Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on video”, with a view that even properties that come from a print tradition should be producing more video content than they are today.

This is the last in a series of posts that highlighted key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from publishing to legal, and from mobile to advertising. Not too long ago, TV Everywhere was a bold concept being evangelized by Time Warner…

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) continues to build out its Amazon Prime Instant Video service, this time with more than 2,000 movies and TV episodes from Twentieth Century Fox (NSDQ: NWS). Nothing first run or current but it ups the amount of video available through the $79 annual Amazon Prime membership by…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » More news on the next iPhones: Production of a less expensive model that looks like the current iPhone 4 is well underway and aiming for 10 million or more units. But the new “iPhone 5”, with tapered edges is…

Bitbop, the mobile video service once owned by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and then sold in a whirr of a divestment strategy, looks like it is finding its feet again under new owner Jesta Digital. It’s now live with a mobile and PC-based mobile internet service in Germany, its first…

Big news for mobile TV pioneer MobiTV: the company has filed for an IPO worth up to $75 million, as it looks for funds to expand internationally, develop its products and potentially size up acquisitions.

Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. For ¥1,480 a month or roughly $18.50, Japanese subscribers can watch across an array of devices just like U.S. subscribers of Hulu Plus with one exception—Hulu Japan…

At our paidContent Mobile conference in May, Andrew Stalbow and Peter Vesterbacka paired up to tout the value of a major studio partnering with a popular game developer on the successful Angry Birds Rio. Now Stalbow has shifted from SVP-Mobile for *Fox* Digital to working with Vesterbacka directly as the…

Counting on keeping up with Glee next season through next-day visits to Hulu.com or Fox.com? Count again—unless you subscribe through a video distributor with the right deal. *Fox* Networks is changing the window for online viewing: effective Aug. 15, there will be an 8-day exclusive window for those with subscriber…

Some media companies, like Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp.‘s Fox, have invested a lot of time and money into mobile as standalone businesses, expected to drive their own revenue streams and sometimes even their own brands. Others, like MTV, have largely focussed on it as a way of driving…

“Globalization is now not just for Foreign Affairs magazine,” said Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Digital, in this afternoon’s Going Global panel. She and fellow panelists Ben Jones, VP Mobile at Zynga, and Andrew Stalbow, SVP Fox Digital Entertainment, said that companies expanding their platforms into other…

One of the greatest mobile gaming hits ever just keeps on rolling: Angry Birds has hit the 200 million-downloads milestone, Rovio’s Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka announced at pc Mobile 2011 as part of a larger discussion on the unique cross-promotional scheme that Rovio and Fox Digital Entertainment cooked up with…

A full agenda at paidContent Mobile: Platform Power kicks off at 8:30 this morning with new research from Nielsen and a Q&A with MLBAM CEO Bob Bowman and winds up with R&D: The Road (Map) Ahead. The New York Times’ Nick Bilton, author of I Live in the Future: &…

We’re in the final stages of prep for Wednesday’s paidContent Mobile: Platform Power with a lineup that’s getting even better. The NHL’s Perry Cooper joins us in the midst of the Stanley Cup playoffs with an update on how mobile and portable are changing the game. Cooper, Marc Sokol from…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earnings; Mobile Content Venture details launch plans for its mobile TV service in 32 U.S. markets; the first white iPhone 4 finally “on sale”; Nokia (NYSE:…

Hard to say yet whether this is just another spark from the over-rubbed balloon that is today’s social media startup world, or an actual spark of genius: A new service called Color—which creates social groups and timelines around photos you take on your phone and your current location—has just launched…

Make sure to keep your iPad on when watching TV because there may be a trend developing in primetime programs that have companion content synchronized on that second screen in your lap. Fox announced the launch today of a free app tied to its drama series Bones, the second such…

With a value of $3 million and a reach that can’t be matched, an ad on the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl XLV is one of the biggest marketing weapons in the News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). arsenal. Getting one of the house spots is a great opportunity for The Daily—and…

The latest chapter in the transformation of Fox Mobile from its old position as neglected stepchild in the News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) family: the company is getting renamed Jesta Digital, and it is officially naming a new CEO, Jason Aintabi, who is also the U.S. president of the Jesta Group,…