Showtime Touts Smart TV’s for Rich, Interactive Experience

SAN FRANCISCO –  Showtime sees smart TV’s as powerful platform for immersive, interactive experiences, explains David Preisman, VP for Interactive Television at the premium cable network.  In this interview with Beet.TV, he speaks about the company’s Sho Synch app and its growing popularity.   The app is available on LG sets. We spoke with him […]

 
 

BEET COMMENTARY: Framing the Downside of the Comcast/TWC Acquisition

Whether or not the recently announced $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast receives government approval, the impact of cable consolidation coupled with an emerging multi-tiered Internet represents a threat to the competitiveness and to the  Internet itself, says Ashley J. Swartz, CEO of Furious Minds, in this  commentary for Beet.TV  

 
 

HuffPost Live in Cable Deal

HuffPost Live, the daily live talk and interactive program, will debut on the  AXS TV cable network, according to The New York Times.   The announcement of the new distribution deal is to to be made at the AOL Digital NewFronts event on Tuesday in New York. Earlier this year, we interviewed Huffington Post Media CEO […]