YouTube is rumored to be ready to launch pay channels, Samsung acquires a second-screen startup, Aereo is suing CBS, and Facebook may start running ads against video are our picks as must-read stories for Social TV professionals in our daily mid-day roundup. Read more
Is YouTube the winner of the new TV? Google says it is and the company’s comments at the Digital Upfronts in New York are our top story in our daily mid-day roundup of Social TV news articles we think are must-reads. Read more
The annual Kidscreen Summit brings together the kids entertainment industry and this year, it’s in New York City. We’ve edited some of the top tweets from the first two days — Tuesday and Wednesday. The agenda includes conversations with Caroll Spinney, the voice of Big Bird, as well as Amazon and YouTube content executives, second screen topics, and Joel Cohen, writer and co-executive producer for the “The Simpsons. Read more
Glass walls abound in the four sprawling fours of offices, housed in New York City’s Chelsea Market, the site of a former Nabisco factory in Manhattan. Banks of cubicles with an army of twentysomething video editors and game loggers prepare highlights and information for MLB’s Web properties and apps. Read more
