AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll noted that despite disruptive technologies, Americans have increased their weekly TV usage. Still, DVRs, video on demand, TV Everywhere and over-the-top offerings are enabling viewers to watch episodes.
It's hard to talk about the apparent rebound of the music video industry without mentioning VEVO, an "all-premium music video and entertainment platform" that delivers more than four billion "video views" per month around the world.
Laughing at a sitcom on TV, tweeting about it at the same time and hearing from other people also enjoying the show makes it funnier, and more valuable. That's the value proposition Twitter has for the television business, the social media provider's chief media scientist, Deb Roy.
As more and more AV devices go IP, it's tempting to try to reduce costs by piggybacking them on the existing corporate LAN instead of building them a dedicated network. Sometimes that strategy makes sense, but sometimes it doesn't, especially when those AV devices use a lot of data.
Funny or Die is a comedy video web site founded in 2007 that combines user-generated content with original, exclusive content. The site designed its video workflow to meet the unique needs of its service and to achieve massive scale with a small engineering team and minimal operational overhead.
Univision Communications announced that it has joined the NAB Show's SprockIT 2014 as a founding corporate member. Through this partnership, Univision will play an active role in the startup program that brings together entrepreneurs and industry leaders to spur innovation in media and entertainment.
NBA commissioner David Stern has been around the television industry long enough to know that TV Everywhere, for which wide-ranging adoption has been a slow (if steady) climb, will eventually become the norm.