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AFAIK: DDB Worldwide, Unruly, SapientNitro, Covario/Rio SEO

Written on
May 13th 2013
Author
Mike Daly

ADOTAS – Here’s what rose to the top of our Monday morning mailbag: DDB Worldwide has appointed John Minty as Chief Operating Officer of DDB California. Minty will be working alongside DDB California CEO Mike Harris to lead the reinvention of the agency offering to spur renewed growth. In the [...] more...

HuffPost Intrigue: Balis Out, Arianna Next?

Written on
April 29th 2013
Author
Mike Daly

ADOTAS — A week ago today, we ran a Q&A I did with Janet Balis (pictured), publisher of the Huffington Post. The story came about when an in-house publicist pitched it to me in November. Balis was set to speak at ad:tech New York, but our respective schedules didn’t allow [...] more...

Brands Score Deeper Engagement By Using Ad Selector Platforms

Written on
February 7th 2013
Author
Richard L. Tso

Want to ensure that consumers are watching a your brand’s video to completion? Advertisers can now provide an incentive to consumers who view their ad content online. Earlier this week, Selectable Media launched its ad selector platform for mobile that enables brands to deliver high-CMP video content to consumers. (The ad selector [...] more...

New SMAC Board Members Include Savar, Feder

Written on
August 21st 2012
Author
Mike Daly

Big Fuel Founder/COO Avi Savar (pictured), Mashable COO Sharon Feder, Google/Google+ Global Marketing Director Rikard Steiber and Resolution Media President Alan Osetek are among the industry heavyweights to be added to the Social Media Advertising Consortium (SMAC) board of directors. Among those re-elected to the SMAC board is Ian Schafer, founder [...] more...

Case Study: AvatarLabs Bares Fangs With ‘True Blood’ Takeover Campaign

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September 14th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – I’m told I bare an uncanny resemblance to Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Eric the vampire on HBO’s “True Blood.” I ultimately find this weird because Skarsgard is Swedish (born in Stockholm) and I don’t have a drop of Swedish blood in my mutt heritage (closest I get is [...] more...

Is TV Everywhere for Everyone?

Written on
August 2nd 2011
Author
Adam Shlachter

ADOTAS – HBO’s famous tagline, “It’s not TV, it’s HBO,” can easily be adopted by any number of video content producers and distributors today. Substitute “HBO” for Hulu, YouTube, Netflix, VEVO or simply “video” and you can pretty easily summarize the shift happening today. Sure, TV is still the biggest [...] more...

Hulu To Air Premieres Before TV

Written on
September 2nd 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Score for online video! Hulu will be airing some season premieres before they land on television. Its fall premiere lineup includes Prison Break, Bones, House, Heroes, The Office and 30 Rock and newbies Knight Rider, Lipstick Jungle, Chuck and Life. The latter four premieres will launch online one [...] more...

FT: HBO Mulling Broadband Channel

Written on
November 22nd 2006
Author
Sarah Novotny

The higher-ups at Time Warner-owned HBO are said to be considering creating a new broadband Internet channel that will complement a customer’s existing cable TV service. In an interview with London-based Financial Times, HBO’s chief exec Chris Albrecht said that the premium network is in talks with cable operators about an [...] more...

HBO Launching Hispanic Mobisodes

Written on
September 21st 2006
Author
Sarah Novotny

HBO is teaming up with TV production company Galan Entertainment to produce “La Traductora,” AKA “The Translator,” a series of mobile-only episodes that follows the adventures of Carmen and her daughter Maribel. The show follows the format of a telenovela, or a Spanish-language soap opera. Carmen is a Hispanic immigrant, [...] more...

HBO, Deep Focus Solicit Spoken Word for “The Wire”

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September 20th 2006
Author
Kiran Aditham

While it serves a consistent platter of successful programs, HBO hasn’t always replicated the commercial triumphs of shows like The Sopranos. Case in point, “The Wire”, arguably the most critically-adored series ever entrenched in the cable network’s roster (Slate.com, for one, has christened it “the greatest show ever”). But throughout [...] more...



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