Via Guardian
Social app hopes to emulate GetGlue, IntoNow and Miso with Foursquare-style check-ins used for TV viewing.
The latest company looking to bring Foursquare-style check-ins to TV viewing is Orange, with an app called TV Check. It was shown off at the MIPTV show in Cannes by the telco's VP of digital innovation and communities Patrice Slupowski.
The app, which was demonstrated on an iPhone, enables TV viewers to check in to the shows that they are watching, earning poin...
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Via SFGate
Bianor has added the first news on demand channel to its content streaming and TV playback platform iMediaShare for the US and Canada. France 24 offers a European perspective on world events, and provides a key to understanding ever more complex events through in-depth analysis.
iMediaShare transforms the smartphone into a remote control, allowing seamless playback of online content on connected TV's. Users can play online videos on any connected TV at any time, whether ...
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Via CNN
Steve Jobs may have found a way to get TV makers to put Apple's technology in their sets
Apple is talking to television makers about building a new generation of HDTV sets with Apple TV technology built in.
That's the thrust of the report Bloomberg posted Wednesday that cites "two people familiar with the project" and quotes a Pioneer vice president on the record as saying "Apple connectivity in AirPlay is a blessing for an industry trying to move the needle forward o...
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Via Accuracast
One of the major problems that prevents small businesses from advertising on TV or even on Internet video channels, is the cost of creating a TV commercial or video ad. Google has now decided to help potential advertisers further overcome this stumbling block.
The online advertising behemoth had announced a partnership with SpotMixer, back in January 2009, in order to help AdWords and TV advertisers, to create video ad for free. They have now extended this partnership and...
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Via Fierce
Ah, Google TV. Ignored by consumers, spurned by television networks and brought back to the lab during the Consumer Electronics Show; the game-changer-that-wasn't from Google is making waves again, this time with a handy app for iOS devices, like the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which turns them into remotes for the smart TV and makes it more friendly to users. The app allows users to switch channels, adjust the volume and more.
In what is likely a case of "too little...
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Via Fierce
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has, for months, been beating his drum that Apple is looking hard at building an Apple branded television. He's got company as Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty Friday sent a note to investors that said "checks in Asia suggest Apple is working on a Smart TV prototype."
She didn't supply much more detail, but posited the company was looking to follow its strategy with another successful device, the iPad, by wrapping up "TV/Video content, gami...
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Via Les Echos - Gregoire Poussielgue
TF1 et M6 ont fortement décroché en Bourse vendredi dernier, après l'annonce par Canal+ du lancement de sa chaîne bonus en gratuit. Pour autant, la chaîne n'est pas encore une réalité, les écueils restant nombreux.
Canal + n‘est pas encore certain de pouvoir lancer sa chaîne de télévision généraliste gratuite sur la TNT. Annoncé en fin de semaine dernière, ce projet suscite à la fois l'hostilité de ses concurrents et de vive...
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Via AfterDawn
The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the MeeGo Smart TV Working Group.
MeeGo is an open source project targeting several segments of the market including netbooks, smartphones, tablets, TVs and more. The new Working Group is designed to drive the evolution of MeeGo within the television ecosystem and provide an open framework for industry creativity and innovation.
The Working Group features some heavyweight participants already, including Amino Commu...
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