after YouTube, hints at his latest ambition in the video collaboration space and recalls one very important breakfast meeting at Denny’s.
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Vimeo On Demand launches, aims to make it easy for creators to sell content to viewers
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on March 12, 2013
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There’s no doubt Vimeo’s constantly working on various enhancements with the outlook of making it a better place for content makers and viewers alike. Today, following a relatively brief beta phase, the video-focused company’s officially launching its pay-to-view service dubbed Vimeo On Demand. Essentially, this will allow Vimeo Pro members to sell their video productions directly to the public, eliminating the need for a middleman of sorts (even though technically Vimeo would be acting as such), as well as allowing them to name their own price and select preferred distribution countries. What’s more, Vimeo says that creators are set to keep 90 percent of the earnings “after transaction costs,” which, naturally, includes content sold throughout its many applications on different platforms — including, but not limited to, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Xbox Live and Apple TV. According to Vice President of Creative Development, Blake Whitman, there’s a lot more where the adequately named Vimeo On Demand came from, as the team’s “already working on another suite of creator-focused features to release in the near future.”
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The guilty truth: There’s too much content
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on March 3, 2013
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How is any fully-functioning human being supposed to keep up with everything they’re interested in, online and off? They can’t. And it’s having psychological consequences. [Read more]
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Galaxy Note 8.0 Features Air View-Enhanced Flipboard App, Free Awesome Note For Android, And Other Content Perks
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on February 24, 2013
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The Galaxy Note 8.0 — the newest device in Samsung’s many-sized range of tablets, unveiled today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — has just managed to trump Apple’s iPad Mini in the small tablet category with one-tenth of an inch more of screen space (more on the device in our hands-on). At the same time, Samsung is also introducing a few new services and features — including expanded hovering capabilities and more apps, which it hopes will also help it gain more consumer ground against the world’s biggest tablet maker. The extra features show that Samsung sees improved services and content this as key to improving its market share in the tablet space.
Samsung unveils TV Discovery for finding and watching video content
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on February 21, 2013
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Mobile World Congress is just a few days away, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from pulling back the curtain on TV Discovery: a new service that lets users search for and watch live TV, on-demand video and even online content from outfits such as YouTube. The platform, which will work on Samsung’s mobile devices and Smart TVs, serves up recommendations and even hones its ability to gauge your interest in programs the more often its used. When loaded on a tablet or smartphone, TV Discovery can act as a universal remote control, slinging commands to cable and satellite boxes, Blu-Ray players, home stereos and more.
Of course, if you’re feeling social, the solution will also let you share what you’re watching with others and check up on your friend’s TV-viewing habits. Netflix and Blockbuster will be on tap for the platform in the US, while Europe will have access to Acetrax, Wuaki, MovieMax, FilmIn, Chili, Pathé and SF Anytime. TV Discovery will hit all of the firm’s 2013 Smart TVs in the US, Korea and 12 European countries — including France, Germany, Italy and the UK — during the first quarter of this year. Slates and smartphones in those countries, however, will see nab the experience during Q2.
Iceland wants to block online adult content
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on February 17, 2013
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The thought of having online X-Rated material blocked in your country may be a nightmare for many of you, so be thankful that you’re not living in Iceland right now. A proposed bill by Iceland’s Minister of Interior, Ögmundur Jónasson, states that all online X-Rated material should be banned. This is quite similar to South
Tokyo subways to test how mobile content affects passengers
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on February 13, 2013
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Tokyo's subways will soon offer a new mobile app with free Wi-Fi access, then track if the information it provides changes passenger habits.
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YouTube Files Appeal Against Regulator In Russia Over Content Blocked By New Firewall
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on February 13, 2013
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Google this week fired off one of the first high profile tests of Russia’s controversial new firewall — erected November 1, 2012 to block child porn, drugs and suicide content; but seen by critics as a route for the government to block whatever else it chooses. Google’s YouTube operation in Russia has filed an appeal against the Russian regulator for blocking YouTube content. The appeal, filed on February 11 by YouTube LLC, concerns the blacklisting of a video that showed how to apply Halloween makeup: because it shows how to make a wound, Roscomnadzor (Russia’s consumer watchdog) also deemed that it encouraged suicide and suicidal tendencies. The video is embedded below.
Hearst president David Carey: Apple taught people ‘how to buy digital content’
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on February 12, 2013
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David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines, sat down with AllThingsD‘s Peter Kafka to kick off Day 2 of D:Dive Into Media here in Dana Point, California, with the interview centering on Carey’s take on how digital magazines are working out in a world that seems less and less intrigued by physical books. Carey confirmed that 40 percent of its total unique views [on magazine websites] are mobile, with the majority of those coming from smartphones, and presently, it has around 900,000 paid magazine subscribers (on the digital front) here in America. That’s around 100,000 short of the company’s goal to hit a million by the end of 2012, but it’s now gunning to secure 3 million paid subscribers by 2016.
Moving on to the topic of Apple, Carey noted that Steve Jobs doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves for accomplishing one thing in particular — “teaching consumers how to buy digital content.” He continued: “It used to be something that people would steal, but if you make it easy for them, they’ll buy it. More than 70 percent [of Hearst's customers] renew because it’s easy. On the traditional side, the most frustrating thing is how difficult it is to get people to resubscribe through mailers.”
Vimeo introduces content ratings for videos, keeps its platform in check
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on January 31, 2013
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Vimeo’s certainly made its presence felt inside multiple media-delivery mezzanines, but the video service isn’t forgetting all about the basics: its own platform. As such, Vimeo today announced some more changes to its website, which will see the introduction of a content rating system for published videos. The most recent alterations, as seen in the picture above, add an assessed rating badge to a user’s video, making it a requirement to brand any uploads as “All Audiences,” “Mature,” or “Not Yet Rated.” According to Vimeo, these content ratings are “the first step along a path that will make Vimeo more accessible to more audiences,” adding that sometimes it’s a a good idea to let folks know “if a face is going to explode or if someone is going to take their jean shorts off.”
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RIM updates BlackBerry World with content galore
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on January 30, 2013
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Ahead of its big day on January 30, RIM has updated BlackBerry World with all sorts of music, movie, and TV show content for users to purchase. As far as digital content storefronts go, BlackBerry World is about what you’d expect – market-priced content sorted by category available to those in certain locations. You can
YouTube rumored to launch paid content this spring
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on January 29, 2013
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It looks like YouTube is wanting to attract more content producers to its platform, as well as make a couple extra bucks on the side, because according to AdAge, the video-streaming site is planning to offer paid subscriptions for individual channels to its users starting sometime in the spring. YouTube is said to have contacted
IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product
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on January 28, 2013
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IBM will launch before mid-year several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product.
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RIM renames store BlackBerry World, adds content
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on January 22, 2013
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Research In Motion has renamed its web store BlackBerry World, as it gets ready to add more content ahead of the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
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Bing beefs up Facebook content in search results
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on January 18, 2013
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Users of Microsoft's Bing search engine can now see a wider range of Facebook content from their friends appear alongside search results, part of an effort by Microsoft to make the site more social.
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Bing integrates additional Facebook content into Search
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on January 18, 2013
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Bing has announced that starting today, more Facebook content will be provided in Search than any other time. With the update, search results will now include Facebook content from friends that is relevant to the search term. This comes shortly after the announcement that Facebook is using Bing for indexing with its Graph Search. According
HBO Inks Exclusive Deal With Universal To Keep Content Out Of Netflix’s Hands
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on January 6, 2013
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HBO today has won a battle in the over-the-top content wars: the pay-TV giant has inked a deal with Universal Pictures that extends Universal Pictures’ and Focus Features’ films appearing on HBO’s TV, online and mobile platforms in the U.S. for the next decade. What’s key is that the deal is exclusive to HBO and will mean that Netflix (and other OTT players) will not get that content: “Yes, it is exclusive. Netflix can’t touch it,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch. HBO also has exclusive deals with Fox, Warner Bros, and Summit, in addition to Universal. The deal, which will give HBO rights to films like Les Miserables (pictured), is a riposte to the exclusive deal Netflix announced with Disney in December. That deal, which propelled Netflix into the content big leagues, will cover Disney classics as well as new Disney live-action and animated features, covering Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, and Disneynature. New releases fall into the pay-TV window six to nine months after the theatrical release of films, and like the HBO/Universal deal will cover all platforms, including online, on mobile, and tablet devices, as well as connected TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and other streaming boxes. Netflix is also expected to bid on Sony Pictures content soo, the LA Times notes. Combined with the Disney content that will mean that Netflix has effectively picked up the same content it lost when its contract with Starz ended back in February 2012. As AllThingsD notes, the deal had been anticipated, and while HBO did not give the financial terms of the agreement, the LA Times puts in on par with HBO’s 20th Century Fox deal, which is over $ 200 million per year — or at least $ 2 billion over 10 years. In output deals, it explains, pay-TV providers like HBO pay between 10% and 12% of the U.S. box office of each film up to $ 200 million. The deal shows just how closely HBO is competing with Netflix these days, in particular with a multiscreen strategy. “With HBO’s far-reaching network of premium services, ranging from the traditional in-home experience to its mobile applications, we are pleased to continue this relationship and bring Universal and Focus Features’ films to HBO subscribers for many years to come,” said Rick Finkelstein, vice chairman and COO, Universal Pictures, in a statement. “With our upcoming slate of films, HBO will continue to offer outstanding film content to their
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Aereo Founder Chet Kanojia On Expansion, New Content Deals, And Operating Within The Law
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on December 16, 2012
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Aereo network streaming TV service recently launched a new Bloomberg TV channel, marking the first content licensing deal inked by the New York-based startup. We sat down with Chet Kanojia, CEO and founder of Aereo to discuss licensing new content, expansion, and the current court case involving Aereo and major network TV broadcasters.
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