For Life, the ABC legal drama series debuting today from Hank Steinberg, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan, will bow with a companion podcast series. Produced by Treefort Media with Sony Pictures Television and ABC, the six-part For Life: The Podcast shares first-person accounts of people who were wrongfully convicted and eventually […]
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Streaming Accounts for 19% of TV Viewing, According to New Nielsen Report
Streaming made up 19% of TV viewing in OTT US homes during 4Q19, according to Nielsen’s Total Audience Report. Netflix accounted for 31% of that streaming time, followed by 21% for YouTube, 12% for Hulu, 8% for Amazon and 28% for other services. The report found 91% of respondents subscribed to a paid streaming service, […]
Mobile Web Traffic Keeps Growing
Mobile web traffic has grown by 30.6% since 2017, according to the “2020 State of Digital” report from SimilarWeb, but overall time by mobile users spent on websites dropped by 49 seconds. Versus desktop, mobile was found to be the dominant platform for adult sites, gambling sites, food and drink, pets and animals, healthy, community, […]
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Chinese Military Hackers Charged in Equifax Theft
Four Chinese military hackers were charged over the 2017 Equifax cyberattack that affected 147 million credit reports. The indictment by US prosecutors said the hackers were part of a Beijing-backed group, APT10, that has been blamed for past attacks. “We hold [the Chinese military] hackers accountable for their criminal actions, and we remind the Chinese […]
Marketers Divided Over Impact of AI on Branding
While 3 out of 4 marketers believe automation and AI will affect branding, they’re divided about whether it will help or do harm in the long run, according to the “2020 State of Branding” report from Bynder. Fifty-six percent of respondents believe AI capabilities will negatively impact their branding efforts in 2020, either by diminishing […]
Viasat and fuboTV Take Flight with Airline Deal
Viasat and streaming service fuboTV a announced a video streaming distribution and technology partnership that advances how content can be delivered and consumed in-flight. The partnership is the first to leverage innovative technology standards from the global technical association, the Streaming Video Alliance, enabling airlines that sign up for the Viasat/fuboTV partnership to make fuboTV’s […]
605 Announces Next-Gen TV Measurement Solution 605 PLATFoRM
TV measurement and analytics company 605 announced the launch of 605 PLATF0RM, a next-generation TV measurement and audience analytics solution for national television networks, advertisers and agencies. The web-based application enables advanced measurement and analysis of TV programs and advertisements across linear, over-the-air, DVR and set-top box VOD, capitalizing on 605’s multi-source TV dataset comprised […]
Advanced Contextual Intelligence Platform Quintesse Launches
Quintesse has launched as an advanced contextual intelligence platform, aimed at meeting the need for pro-privacy targeting solutions in a CCPA, GDPR world. The new business from Vibrant Media offer brands and agencies transparency into the contextual suitability and safety of their campaigns and customized targeting tools to optimize and scale without the need for […]
Streaming Premieres for the Week of February 10
February 10 Acorn TV: Agatha Raisin, Hidden MotorTrend App: NASCAR All In: Battle for Daytona February 11 BritBox: Bancroft February 13 Netflix: Love Is Blind, Narcos: Mexico February 14 Apple TV+: Visible: Out on Television Disney+: Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings Facebook Watch: The Real Bros of Simi Valley Hulu: High Fidelity, Utopia Falls, The Other […]
Poker Central Picks Up High Stakes Poker Brand
Poker Central is betting its users will appreciate a chance to watch High Stakes Poker again. The company is acquiring the brand and assets for the poker cash game TV show that ran on Game Show Network for seven seasons between 2006 and 2011; following the acquisition, PokerGO will begin streaming episodes . Poker Central […]
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