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Social TV: A Comeback in The 2012 NBA Finals After All (Forbes)

… but that comeback was the NBA itself. Remember just six months ago, when the NBA was slogging out of the morass that was their contract dispute? Two months were lost in the sea... More

BBC Plans Olympian Digital Stream (Hollywood Reporter)

Digital streaming may finally come of age for the BBC during the London Summer Olympics. While the Opening Ceremony on July 27 is expected to be watched by more than 1 billion TV v... More

MTV Show Adds Twitter Hashtag in Title (Lost Remote)

The 12th season of the MTV series “Made” is adding a social media twist with an expanded name, “Made #DreamBigger.” Variety says it’s the first instance of a TV program a... More

KIT Digital, Civolution Join Social TV Revolution (Advanced Television)

Video management software and services company KIT digital is teaming up with Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media cont... More

Yap.TV Brings Live Facebook Chat to Social TV App (Lost Remote)

Social TV apps typically tie with Twitter for real-time conversations, but the new Yap.TV app is adding deep Facebook integration as well. Beyond likes and shares, it integrates wi... More

Alliance Seeks to Make Smart TVs More Likeminded (PaidContent)

Part of the reason why the smart TV hasn’t caught on as a dominant connected device in the living room is that competing manufacturers have introduced a confusing array of techno... More

Why ‘Nikita’ Is Again TV’s Most Checked-In Show, Weeks Into Reruns (AdAge)

In last week's chart tallying the top TV shows on entertainment check-in service GetGlue, "True Blood" earned the social TV crown. But could it keep it? Scroll down below the graph... More

Shattered Glass (Voice of America)

Network executives have been buzzing for years about finding new ways to add social media into the television experience. No TV program worth a mention doesn’t have its own Twitt... More

Hands in Your Pocket: Gaming’s Misguided Battle for Your Second Screen (GameZebo)

A few months ago, I talked about a shocking addiction rocking a huge amount of the population, including perhaps you yourself. The culprit? Mobile devices. Among smartphone owners,... More

The Exploding Social-TV Ecosystem: Updated (AdAge)

A few weeks back, Ad Age worked with our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm, to produce a 1.0 version of what we titled "A Snapshot of the Exploding Social... More

Plasma First: Apple TV, SmartGlass and the New World of Multi-Screen Cloud Content (Forbes)

The future for web developers is big. 50 inch plasma screen big. After an intensive cycle of trying to figure out how to take desktop websites and make them look and work great on ... More

Battle For ‘Second Screen’ Dominance Leads To Improved Apps (The Wrap)

It's called the "second screen." And the battle is on to see who can conquer it. Nielsen data suggests that the vast majority of television viewers use a tablet, smartphone or lapt... More

LONDON 2012: Facebook Unveils Olympics Page to Prepare for First ‘Social’ Games (Hollywood Reporter)

Facebook on Monday unveiled plans to put a big spotlight on the London 2012 Summer Olympics via a page that compiles content tied to the Games and its athletes ahead of what the so... More

TV Networks Try to Connect with Young, Tech-Savvy Multitaskers (Los Angeles Times)

Hollywood has a problem. He's Cole Chanin-Hassman, and he's 10. Like many other kids his age, the Los Angeles fourth-grader counts among his entertainment tools his Xbox 360 game c... More

Tech Firms Exploiting ‘Second-Screen’ Craze (New York Post)

TV is creating a new generation of wealth in tech-land. With 9 of 10 tablet and smartphone owners using their gadgets to enhance their television-watching experience, Silicon Valle... More

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