Webinars:
Social Media Measurement: Strategies for Measuring Tune-In and Engagement with Cable Brands
July 23 Register today!
Vine, Viggle, GetGlue:
Leveraging the Newest Social Media Apps to Drive Engagement and Brand Awareness On-Demand
Capitalizing on Cloud Management and Navigation On-Demand
Video On Demand Next Practices: Capitalizing on the Latest Innovations On Demand
Killer Cable Apps: Using Online Games and Apps to Drive Consumer Engagement On Demand
DISH ON THIS. At the annual DISH Team Summit in San Antonio, TX, DISH retailers, partners and execs networked about the latest products in the satellite TV industry. Pictured are Christy Benson, Dir of Affiliate Marketing, Outdoor Channel, the net's Lee & Tiffany Lakosky, Hosts of “The Crush with Lee and Tiffany," DISH pres & CEO Joseph Clayton and Nathan Holm, Dir of Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Rocky Mountain Region, Outdoor Channel.
From Brooklyn to Belarus BET International's Michael D. Armstrong outlines how more diverse U.S. content is a significant opportunity for the industry and one that we can help influence....
Spectrum Call - White House Initiative Eyes Sharing, Unlicensed Use Federal spectrum sharing advocates finally got what they wished for: President Obama is directing federal agencies to maximize spectrum efficiency through greater sharing of federal spectrum with commercial users in a memo released Fri. And cable gave a thumbs up....
06.18.2013
MTV Insights Study Reveals Habits of Younger Millennials Younger Millennials prefer baking to cooking, enjoy selectively unplugging from the frenetic digital world on occasion and feel the need to specialize in order to set themselves apart from their peers, according to MTV’s just-released study on 13-17-year-olds, “The New Millennials Will Keep Calm and Carry On.” Given that this new generation will eventually become MTV's sweet spot, the network is looking ahead....
06.17.2013
5 Key Takeaways from the Cable Show CableFAX Executive Editor Michael Grebb has an opinion as usual about the Cable Show and all of its cable-ocity. Here are his key "learnings" on those two and half days of industry bliss....
‘Pretty Little Liars’ Equals Pretty Big Tweeters The Season 4 premiere of ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” Tuesday night went down as the most-tweeted season premiere in TV history with nearly 1.3mlm tweets. While A’s identity might be a mystery, it’s clear that ABC Family has cracked the case for social media engagement. VP, Marketing Danielle Mullin talks with us about just how the network keeps the conversation going online....
06.14.2013
Our Wi-Fi Future - The Spectrum Imperative Cable is a leader in broadband access, connecting more than 50 million households in the US, so this is a key area of interest for the industry. But the world is going wireless....
06.14.2013
Comings & Goings Guess which cable exec once appeared on "Family Feud?" The answer's in this week's Comings & Goings in cable....
06.13.2013
The Platform of Possibility The Cable Show just wrapped, with about 12,000 attendees descending on the Washington, D.C., convention center. NCTA chief Michael Powell reflects on what the trade show reveals about the industry....
06.13.2013
An Interview with the Legendary James Caan of "Magic City" on Starz Every now and then, the job doesn't suck. And that's definitely the case when you get to sit down with a movie legend like James Caan, who will play a mob boss in the upcoming season of Starz's "Magic City" premiering June 14. Caan tells us why he took the role, how he views playing bad guys and why most movies are awful—all while taking time to razz his co-stars and tease showrunner Mitch Glazer about his hair. Yeah, another one off the bucket list....
5 Strategies for Enhancing Social TV Conversations n a panel on social TV applications at the Cable Show in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, cable execs and app developers in the space provided insights on consumers’ social interaction with television, as well as a few thoughts on TV of the future....
06.12.2013
X-Man - Comcast's Roberts Touts Next Big Thing... Again It has only been a year since Comcast debuted X1, its cloud-based architecture designed to take TV to the next level. But before the MSO has even finished rolling it out to its entire footprint, Comcast chmn/CEO Brian Roberts on Tues once again took the main stage at the Cable Show to show off the next version called X2....