BBC iPlayer use boosted by viewers watching on tablets and mobiles
A surge in watching TV shows on mobiles and tablets on the way to work fuelled a rise of more than a third in viewing on the BBC's iPlayer video-on-demand service last year, with Danny Boyle's London...
View ArticleActual Facebook Graph searches
Facebook has launched a new service called Graph Search. A Tumblr blog has already collected some of the most bizarre and occasionally creepy use cases.See it on Scoop.it, via MEDIA NOW
View ArticleSocial intelligence
Pretty much everyone has heard the adage that “knowledge is power.” The great thing about proverbs is the vast number of scenarios or circumstances that they can be applied to. In this particular case...
View ArticleZeebox founder on the future of TV
There's a saying that in theatre, you don't notice good lighting. For Anthony Rose, the former head of BBC iPlayer, there's a similar principle around technology – particularly when that technology is...
View ArticleEuro consumers go for smart TVs
Buyers of TV sets in the UK, France, Germany and Italy are increasingly looking for connected TVs with bigger screens, according to comparison site Idealo. UsiUsing user data from more than eight...
View ArticlePandora in 2012
Figures released by Pandora show that in 2012 its users listened to more than a million different songs by over 100 thousand different artists. Ten per cent of these artists were streamed to more than...
View ArticleBroadcasting and binaural sound
The principle of binaural audio is simple. A sound emitted from a given point in space travels to both ears of anyone close enough to hear it, via air molecule repercussions.See it on Scoop.it, via...
View ArticleTransmedia arrives at the BAFTA
Transmedia is an approach to story delivery that aggregates fragmented audiences by adapting productions to new modes of presentation and social integration. The execution of a transmedia production...
View ArticleThe hacker way for broadcasters
In media, the internet has transformed not only the way that we distribute content, but also the way that audiences engage and interact with content.See it on Scoop.it, via MEDIA NOW
View ArticleAwaken the cyborg in you
A few months ago, at TED Global, I met my first cyborg, Neil Harbisson. Born in Northern Ireland and raised in Catalonia, Neil is a contemporary artist, composer, and cyborg activist who is best known...
View ArticleThe future of radio is ... radio
I was never that interested in mobile apps until I noticed an old fashioned Phd Engineer, who I had thought was immune to digital modernity, accessing his home banking service through a dedicated app...
View ArticleResearchers to track viewers' eye movements in second screen study
Researchers from Ball State University will investigate how television viewers engage in a contemporary social viewing environment with second-screen devices using eye-tracking devices in the Time...
View ArticleOf algorithms and bad taste
Explaining something is NOT the same as excusing something. The t-shirts are inexcusable. That should go without saying. I want to understand how they came to be (or not be, which is the question, as...
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