Tech
How public radio is using Amazon’s smart speakers
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As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.
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Tuesday roundup: AmGrad launches “Raise Up”; pubmedia fundraising earns middling grade
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Plus: Amazon’s set-top box includes PBS content, and OETA launches programs about Native tribes.
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Nielsen will expand its definition of TV ratings by start of fall 2013 season
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The Nielsen Co., the stalwart television-ratings tracker, announced Feb. 20 that it plans to track viewing on additional devices beginning in September. The news was reported by the Hollywood Reporter. Among the media Nielsen will include are Xboxes and over-the-top devices that stream programming from services such as Amazon, according to the Reporter. In January, PBS signed a deal to bring some of its local and national programming to Xbox and over-the-top device Roku.
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Amazon will become exclusive paid streaming home for Downton Abbey
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Amazon announced today it has struck a deal with PBS to make its online video streaming service, Prime Instant Video, the exclusive subscription streaming outlet for Downton Abbey. Beginning June 18, Prime Instant Video will be the only subscription streaming service where viewers will be able to watch Season 3 of the smash Masterpiece Classic program. The first and second seasons of the show are currently available on Amazon as well as on rival subscription streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, but will migrate exclusively to Prime on an unspecified date “later this year,” according to a press release from Amazon. Prime will also be the only paid streaming service to offer Season 4 and, if produced, Season 5 of the series. Downton Abbey is already the most popular TV series among Amazon Prime customers, according to Brad Beale, Amazon director of digital video content acquisition.