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The New ‘New Media’ Is Coming

Performance Marketing

The first time I saw a 360-degree video on Facebook, I didn't know what it was. It was an immersive WWII recreation with tanks and explosions and soldiers running past. [...]


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Walmart to Rip DVDs for Consumers With TV/Film Industry Partnership Ultraviolet

Convergent TV

Walmart is launching a DVD-ripping service for its customers, uploading their movies to UltraViolet's cloud so that they're accessible via the big-box chain's Vudu service. The service represents a partnership [...]

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Broadcasters File Suit Against Aereo

Convergent TV

Broadcaster owners in New York filed lawsuits Thursday against Aereo, a service that delivers broadcast TV via the Internet. In two separate complaints filed in the U.S.

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Time Warner CEO Pushes TV Everywhere as a Necessity for Cable Operators

Convergent TV

Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes isn't exactly known for his shyness on the subject of streaming video on demand services, having referred to Netflix as both "a 200-pound [...]

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Yet Another Streaming Service: Comcast’s Xfinity Streampix

Convergent TV

All right, it's more or less raining new streaming services at this point. Comcast is the latest company to unveil a new streaming VOD client, hot on the heels of [...]

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