Poll: Most unfamiliar with TV Everywhere
RAMP, provider of next generation video and search experiences for media and enterprises, announced findings of a recent poll on consumers’ awareness
Golf Channel adds SiriusXM Radio
Golf Channel is expanding to radio for the first time ever in a broadcast agreement with SiriusXM Radio, it was announced 12/30. “Golf Channel...
Dashboards to run on Android, iOS systems
It’s a huge marketplace ripe for the picking: At the upcoming CES in Las Vegas, Google and Apple are
NAB beefs up offering with CCW, SATCON buys
The National Association of Broadcasters has purchased the assets of the Content and Communications World (CCW) and Satellite Communications Conference
Revolt adds CCME’s “The Breakfast Club”
Similar to Fox Television Stations’ syndicated “Dish Nation,” Revolt is partnering with Clear Channel to bring its WWPR-FM NYC (Urban) morning
Entravision raises $1.4 million for Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals, and Entravision
Chicago Public Media staff to join SAG-AFTRA
Employees at Chicago Public Media (CPM) voted to join SAG-AFTRA as their union. The new bargaining unit will cover 49 public media professionals who...
Nielsen: Marketing opportunities found in VOD menus
It’s no secret: consumers like choices. These days, consumers have options to view content in a variety of ways, from streaming on a mobile phone to watching Video-On-Demand (VOD). And as VOD continues to take an increasing slice of the TV pie, a new Nielsen study found that marketers can take advantage of viewers’ growing taste for this menu-driven content. In fact, the study found that distributing popular entertainment programs as on-demand choices can have a positive impact on ratings contribution, and possibly even recapture certain demographic groups that were trending in other directions.
Kantar: US ad spend down in Q3
Total ad spend in Q3 declined 1.9% from a year ago and finished the period at $34.0 billion, according to new Kantar Media data....
MiTu Network signs with Univision’s digital properties
The leading multi-channel network exclusively dedicated to Latino content, has closed a short-form content syndication deal
NRF: Holiday sales on target with forecast
The shortened holiday shopping season spurred consumer spending in November, as Americans took advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday
PwC: Digital to be 87% of E&M growth
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ new report, “Game Changer: A New Kind of Value Chain,” finds that with digital content projected to account for 87%
New TV execs join CRE
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has approved as members Judy Vogel, VP/Research at Gannett; Michael Nathanson, Senior Research Analyst at MoffettNathanson, LLC; and...
Ryvicker on Disney at UBS
Disney CFO Jay Rasulo spoke at the annual UBS Global and Media Communications Conference in NYC 12/10. Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst Marci Ryvicker noted these takeaways from his presentation:
FCC Process Reform, Federal Spectrum Incentive Act approved
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has advanced (12/11) two pieces of legislation from the Communications and Technology Subcommittee that aim to improve FCC processes and improve federal spectrum use. The news follows Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden’s (R-OR) announcement on Monday that bipartisan agreements had been reached on both pieces of legislation.