As we head into the weekend, here are today’s top Social TV must-reads:
Is YouTube the winner of the new TV? Google says it is and the company’s comments at the Digital Upfronts in New York are our top story in our daily mid-day roundup of Social TV news articles we think are must-reads. Read more
Our top story is Nielsen’s announcement this morning of its pilot program to measure TV content viewed online, a move that will encompass sweeps in May and go through July. For other top stories in our mid-day roundup Read more
Nielsen is expected to announce Tuesday that it is testing a tool to measure online viewing of TV shows, the latest step in the company’s efforts to improve how it tracks digital audiences.
Broadcast and cable networks, including NBC, Fox, ABC, Univision, Discovery and A+E, have signed up for the pilot program for “Nielsen Digital Program Ratings,” which will happen over the next few months before a broader commercial rollout later this year. Read more
Our top story today is Viggle’s announcement of a contest for developers to compete to create apps for the Viggle platform.
We start our midday roundup of Social TV must-reads with the latest ratings news from Sunday night. Read more
As we head toward the weekend, the NFL Draft is dominating the social TV conversation and we have crunched the numbers , and picked the best articles to read . But there is a lot more to know today. Read more
Let Sweeps Season begin! Season finales, cliff hangers and cancellations as well as moves for next season all coming into view. Check out our daily roundup of Social TV must-reads. Read more
On a bright and sunny day in New York City, with a bunch of our friends at a Social TV conference on the Manhattan waterfront, we are doing the heavy lifting with today’s midday roundup of fresh news articles. Read more
Is it app season? As we have poured through literally hundreds of news links today, we have selected almost a half dozen articles about new TV-related apps, ranging from former quarterback Joe Montana “Social Fantasy App” to a synced iPad app that lets viewers purchase what they see, already integrated with the show, ‘Scandal.’
Netflicks and Univision reported good quarters, research came out that ties Facebook to TV viewership, the upfronts and sports are among the articles we have picked for you today in our mid-day Social TV must-reads. Read more
Facebook is considering video ads on the timeline at $1 million each. Will that crack open TV budgets for social? Check out that story as well as the latest stories about ratings, news about upstart Aereo, Verizon’s quarterly results, Zeebox, the upfronts, content and a look at the Latin market in our daily mid-day roundup of must-read news for social TV professionals. Read more
