NAB Show recently announced its newest program, SPROCKIT, which will give 10 market-ready startups the opportunity to present their products and services live on stage to industry leaders. We sat down to talk with founders and CEOs of some of the featured organizations specializing in content delivery – The Whistle, Everloop, Shelby.tv and Tivli – to gather their thoughts on SPROCKIT, their inspirations and some of the little known facts about them (hint: one of the founders was featured on ABC’s hit show “Secret Millionaire.”) SPROCKIT is hosted at NAB Show, April 6-11 in Las Vegas. Read More
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OpenX Technologies, Inc., a digital and mobile advertising technology company, has launched Revenue Intelligence, a new service that will offer digital media companies with a solution to revenue management, incorporating content optimization and ad monetization. Read More
VentureBeat reports that Heyzap, a social discovery platform for mobile and online games, announced that it will now give developers who are earning money from Heyzap’s advertising platform the option to receive payments in Bitcoin, a popular digital currency. Read More
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TechCrunch reports that the European Union’s competition commission is reviewing the proposed deal for Liberty Global to purchase UK’s Virgin Media for $15.75 billion, first announced in February. The EU is due to officially announce its decision by April 15. Read More
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The Verge reports that Microsoft is planning to reveal its next-generation Xbox at an event in May. Sources knowledgeable about Microsoft's Xbox plans have said that the event will be held at a small venue with an emphasis on giving the initial details on the next Xbox, codenamed Durango. Read More
Reuters reports that Tencent Holdings probably will not require users of its popular mobile chatting application to pay fees to use it. Read More
Twitch, a developer of a video platform and community for gamers, on Friday named Colin Carrier as its chief strategy officer. Carrier most recently led all monetization at Ustream. Read More
