Smart Screen News Headlines

As the balance of viewing of international sports events shifts inexorably from linear TV to multi-screen consumption, comes announcement of a significant technology pact which loo... More

Cisco Systems and Intel -- major electronics companies -- are separately working to bring new technologies into the living room and integrate device screens to support entertainmen... More

Forget turning off your smartphone when you go to the movies. Dutch film company 2CFilm has created a pioneering interactive cinema concept for helmer Bobby Boerman's chiller, "App... More

Controlling your home theater system used to be easy-you simply told your kid to turn the knob and presto, Honeymooners. But today's home theater packed with feature-rich TVs, cabl... More

For two decades now, interactive TV advertising has been an albatross. Dozens of companies with hundreds of millions of dollars have failed to create a true, scalable interactive T... More

Consumers are multitasking and using their phones or tablets while watching TV, and at first blush this sort of companion activity may seem like a boon to TV. But multitasking carr... More

CD Baby, the world's largest online distributor of unsigned music, has just announced that it will be the first major indie music aggregator to partner with Shazam, the world's lea... More

Social TV app zeebox Australia has struck a deal with Foxtel, bringing the pay-TV provider's programs to its platform. zeebox partnered with free-to-air Network Ten for its Austral... More

Anyone old enough to have watched the 1974 Academy Awards on TV probably remembers that a mustached man ran naked across the stage during the live broadcast. But only a movie buff ... More

Innovation rarely happens on a predictable timetable. Exhibit A - interactive TV. For more than a decade it's been a revolution that's just around the corner. Remember when people ... More

New York’s Innovid announced Wednesday that it has raised $11 million in a Series C round with backing from new investor Vintage Investment Partners and existing investors Sequoi... More

It’s finally happening. The Internet is taking over TV. It’s just happening differently than many of us imagined. There are two major transformations under way: The Rise of the... More

The upcoming enhanced Xbox 360 version of the formerly Wii U exclusive port of the PS3 and Xbox 360 version of Ninja Gaiden 3, Razor's Edge, will have support for second-screen gam... More

Action Audio Apps Inc. and Quantum5X Systems Inc. (Q5X®) have teamed to introduce the first Smartphone enabled App that allows fans in a venue to listen to the player’s interact... More

Is the growing use of tablets a concern for cable and satellite providers? In a 2013 Q1 research report targeted at pay TV operators, video metadata specialist Digitalsmiths survey... More

We're happy to confirm that Magic Ruby VP of Business Development, Cedric Arnaud-Battandier, will be a featured speaker at the Cynopsis:Kids! Webinar "Leveraging the Second Screen ... More

You use Facebook to check-in when you go to the gym. You check-in on Foursquare when you're at Happy Hour with your co-workers. And you definitely check-in on Yelp when you're at t... More

The ABC will continue its role as Australia's broadcast innovator with the launch of its second screen 'companion app' on 20 March. The corporation is also putting mobile and table... More

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops-oh my! All you need to do is take a glance around next time you're in a crowded area to see the multiple ways people connect online and tap into j... More

Twitter has become synonymous with social TV. In addition to the record 24 million tweets generated during the Super Bowl, the social messaging service served as the platform for t... More