Youtoo and Mark Burnett launch first social TV network
While Facebook has been getting attention recently as the next wave of social TV, Mark Burnett and Youtoo might have just ignited the first “age” of social TV. They’re launching an actual social TV network which aims to reach a national audience of 15 million by “putting 500 people on TV each day – providing [...]
‘Psych’ revs up new season with social TV game
With the season premiere of USA Network’s Psych right around the corner, producers have created #HashtagKiller, a social game that ties to a fresh storyline around the show. “The thrilling ‘whodunit’ experience will take fans of the show through an engaging Psych storyline specifically created for this experience, allowing them to send and receive messages [...]
Inside look at NBC’s very social Education Summit
This week NBC News completed their second Education Nation summit, which took place in NYC. After building a magnificent conference venue at Rockefeller Center the news organization hosted parents, educators, and students who “met with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.” Even NBA Star Lebron James [...]
Facebook users can star in WB show ‘Aim High’
In June, Warner Brothers announced they’d be launching a web series called “Aim High” with Twilight star Jackson Rathbone. The series will be about a high schooler who leads a double life as a spy. Friday Night Light’s Aimee Teegarden will also star in the series. The innovative and interactive part of the show, which [...]
Amazon debuts ‘Fire’ tablet with video, too
Amazon has joined the tablet wars in earnest, debuting a 7″ color tablet called “Fire” today that’s priced at an affordable $199. Fire ties to Amazon’s growing arsenal of content, beyond books to movies and TV shows (see yesterday’s story about the addition of more FOX TV shows.) And Fire apps are powered by Android, [...]
Miso syncs second-screen app for Dexter fans
Earlier this month, Miso announced a relationship with DirecTV that ties the app to what you’re watching on TV. Now Miso is taking it a step further, synchronizing the Showtime show Dexter with the app — whether you’re watching it live, on-demand or DVR’d.
Inside look at Amazing Race’s use of Foursquare
CBS has unleashed a brand Foursquare page for the 10th season of the hit, award-winning reality show, The Amazing Race. The show lends itself perfectly to Foursquare’s new explore and list building features, since contests travel all round the world during the show. While there is no financial partnership yet between CBS and Foursquare around [...]
Amazon adds batch of FOX TV shows
Lest we forget, Netflix, Hulu and Google aren’t the only players in the online TV space. In an announcement posted on the Amazon.com home page, Jeff Bezos says they’ve signed a new deal with FOX to bring more movies and TV shows to its instant streaming service — 24, Arrested Development and The X-Files are [...]
adRise launches advertising network for connected TVs
San Francisco based adRise (which has raised a seed round of money) has launched “the first Ad platform for connected TVs,” the company says. The platform will give publishers a chance to “earn TV-like ad revenue, via a real-time bidding exchange.” Founder and CEO Farhad Massoudi explained his company’s new push to take on the traditional [...]
How Facebook just kicked social TV into high gear
Updated: When Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook aims to rethink entire businesses, it looks like he means it. Today at F8, Facebook rolled out an update to its social graph that allows “frictionless” sharing, enabling a new world of social TV. And Hulu and Netflix are two early companies planning to take advantage of it. In [...]
What newsrooms should know about new Facebook stream
Ahead of Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the social giant has rolled out a major update today to the way users view content in the News Stream. For journalists, there are a few key differences: some good, some bad. 1. Fewer “Top Stories” in the News Stream Prior to the changes, the Facebook News Stream gave [...]
Sheen vs. Kutcher in social TV showdown
Comedy Central’s “Roast of Charlie Sheen” and the season premiere of “Two and a Half Men” with Ashton Kutcher hit the airwaves on Monday night — a showdown of two social media heavyweights. Kutcher’s Two and a Half Men won handily in the ratings. So much so, it set an all-time ratings record for the [...]
GetGlue updates iPhone app with more TV conversations
GetGlue launched a new version of their iPhone app this morning. The app has a nice new design organizing the check-in options into lists instead of the weirdly shaped four squares (no pun intended). The new conversations feature — which is explained in the below video by VP of Design Jason Gaylor – uses a “proprietary filtering [...]
GetGlue goes local with TV station partnership
Atlanta’s WXIA is the first local TV station to work with the TV check-in service GetGlue. Viewers can now check into 11Alive newscasts via GetGlue’s mobile apps or 11Alive.com. “11Alive’s locally-produced newscasts are now included in the GetGlue database, allowing Atlantans to check in to local newscasts and earn stickers,” explains 11Alive’s Chris Sweigart. And [...]
Reaction to Netflix’s plan to spins off DVDs
Netflix is dominating the media news today after a blog post from CEO Reed Hastings declares, “I messed up,” explaining that he wasn’t transparent enough about the price increase. He also unveiled plans to spin off the DVD portion into a new business called Qwikster. Here’s some reaction — largely negative — from around the [...]
Xbox Live TV product will be ready for the holiday season
Xbox continues to push forward with their TV offerings. They announced in June that they’d eventually offer more Live TV options, and they recently rolled out a new ESPN Xbox experience. This past week the Seattle Times got a hold of a slide Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used at a financial analyst conference. For the [...]
Inside look at CBS’s second Tweet Week
CBS must have been happy with the results from their first Tweet Week back in April since they’re now underway with two full “Tweet Weeks” involving exclusive chats with shows from their upcoming launches. This is an innovative move from the network that tends to skew towards older generations. Each night this week fans could [...]
GetGlue’s most anticipated new shows by check-in
Trendrr recently came out with a list of anticipated new TV shows, which include data from GetGlue and other social networks. GetGlue,which just had a record month of 11.5 million check-ins in August, has also released a list of the most anticipated shows. Unlike the Trendrr data, Once Upon A Time was in the number [...]
