A roundup of news Friday from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs:
Telecom
Aug 7, 2015
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Companies have learned to use Facebook, Instagram and other social media to drum up business and now they're finding ways to exploit two new apps, Periscope and Meerkat.
Internet
Aug 5, 2015
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Verizon is launching a mobile video service this summer that would show sports, concerts and other types of content.
Telecom
Jun 23, 2015
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A sad TV drama comes to conclusion, fading to black as music swells, and leaving the audience emotionally torn about the future of the main characters. Suddenly, the TV cuts to a peppy commercial and viewers are faced with ...
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2015
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A growing fear among television advertisers is that distracted viewers – those multitaskers using smartphones, laptops and tablets while watching TV – are becoming less susceptible to advertisers' messages.
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2015
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Over the course of the last 100 years or more, many scenes of execution in American film have offered intimate knowledge of executions, giving viewers a privileged 'backstage' gaze of an execution not available outside film, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2014
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Maine wildlife officials are defending their decision not to intervene before an eaglet featured on a wildlife webcam died.
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2014
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Twitter said Monday it was expanding its "social TV" efforts with new global partnerships, as it struck deals to acquire companies in Britain and France.
Internet
Mar 31, 2014
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TV viewers increasingly are watching programs on their own schedule, according to a Nielsen company media study released Monday.
Telecom
Feb 10, 2014
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The Sochi Winter Olympics, Feb. 7-23, are expected to generate a dramatic rise in Web and mobile viewing, but that does not mean viewers will abandon the traditional television-viewing experience for digital media, says a ...
Telecom
Feb 4, 2014
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