Showing 1 - 15 of 31 articles tagged "Innovations"

• Posted Tuesday 11/27/18 at 1:19PM EST

  NBC Universal has a "bold plan" to get more money out of reruns by selling targeted ads

  "NBCU plans in early 2019 to unveil a new offering that places commercials in reruns, movies and syndicated programs containing...

• Posted Tuesday 7/17/18 at 9:09PM EDT

  NBA shot two summer league games vertically for smartphone viewers

  Could the NBA's testing of the 9X16 format in an alternate feed be the start of a new TV viewing...

• Posted Wednesday 2/14/18 at 2:32PM EST

  Robert Rodriguez announces a virtual reality TV series starring Michelle Rodriguez

  The Sin City director and the former Lost star are teaming up on The Limit, a first-person point of view...

• Posted Wednesday 2/07/18 at 9:09PM EST

  NBC teams with Intel to stream some Winter Olympics events in virtual reality

  The Opening Ceremony will be among 30 events that can be watched as 360-degree broadcasts.

• Posted Wednesday 2/07/18 at 9:42AM EST

  Snapchat to show live video of NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage

  The social media app is launching a tool that will let TV networks put snippets of live broadcasts directly into...

• Posted Tuesday 2/06/18 at 11:36PM EST

  NBC will showcase its Winter Olympics coverage on 4,000 outdoor digital displays in three cities

  Olympics fans in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia will be able to watch coverage of the Pyeongchang games while out...

• Posted Thursday 1/25/18 at 9:04PM EST

  Why is Facebook Watch such an ungainly mess?

  Slate's Inkoo Kang says Facebook’s streaming TV service tries too hard to promote commenting in real time, resulting in a cluttered, overlapping interface.

• Posted Monday 1/22/18 at 11:51PM EST

  Steven Soderbergh’s HBO miniseries Mosaic is a brilliant upending of storytelling convention

  “Soderbergh’s formal mastery is long-established, but what makes this new miniseries especially good is how it uses the framework of...

• Posted Wednesday 1/10/18 at 2:41AM EST

  Hulu live TV subscribers will be able to personalize their Winter Olympics viewing experience

  The streaming service will offer highlights of specific events viewers are interested in.

• Posted Tuesday 1/09/18 at 6:45PM EST

  State Farm to run This Is Us-themed ads

  The insurance company will run ads that use the drama’s flashbacks and flash-forwards in hopes of keeping This Is Us...

• Posted Wednesday 12/20/17 at 2:14PM EST

  NFL will allow ESPN to stream Monday Night Football games on mobile phones

  Earlier this week, the NFL announced that NBC would start streaming Sunday Night Football games on mobile phones.

• Posted Tuesday 11/28/17 at 4:32PM EST

  NBC will air live coverage of the Winter Olympics from South Korea across all time zones of the United States

  NBC Universal’s network and cable networks plan to air more than 2,400 hours of Winter Olympics coverage.

• Posted Tuesday 11/28/17 at 4:32PM EST

  NBC to show a 100-second Toyota ad tonight during The Voice

  Toyota plans on tugging at viewers’ heartstrings with tonight’s lengthy ad, which will be the only commercial airing during that...

• Posted Saturday 11/18/17 at 12:32AM EST

  NFL’s first video game-like broadcast divided viewers

  Some found NBC's exclusive use of the Madden-esque Skycam angle on Thursday Night Football nauseating.

• Posted Thursday 11/16/17 at 12:56AM EST

  The FCC is expected to vote on Thursday whether to allow broadcasters to collect data on viewers for targeted ads

  The proposed “Next Gen TV” is raising privacy concerns.