Smart Screen News Headlines

Rentrak Corporation and Screen Engine today announced a jointly-developed syndicated product called PostTrak, that will report box office sales figures, audience demographics and t... More

TV is hot and getting hotter. Big screen stars woo, instead of scorn it, and after a glut of low-cost reality shows late last and early this millennium that caused a dearth of qual... More

With fall TV approaching, the summer season seems like it was ages ago. The most social TV show of the summer might surprise you a bit at first. VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atla... More

Simply put, television can no longer be categorized as traditional media but instead must be approached as new media. The real threat to cable companies comes if the masses can eas... More

Dutch private broadcaster SBS is launching a second screen app for iPad called SBS6+ to accompany the bulk of its prime time programming. The second screen is initially only availa... More

YouView is set to launch a second-screen app in the coming weeks, the broadband-connected TV service's chief executive Richard Halton has revealed. Speaking at the IBC 2012 confere... More

The "Second Screen" is quickly becoming an industry buzzword, and with good reason. It will change the entire television industry. That is not hyperbole, it is already happening. F... More

Broadcasters will now be able to use the zeebox to publish polls, promote Twitter battles and add calls-to-action directly within the popular second screen app. A new partnership w... More

IBC, one of the largest TV technology conferences cum exhibition globally, is in its 20th year. As usual the TV technology glitterati is here from different countries – CEOs, CTO... More

Last Sunday, I did something I haven’t done in a long time: Watch an episode of television as it aired — commercials and all. For the past two months, AMC has prefaced each new... More

The Investigative Discovery (ID) channel describes itself as a blend of “fact-based analytical content and compelling human sources.” While this cable channel grows by deliveri... More

The organisation responsible for the technical standards in 68% of the receiver market is planning a study of the companion screen and the streaming process. “The two concepts ar... More

Over the next few months you will hear more and more about 'second screen experience' – a phrase that means you are on your mobile or tablet while the main screen, TV, hasn't ful... More

Hilversum-based software and app developer has launched iFanzy, the first TV guide for the second screen on the iPad. The electronic programme guide lists dozens of channels and su... More

Australia's official source of television audience measurement – has extended its contract with Nielsen for the supply of services in the five Australian metropolitan markets, wh... More

KIT digital is to demonstrate its new VOD store and the latest social TV solution across two stands at IBC 2012. The company is also planning to release new software updates on som... More

Social television viewing is fast becoming a mass-market phenomenon, this according to Ericsson ConsumerLab’s annual study of television and video trends. The report said 62 perc... More

When people use multiple screens throughout the day to accomplish a task, the smartphone is most often the starting point, according to a comprehensive new research study from Goog... More

After launching on the iPad in June, social sports service SportStream is releasing a web-native version today, which will be available to anyone using any tablet, smartphone, or l... More

Verimatrix announced two more partners that have agreed to use its content protection system to secure multi-screen content: TiVo and Akamai. Last week, Verimatrix announced that S... More