Last weekend, Viacom’s MTV, VH1, CMT, Palladia and LOGO channels were down at the Hangout Music Festival leveraging social TV, traditional TV and an impressive multi-screen experience. The festival, on the gulf shores of Alabama has grown tremendously now in their 4th year. In addition to editorial coverage of the festival MTV, “wanted to evolve and extend our coverage model to extend to all screens, leaning heavily on social to help push out news coverage and VOD clips in real time, while also running a multi-camera live stream.” The hard work paid and MTV is sharing the results exclusively with Lost Remote. We also interviewed Dermot McCormack, head of Connected Content for Viacom Music & Logo Group about the big activation. Read more

Get ready for one of the greatest television gatherings the industry has seen. MTV President Stephen Friedman will keynote our NYC Show taking place in New York City on April 24th. Friedman has not only led MTV to tremendous linear growth but has fueled an organization that is regularly recognized as the most social TV network and youth brand. Make sure to reserve your tickets now to join us in NYC for the following discussion. Read more