Comcast Tests EA-Powered Game Service for X1 Platform
Top Stories - August 29, 2013
Comcast Tests EA-Powered Game Service for X1 Platform Comcast is testing a service that essentially turns the set-top running the MSO's new IP-capable X1 platform into a gaming console that is fed by Origin, Electronic Arts' Web-based game delivery service.more
Twitter Buys Trendrr Twitter has acquired Trendrr, a five-year-old firm based in New York that specializes in tracking TV-focused social media activity and counts clients such as ABC, MTV, Telemundo and Univision, for an undisclosed sum.more
TWC Aims for 'Comprehensive' Video Offering on Xbox 360 Offering a live TV lineup that is close to Time Warner Cable's full linear subscription TV offering was a key early goal for the MSO as it developed its app for the Xbox 360 console. The app, launched Tuesday, offers up to 300 linear TV channels, depending on the market.more
DMA: Industry Should Draft Any Future Voluntary Privacy Codes The Digital Marketing Association already has plenty of suggestions to improve the National Telecommunications & Information Administration's (NTIA) multi-stakeholder process for enforcing the Obama Administration's consumer privacy "bill of rights." more
Fandango Makes Quantum Leap Comcast's online ticketing giant Fandango said it is purchasing Quantum Loyalty Solutions, an Incline Village, Nev.-based firm that creates promotions linked to movie ticket sales. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. more