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Weekly Newsletter | March 20, 2013
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NATPE's SXSW 2013 Recap - Day 1
NATPE's own, Greg Fulleman reports
South By Southwest (SXSW) expands every year. According to CNN, this year's event saw more than 30 thousand attendees. Seeing and doing everything is impossible. That's not an exaggeration. Throughout the coming weeks we'll be posting updates from each day on subjects from the Interactive/Film portions of SXSW, to mechanical bulls, and tasty BBQ.
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Google Fiber to Expand to a Second City; But if it's Not a "Hobby," Then What is it Exactly?
NATPE VideoNuze
Google announced late yesterday plans to extend its Google Fiber service to a second city, Olathe, KS (population 125,000), outside of Kansas City. With the news, the question once again arises, what are its real implications for broadband ISPs, consumers and over-the-top video?
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Navigate Intel's Future of Television With Swipes of Your Remote
Gizmodo
Intel is super "cereal" (Internet slang for "serious") about disrupting the broadcast television industry. The company is reportedly hard at work developing an inclusive, on-demand library of the past 30 days worth of programming.
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A short-lived UPN dramedy from the mid 00s is currently exhibiting the potential of fundraising campaigns on the Internet. In just one day, Rob Thomas' Veronica Mars raised more than $2 million for a feature film based off of the cult hit.
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ABC Could be the First Broadcaster to Livestream its TV Shows via Mobile Apps
VentureBeat
Broadcast network ABC is working on a set of mobile applications that would allow viewers to watch a live stream video of its TV shows at the same time they air on regular television. If true, ABC would be the first major broadcaster to put its online audience on par with TV viewers. Read more here
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"Downton Abbey" Breaks U.S. Television Record
Digital Spy
"Downton Abbey" broke a record with its season three finale in the United States. The episode - which aired on Sunday, February 17 - beat all broadcast and cable competition to become the highest-rated show on American television that evening.
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Next TV Summit Scheduled for Thursday, March 21
Join B&C and Multichannel News for the Next TV Summit, a look at how over-the-top and alternative video viewing platforms are changing how-and where-content is viewed. The event will take place on Thursday, March 21 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at Sentry Centers in NYC, with cocktails to follow. Register today!
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NATPE||PitchCon Catcher Mandates Published
Each of our Pitch Pit catchers are looking for specific types of content. We have a wide diversity this year with catchers looking for scripted as well as non-fiction. No matter what genre your project is, there will be catchers who want to hear about it. Register before April 15th to ensure you get your meeting requests in before catchers schedules fill up or the conference sells out.
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