TV Apps

Twitter Nets Bluefin

Site Acquires Startup That Analyzes TV-Related Social Media Data
By: Todd Spangler Feb 6 2013 - 1:30pm
Site Acquires Startup That Analyzes TV-Related Social Media Data

Twitter announced late Tuesday that it had acquired Bluefin Labs, a startup that analyzes social media activity related to TV and sells that data to advertisers, agencies and TV networks including CBS, Turner Broadcasting System, Fox and Discovery Communications.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Privately held Twitter is paying between $90 million and $100 million for Bluefin, according to multiple reports.

Dijit Slurps Up Miso Social TV Apps

Startup Plans to Weave Social Enhancements Into Video Guide App
By: Todd Spangler Feb 1 2013 - 3:01pm
Startup Plans to Weave Social Enhancements Into Video Guide App

Dijit Media, a startup developing personalized TV and video guide apps, announced Friday that it is in the process of acquiring social TV apps pioneer GoMiso.

Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

ConnecTV Launches SocialTV Timeline on Mobile

Syncs Mobile Devices to TV Programming for Live Celebrity Chats, Additional Content
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 25 2013 - 2:52pm
Syncs Mobile Devices to TV Programming for Live Celebrity Chats, Additional Content

 

GetGlue Calls Off Viggle Deal

GetGlue CEO Iskold Says Company Has Decided to Not Merge With Second-Screen Startup Viggle
By: Todd Spangler Jan 13 2013 - 9:48pm
GetGlue CEO Iskold Says Company Has Decided to Not Merge With Second-Screen Startup Viggle

Two months after second-screen app startup Viggle announced plans to buy GetGlue for $25 million plus stock, GetGlue has decided to call it off, CEO Alex Iskold wrote in a blog post Sunday.

“Today we’ve decided that GetGlue will not be merging with Viggle. The two companies remain friendly and think highly of each other,” Iskold wrote. “We are moving forward as an independent company, and all of us at GetGlue are excited about growing our social network and the leadership position on the second screen.”

CES: Second-Screen Apps Central to Multiplatform Efforts

'We View Them as Part of Show,': Shine America's David Anderson
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 9 2013 - 3:44pm
'We View Them as Part of Show,': Shine America's David Anderson

Executives from a number of major programmers and studios stressed the growing importance of second-screen applications and experiences for their multiplatform strategies during various Digital Hollywood sessions at CES.

CES: Cox Screens Its Next-Gen Personal Tablet TV App

MSO Teams With Cisco on Video App, Set to Debut in May
By: Todd Spangler Jan 8 2013 - 11:21am
MSO Teams With Cisco on Video App, Set to Debut in May

Las Vegas -- Cox Communications heralded its forthcoming personalized, interactive app for mobile devices that lets subscribers watch video and control their viewing in new ways as an industry game-changer -- although initially the app will not deliver the full TV lineup.

Cox announced the next-generation mobile app, developed with Cisco Systems and NDS (now part of Cisco), at a press conference Monday at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel.

CES: Dish Stitches Slingbox Features Into Next Hopper

Multiroom DVR Also Will Let Consumers 'Sideload' Content to an iPad
By: Todd Spangler Jan 7 2013 - 7:26pm
Multiroom DVR Also Will Let Consumers 'Sideload' Content to an iPad

Las Vegas -- Dish Network is introducing a version of its Hopper multiroom DVR that integrates Slingbox place-shifting technology -- to let customers watch live or recorded TV over the Internet -- and also is launching an app to “sideload” DVR content to an iPad for offline viewing.

Pricing and availability for Hopper with Sling will be announced later in January, the company said. The product and related apps will be available in the "next few weeks," Dish vice president of product management Vivek Khemka said.

CES: Panasonic Smartens Up Its TVs

Offering More Smart TV Apps from HSN, Others; Joins Smart TV Alliance
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 7 2013 - 4:42pm
Offering More Smart TV Apps from HSN, Others; Joins Smart TV Alliance

 

U-verse Counters Netflix With Movie VOD Package

AT&T Also Debuts Apps for Viewing Personal Photos and Videos on TV
By: Todd Spangler Jan 7 2013 - 1:45pm
AT&T Also Debuts Apps for Viewing Personal Photos and Videos on TV

AT&T is launching U-verse Screen Pack, a $5 monthly subscription video-on-demand for watching unlimited movies on TV and other devices, aiming to provide an alternative to Netflix, Redbox Instant by Verizon and other over-the-top video services.

The telco also introduced two new U-verse TV apps, available for no extra charge: PacketVideo’s Twonky Beam for accessing personal videos on TV, and Pix & Flix for viewing photos.

CES: Dish Turns iPad Into Guide and Remote for Hopper

Free 'Dish Explorer' App Acts as Remote Control for Multiroom DVR System
By: Todd Spangler Jan 6 2013 - 10:14pm
Free 'Dish Explorer' App Acts as Remote Control for Multiroom DVR System

Las Vegas -- Dish Network is releasing an iPad app that will let customers with the Hopper multiroom DVR use the tablet as a remote control as well as discover popular and recommended programs and chat about them on social networks.

The free Dish Explorer app will be available in Apple’s App Store on Jan. 7, the operator announced Sunday. Dish is scheduled to hold a press conference on Monday with CEO Joe Clayton here at the 2013 International CES.

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