Smart Screen News Headlines

TV’s increasing efforts to target viewers across platforms is connecting with one important audience: the TV Academy. For this year’s edition of Primetime Emmys, the Academy of... More

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Social TV market to grow at a CAGR of 39.6 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is ... More

The Following, Fox’s new thriller starring Kevin Bacon has taken an extremely unique approach to leveraging social TV. It has built a strong social TV following (pun intended) th... More

Until recently, Facebook faced a wall of criticism that that they had failed to sufficiently capitalise on their mobile users, says Eric Mugnier*.The situation changed in January o... More

Social TV analytics company SecondSync has integrated overnight TV ratings from BARB into its social TV measurement service. It means that for the first time broadcasters, programm... More

Audible Magic, the leading innovator in automated content recognition (ACR) technology for “smart” consumer electronics (CE) and other applications, today announced that it has... More

Shazam is bringing its TV second-screen experience to movie theaters through a new partnership with in-cinema advertising network Screenvision. Under their agreement, Shazam app us... More

In a move that could turn watching TV news into the sort of couch-potato gabfest one might expect to take place during the Super Bowl or the series finale of “Lost,” Walt Disne... More

Telemundo Media and zeebox announced a partnership today encompassing the network's largest second screen initiative to date, kicking off with the 2013 "Latin Billboard Awards Pres... More

NFL Enterprises has updated its NFL ’13 app today to offer live coverage and a new second screen experience to a number of users directly through the app for the upcoming 2013 NF... More

Dutch brewing giant Heineken is jumping into real-time "second-screen" experiences with a social media strategy targeting consumers on mobile devices. "We're working on projects at... More

“We’re not going to make a bet on a single platform or app,” says Brian Handly, CEO of StepLeader Inc., a work-inducing but realistic stance for a company focused on creating... More

The firm logged 205 million social interactions in the quarter around one-off sporting and special events.” These included the Superbowl, which accounted for a massive 52 million... More

La3 is using technology provided by the pair to deliver the customised HyperSync app, which presents viewers with synchronized content on a variety of devices. The app, developed b... More

Discovery Communications updated two of its iOS apps today with a brand new second screen experience dubbed “Plus”. Available for the Discovery Channel HD app and the TLC app f... More

How do you cut a deal in 140 characters or less? BBC America did exactly that late last week by announcing its partnership with Twitter via a tweet: “@Twitter and @BBCAmerica, ho... More

BBC iPlayer, the streaming application for the British Broadcasting Corporation, recorded 272 million requests in March 2013, with tablet viewing surpassing mobile for the first ti... More

Popular US TV comedy Community took second-screen app zeebox for a spin for its Christmas-themed Intro to Knots episode. NBC and Sony Pictures Television partnered with zeebox to o... More

Viggle, a free cutting-edge mobile app that operates an intelligent "second screen" for television, today announced research conducted with Nielsen that delves into the power of th... More

Next week, Comedy Central will host a five-day comedy festival that includes a lineup of legends like Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner alongside popular young comics like Amy Schumer and... More