LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Competition be damned. Two days before television’s biggest of the year, stars from all walks of television turned out to fete each other and the upcoming Emmy Awards. “Girls” mingled with “Modern Family,” “Veep’s” cast broke bread with the residents of “30 Rock,” and one Real Housewife opened her home up to, well, real people. Read more
NBC Sports reports on its rivals, Fox and TBS, lining up deals wiht Major League Baseball.
MLB nearing a deal to extend TV deals with Fox, TBS through 2021 | HardballTalk. Read more
The global pay-TV market continues to grow despite a decline in the North America pay-TV market in 2012. ABI Research forecast that global pay TV subscribers will reach 858.1 million at the end of 2012, a 5% year-on-year increment from 2011. Read more
Redesigned Profile Pages, new iPad app that enhances photo experience. Read more
Music-tagging app Shazam announced that it’s expanding its functionality to let you tag any TV show on any channel in order to find out what music is playing, who’s acting on screen, and more. The company also announced that it now has a mind-boggling 250 million users, which makes it one of the top ten most downloaded apps of all time since it debuted back in 2008. Read more
(Press Release)
Saturday, 08 September 2012
KIT digital (NASDAQ: KITD), a leading video management software and services company, today released the latest version of its Social Program Guide (SPG), a next generation social TV solution, at IBC 2012 (Stand 1.D71, Amsterdam RAI, 7-11 September 2012). Read more
Alexander Abad-Santos of The Atlantic has some fun with the Tonight show and NBC. Read more
NEW YORK—On the surface, television networks will cover the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions much like they have the past few election cycles—a limited taste on the big broadcasters, more or less full time with the cable news networks. Read more
Via Engadget.com
“We’ve already seen many companion apps on mobile, but now TV Guide is diving in wholeheartedly with the next generation of its app for iOS devices.” Read more
How about this for social TV: OoVoo wants to make it easier to watch videos, play games or even use dating services while you video chat with your friends. The group video chat service plans to integrate third-party services later this year. Read more
