Smart Screen News Headlines

Consider what an Apple iPad might be like had it been invented a generation ago. It could have been designed with clumsy rabbit-ear antennas, to help folks watch TV on the go, and ... More

Here's a new way to get kids to pay attention: an app that lets you watch TV and play games at the same time. Today the Cartoon Network releases CN 2.0, a free app for the iPad tha... More

Discovery Networks International (DNI), the worldwide TV content provider, is bringing a companion TV app to Europe after testing it in Latin America. The UK, Germany and Italy, as... More

VH1′s “Pop Up Video” empire doesn’t receive nearly enough recognition for how it changed TV. Their innovative use of added-value content on linear TV set a precedent for ma... More

The 2012 PGA Championship will get started on Thursday. The final major event of the year will have plenty of live coverage. We've collected all of the pertinent information for yo... More

Social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have given television viewers a virtual water cooler to chitchat about their favorite shows. Now some companies are trying to exte... More

The London 2012 Olympic Games are set to be something remarkable – not only for the games and sportsmen attending, but because it will be the first major event to try out social ... More

Apple has filed a patent in the US for a new technology that would enable iPad Smart Covers to feature an additional screen that can display notifications and be used for other tas... More

It's easy to forget, in today's smartphone-enabled Temple Run world, that Nintendo was once the 800-lb gorilla of handheld gaming. And the company has innovated the form in ways bo... More

On the page, German developer flaregames' decision to enter into a revenue sharing agreement with TV network ProSiebenSat.1 to promote its library of mobile titles looked a little ... More

Here’s an innovative twist to the Olympics time delay: US swimmer Scott Tyler Clary live-tweeted his own gold medal-winning race when it aired in primetime. Truth be told, it did... More

Logitech has just announced the Logitech® TV Cam HD, which seamlessly transforms Skype video calls into an experience that can involve the whole family or groups of friends on eac... More

The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) said today that it will conduct a multi-pronged study to help determine how social media interaction impacts television viewing. The study... More

Social TV check-in service GetGlue is preparing to take the second screen experience to the next level with the launch of GetGlue HD—a social TV guide designed to help users find... More

SeaChange International, a leading global multi-screen video software innovator, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Steve Craddock to its Board of Directors. Cradd... More

Burbank-based Magic Ruby, The firm said it will offer up its own advertising network aimed at second screen applications, plus tools and application development specifically around... More

Yahoo released a major update to IntoNow, its second screen experience, in time to maximize its use during the Olympics. That also means it is up and running in the real world, whe... More

Let’s not forget the Olympics are a global TV event and that NBC’s innovations and sometimes frustrating decisions are only one part of the 204 nation event. After just a few d... More

SeaChange International, a leading global multi-screen video software innovator, today announced that two additional major U.S. cable multiple system operators (MSOs) have recently... More

S3 Group, an international digital TV company that enables programmers and operators to accelerate end-to-end delivery of multi-screen TV, will be at IBC in September (Stand 3.B23)... More