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In a world where all the statistics on simultaneous tablet/mobile and TV are indicating a massive increase in the behaviour, why are TV broadcasters and 3rd party providers creatin... More

CBS at some point plans to extend its on-demand video apps to live local TV, but it hasn’t yet determined if it will mimic ABC’s “TV Everywhere” approach in making live fee... More

Advertisers must stop thinking of mobile as a “second screen” and recognise the smartphone is now the primary device for consuming content, Angry Birds executive Henri Holm has... More

Ninety-six percent of people have simultaneously used another device when watching entertainment, and more than half of us are doing it either all the time or most of the time, acc... More

I’m not quite sure when movie companion apps started to appear, but recently, with the rise in popularity of TV companion and third-party applications, they have become more of a... More

The Second Screen TV Playalong App for TV Gameshow Weet Ik Veel, hosted by Dutch TV dynasty family member, Linda de Mol (sister of Jon de Mol, original co-founder of Endemol) is ta... More

Bob Bowman and his Major League Baseball Advanced Media have been in the mobile app business longer than just about anyone else. That means two things: “We started earlier, so ou... More

For those inclined toward social media, using Twitter while watching television has become a ritual, with viewers commenting on everything from sports events to nighttime dramas. O... More

Coffee achievers move over, here come the television achievers. Following the announcement of the Xbox One, a patent filed by Microsoft would bring a system similar to the Xbox 360... More

Since launching in January 2012, Viggle has been making a splash as the go-to second screen app for brands and advertisers alike. We’ve recently written about Viggle’s partners... More

You might remember Matcha.tv. The company provided a personal recommendations site and mobile apps focused on helping users find interesting movies and TV shows online based on the... More

A survey produced by Indian ‘mobile advertising network’ InMobi has claimed that 62% of ‘mobile web users’ are accessing their mobile device whilst watching TV. The statist... More

With Microsoft’s new release of the Xbox One, a lot of conversation has been going back and forth about social TV and what it means for the future of television watching. But wha... More

Microsoft hopes the new Xbox One—its first console in eight years—will become a hub for entertainment. In addition to live TV, the device will offer exclusive media content, in... More

Shazam, the app that identifies a song's name and artist, is being updated for the iPad, giving tablet users many of the tools already found on the iPhone app as well as a cool new... More

Microsoft has scored a touchdown. The company announced a deal with the NFL, worth around $400 million over the next five years, to develop technology that will make watching footb... More

You’re sitting on the couch watching TV with your tablet, smartphone in hand browsing Amazon. You’re watching the NBA/NHL playoffs and an amazing play happens that you have to ... More

Since 1948, when legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini made the first of 10 TV appearances conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra and comedian Milton Berle’s “Texaco Star Theater... More

Passengers are increasingly relying on their tablets and other personal electronic devices for entertainment and work on U.S. domestic flights, despite a ban on their use during ta... More

Amazon's been making a much bigger push into advertising and original entertainment. But the company has long had a major integral presence in the space, albeit a quiet one. That i... More