iPad
Bloomberg TV brings 24-hour broadcast to iPad
Bloomberg TV (which has studios in New York, London and Hong Kong) has launched a new iPad app where they will be streaming their full 24-hour broadcast to anyone with an iPad, over WiFi or 3G. Bloomberg’s decision to make their TV content available to any iPad user sets an extremely innovative precedent in a TV world dominated my network-MSO relationships.
Under the leadership of Oke Okaro, Global Head of Mobile at Bloomberg, the app also offers customizable on-demand content based on location and topic, and in the near future iPad exclusive content. Lost Remote interviewed Okaro to learn more details about how the launch:
Battle time, Cablevision debuts free TV iPad app
When Time Warner Cable released its iPad app earlier this year, it sparked legal threats. But get ready, Cablevision has just rolled out an iPad app that streams dramatically more live and on-demand TV programming — essentially everything you can get on your TV set, for free. “Optimum Live TV for iPad” (iTunes) can stream [...]
Dispute grows over cable TV iPad apps
Over the years, cable companies have criticized networks and studios for opening up too much content online. Now the tables are turned, as cable companies begin offering iPad apps that stream live TV for free. Time Warner is the first to offer a streaming app (below), running ads that proclaim, “Make any room a TV [...]
New iPad 2 takes portable video to the next level
Steve Jobs took the wraps off the new iPad 2 today, a faster, slimmer device with a bevy of video features: two video cameras, live chat, full-featured video editing, sync to Apple TV and HDMI out. In short, the best portable video device ever made. To date, the iPad has attracted plenty of attention from [...]
Get the Super Bowl game program on your iPad
Until now, the only way to easily grab a Super Bowl program was attend the game. But now, the NFL is making this Sunday’s official program available on the iPad, for free. It’s a magazine-like presentation that mirrors the paper version of the game program: Packers and Steelers scouting reports, rosters, Super Bowl records, photos [...]
Some ‘The Daily’ articles now linked, indexed online
It took one day for someone to come up with a workaround to show portions of The Daily for free online. The Daily: Indexed is posted on Tumblr. Inspired by a Tweet from LR pal Rex Sorgatz, Waxy.org’s Andy Baio says he created the Tumblr to give people easier access to the stories online: “Why [...]
Initial impression of ‘The Daily’
I’ve been playing around with “The Daily” for about an hour. It’s hardly enough time to give a full review, which I’ll write in a few days. But some initial thoughts: “The Daily” reads like a magazine, essentially. It’s a hybrid magazine-tabloid-digital product. The writing is good. There are some interactives, but The Daily needs [...]
News Corp introduces ‘The Daily’ for iPad
UPDATE: “The Daily,” the first national digital-only “newspaper” launched today, following a press conference with News Corp, the paper’s publisher, and Apple. “The Daily” It will sell for 99 cents a week or $40 a year and is available on the iTunes Apps section. It will publish 365 days a year. Apple is playing a [...]
ABC to relaunch iPad app with TV sync
Last year, ABC launched an iPad app companion to the new show, My Generation (below), that displayed additional content and interactivity in sync with the TV broadcast, even if it was recorded on your DVR. But alas, ABC canceled the show after two low-rated episodes. Now ABC is relaunching the app but with the popular [...]
TiVo rolls out its first iPad app
Say what you may about TiVo’s ups and downs over the years, but its stellar user interface has always set the standard for how people navigate program guides and DVRs. Now TiVo has come out with an even better interface than its remote control: an iPad app. The new iPad app hit the Apple store [...]
MSNBC releases social TV app for ‘Maddow Show’
MSNBC has just announced the launch of a new iPad app for “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The free app integrates many social features, including an in-app forum for discussing the show on Twitter, as the show airs. Explains the MSNBC press release: “The ‘Watch Party,’ a live viewing experience featured on the app, gives consumers [...]
NBC to premiere ‘The Cape’ on iPad app
Here’s a first. NBC is premiering the one-hour pilot episode of “The Cape” on an iPad app — and not NBC’s app, but on DC Comics’ free iPad app. “What better partner than DC Comics, whose audience is devoted to the comic book genre from which ‘The Cape,’ draws its inspiration,” said Adam Stotsky, President, [...]
CES: Comcast to stream TV to tablets with social hooks
This has already been reported in bits and pieces, but today Comcast made it official at CES: subscribers will soon be able to watch live and on-demand TV from their iPads and Android tablets, wherever they have a WiFi connection. And there’s news about some intriguing social features, as well. Comcast already has the Xfinity [...]
Ten newsroom New Year’s resolutions for 2011
It’s time for our annual list of things your newsroom needs to do online. Some of these are repeats – and that’s because they’re still relevant to many newsrooms. There’s no “pie in the sky” stuff here; just steps you should take that are relatively cheap and painless. Happy New Year from Lost Remote. 1. [...]
Yule log TV tradition now in 3D, on iPads
Back in 1966, WPIX-TV in New York began the tradition of airing a loop of a yule log burning in a fireplace on Christmas Eve, accompanied by Christmas music. Years later, other Tribune TV stations picked up the popular tradition, as well. It even has it’s own fan site. Fast-forward to 2010, and the yule [...]
CNN unveils social-friendly iPad app
CNN rolled out its iPad app today, and it’s a dandy. I’ve given it a test drive and I strongly recommend it. It’s free, which is interesting because the CNN iPhone app was $1.99 – and was a top seller for a while, with about 2 million people in the U.S. downloading it since October [...]
ABC News part of Flipboard iPad trial
You may have played with Flipboard, a very cool iPad app that turns your social steams into a vivid, magazine-like experience. Today they announced (release) they’re partnering with a small group of publishers, including ABC News, to add them as content sources. Here’s the ABC News page on Flipboard’s app (above), in a magazine layout [...]
iPad quickly becoming TV’s second screen
When the iPad made its debut, most of the press focused on how it could change with world of print. While that may be true, the iPad appears to be well on its way to changing the world of television. You can already watch video from Hulu and Netflix, “check into” TV shows, and there [...]
