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by Dan Wade, Activation Lead for LockerDome Facebook’s rules for liking pages have shifted once again, and this time a staple of Facebook marketing is on the chopping block. As of November 5, like-gating — the name for forcing users to like a page in order to enter a contest or receive access to […]

On August 8, 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned his presidency in the wake of a 26 month-long investigation into the June 1972 Watergate burglary. Forty years later, it is difficult to imagine a major political scandal taking more than 2 years to unfold.  News didn’t go viral….there was no “viral.”  The story developed slowly by […]

By Matt Smith, Chief Evangelist, Anvato       As the above headline suggests, near-real time video clips and TV Everywhere experiences have become the 800-pound great white shark that Captain Quint hunted in the classic movie, Jaws.  Constantly moving, constantly feeding and constantly growing.  I don’t think it should come as any surprise […]

By Kate Canada Obregon, Partner, Oishii Creative. We gravitate towards stories about families because they capture the quirky, imperfect, and often hilarious dynamics of our own lives. As a content creator, television is uniquely positioned to mirror our changing families and to help audiences navigate what it all means. The Guardian Media Network recently […]

By Sanjay Macwan, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, NBCUniversal Media Labs.   When I was in college I once slogged for more than 24 hours with hardly any sleep to code a final software-programming project. The work was intense, but in the end, productive and gratifying and it remains one of my most enduring […]

  by Chris Wagner, Executive Vice President, NeuLion. The 2014 World Cup is going to be a memorable one in terms of glamour matches, big money and global audiences.  But for me, it’s the technology that is really going to be a game changer not only for viewers who will be watching on a range […]

By Michael Lantz, CEO, Accedo   While the usage of mobile devices has exploded over the past ten years, television remains incredibly popular and powers the largest content industry in the world with an estimated worth of $200B annually. The holy grail of next generation connected devices is to linkthe first screen (TV) with […]

By William J. Abbott President and Chief Executive Officer, Crown Media Family Networks. There was a time when gathering in front of the television set was a family tradition. It was a unifying experience, with all members of a household enjoying common entertainment together. Choices were generally limited, but most everything on the dial […]

    By Stephen David, President and Executive Producer, Stephen David Entertainment   As a child, I was obsessed with World War II.  American’s greatest victory provided a classic story of good versus evil, with iconic heroes and monstrous villains fighting for the future of humanity.  The version of the story I learned then was […]

       Four Questions We Should All Be Asking Now   By: Dan Goodman, Bill Masterson & Danny Fishman   Believe Entertainment Group: @BelieveEntGrp       This year we saw a record number of NewFront presentations from companies of all shapes and sizes, including the likes of Hulu, AOL, Yahoo, PBS, […]