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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored, with or without accompanying sound. “Television” may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming, or television transmission.
The etymology of the word has a mixed Latin and Greek origin, meaning “far sight”: Greek tele (τῆλε), far, and Latin visio, sight (from video, vis- to see, or to view i...

Online Video Marketing Tips For Brands & Websites From iVillage

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NBC-owned iVillage has steadily grown the frequency and amount of video across its site and is now generating more than 4 million video views each month, with plans to expand the video on its site in 2012. Kelly Wallace, the site's head of video and ...

Sony Cutting The Cable For You? Aiming For A Sony Online TV Service?

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Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV. Well, some speculation has launched into what that ...

YouTube Looking To Jump From 200,000 To 7 Million YouTube Advertisers

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YouTube has 200,000 advertisers per quarter, but with the new original channels beginning in January of next year, they're looking to attract 6 or 7 million YouTube advertisers as they launch around 100 total in 2012.  According to this Beet.TV interview with Lucas Watson, YouTube's ...

Gaming Consoles The Main Source For Online TV Viewing

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Man, gaming consoles have way more capabilities than when I was playing my Sega Genesis nonstop back in the day.  Machines like the Xbox 360, Wii, and Playstation 3 have become increasingly powerful and able to do more than just play games, and online video ...

Online Testing Leads To TV Ad Success For Dotcoms

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Here's a weird tangential story about how online testing of ads leads to success on TV. Ace Metrix just released a report stating that top 10 and bottom 10 television ads for Dotcoms. The main deciding factor? Is it a Google ad or not. No, ...

YouTube Signs Up Celebrity Talent For New YouTube Partner Channels

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One of the worst kept secrets in all of the online video world is now public knowledge. After months of rumor and speculation that YouTube was running all over Hollywood signing up big name talent to form the basis for a push into original premium ...

HD? Bah! UHD (Ultra High Definition) to Offer 33 Million Pixels

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You all think you are so special with your HDTV, cameras, projectors and whatever. That's nothing compared to ultra high-definition television which seeks to offer around 16 times more pixels than standard HDTV screens today.

The Walking Dead Is On Netflix With Multi-Year Exclusive Streaming Agreement

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Netflix and AMC must get along pretty well. They keep making content licensing deals that are helping both brands. And we're not talking about the lesser-known AMC shows like The Killing, or the now-canceled Rubicon. We're talking about the cream of the crop. In just ...

The Social TV Movement: When TV Went Social And Screens Converged

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I've been reading a lot of interesting things in the social TV space these past few days and so I thought I would compile them and share with everyone on how screens are converging and TV is becoming more of a social activity. New services ...

Netflix Wins Regulation Battle With Broadcasters In Canada

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Netflix has had quite the year, haven't they?  In the midst of all the controversy over the price hike and the splitting of their DVD and streaming services into two separate entities (and fees), they have also been expanding the amount of content they will ...

VidBlogger Nation Launches As First Of Its Kind Social TV Network On Comcast

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Marc Scarpa, veteran director and executive producer of live interactive media events, has launched the first of it's kind social TV network with Comcast Xfinity On Demand, called VidBlogger Nation, that brings popular local YouTube talent into the living room of millions. VidBlogger Nation is ...

Major Microsoft Xbox TV Deals Imminent, But Still Will Need Something Unique

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Bloomberg wrote up some thoughts on where it looks like the new Microsoft Xbox TV initiative is headed and I have to admit, I like what it looks like. Basically, it could position the Xbox 360 as the single piece of tech you need for ...

YouTube Scheduled Channels - Encouraging Partners To Develop Scheduled Content

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YouTube is about to look a lot more like traditional television. According to the Wall Street Journal, YouTube is hard at work on developing a group of scheduled channels. With top-quality content that adheres to a regular publishing schedule, YouTube hopes to grab larger chunks ...

Netflix Hopes To Quell The Crowds With New Content Licensing Deals

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Netflix's public apology, and ensuring announcement that the DVD service would be split off into its own service, called Quickster, have been met with a public reaction the company should be getting used to: disappointment, frustration, and scorn. But in the following days, the company ...

Live From Daryl's House To Hit Syndication On Broadcast TV

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Live From Daryl's House, an acclaimed music web series starring Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates and special guest musicians, is making its debut on television in 95 markets on September 24 in syndication.  The show, which shoots in Hall's home in upstate New York, ...

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