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How Workforce Tools Keep Productions On Track

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” The entertainment industry isn’t the only field in which this adage holds true, though. Tayenaka first launched Sparkhouse when he was still in high school, originally calling it “OC Creative Media.” They also include earmarked controls that allow producers to tag and reconcile purchases made for a particular project.

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How TV Can Support Digital Marketing And Online Payments

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That trend fits into the emerging ecosystem of contextual commerce , a phrase that refers to meeting consumers on their own terms — for instance, on social media sites that attract people with similar interests — and then offering them the chance to buy products related to what they are reading, talking and thinking about. consumers spend 4.4

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Instagram Talks New Shopping Features And Why It Doesn’t Have A Buy Button

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Indeed, that is one of the main ideas behind Instagram ’s recent move to offer three new ways for users of the Facebook-owned photo-sharing social media platform to discover products. Users can also tap a product tag in Stories or Feed, tap the Save icon and save it to their Shopping collection.

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Google’s Pixel Event: The Good, The Bad And The Weird

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Nope, Google went big, rolling out its fancy new phone (with an accompanying fancy price-tag), its VR entry and its Echo competitor. That was the most common observation across every media piece — and it is one that is a bit hard to argue with. So what was seen — and what were the early reviews? It looks a lot like an iPhone.

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker

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Meanwhile, its entertainment arm, Alibaba Pictures Group, snapped up Chinese online movie ticket service Damai this year and has now acquired a majority stake in another film ticket website, TicketNew, which operates in India. The social media giant may commit as much as $3 million per episode.

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Voice Activated Tracker: Google Voice Is Coming To iPhones

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Plus, the Home can now offer voice computing on more entertainment services, including Spotify, HBO Now, Hulu, Soundcloud, and Deezer. The Show works the same way as the Amazon Echo but with the addition of a seven-inch screen that allows users to make video calls as well as viewing media.

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Is Cryptocurrency The Key To Shoppable Movie Content?

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That’s a big problem for a media industry that is largely fed by advertising revenue. Over the last decade, the way consumers consume media has changed dramatically. Said simply, Reedeux is interested in taking on entertainment media en masse. Hollywood is in trouble,” Federico Pacquing, Reedeux’s founder and CEO, noted.