“Ultimately, Silicon Valley has to stop trying to kill Hollywood and start helping it evolve.”. So says Sean Knapp, co-founder and chief technology officer at Mountain View, CA-based video management startup Ooyala.
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The world’s second largest video site, Dailymotion, is dramatically expanding its white label video service in an attempt to draw in more professional content companies and media creators.
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The connected TV, sometimes called the smart TV (and even branded as such by Samsung) is a growing phenomenon: TV makers are adding limited apps, Net connectivity, and even streaming media powers to their newer TVs in the hope they’ll persuade you to upgrade your newish LCD for a flatter, smarter unit. They’re desperate to, given how flat this market is. But according to new research from Pew, the future of TV may actually be a little more closely aligned with the notion of a “connected TV viewer,” an important distinction.
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