CES: Is 2013 the Year 'TV Everywhere' Turns the Corner?

Panelists cite ad models and measurement (as usual) as stumbling blocks

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/9/2013 10:13:16 AM

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Las Vegas -- Expect TV Everywhere to become virtually everywhere this year -- but in a familiar refrain for ad-supported networks, the industry has yet to solve key issues surrounding advertising models and measurement.

That was the sentiment among industry executives on a panel here Tuesday at CES, the verbosely titled "The Television Ecosystem: Programming, Pay Services, Advertising and Multiplatform Distribution - Revenue and Strategies."

Jeremy Legg, Turner Broadcasting System senior VP, business development and multiplatform distribution, said that to date "from a general TV Everywhere perspective there haven't been enough networks" available via TV Everywhere to enter the public consciousness. "That, I think, will come this year," he said.

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