Smart Screen News Headlines

Multi-screen activities while watching TV are very common with many viewers also on their computers, tablets and mobiles. According to the Econsultancy/ IAB report, The Multi-Scree... More

Futurescape research shows that television broadcasters are divided over their social TV strategy  - do they partner with Facebook and Twitter? Or invest in social TV start-ups an... More

The connected TV, sometimes called the smart TV (and even branded as such by Samsung) is a growing phenomenon: TV makers are adding limited apps, Net connectivity, and even streami... More

Fresh on the heels of Facebook’s disclosed partnership with NBC to cover the Olympic Games, Yahoo announced Wednesday it will offer connected TV and second-screen experiences to ... More

Social TV startup Zeebox conducts regular consumer research – about its own service, but also about how people are using devices and apps more widely. Most technology companies d... More

Smartphones and tablets will help push touchscreen revenue to $16 billion this year, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Mobile phones are the primary product for touchscreens, account... More

Last week, "Breaking Bad" debuted on our chart tallying the top TV shows on entertainment check-in service GetGlue thanks to an AMC marathon of is previous season premiere. This we... More

Shark Week is getting closer and closer (cue Jaws music), set to premiere Sunday August 12 at 9 p.m. Discovery has already begun to build hype around the big 25th Anniversary with ... More

Sina, a Chinese company which has developed what is often dubbed ‘the Twitter of China’, is planning to launch a new over-the-top (OTT) video service in cooperation with Shangh... More

AMC’s Breaking Bad will premiere it’s fifth and final season tonight at 10 p.m. The drama that might be best described as a high school chemistry teacher meets Scarface has rec... More

New media. Social media. Multiplatform strategy. In the world of entertainment business, certain hot phrases just don't go away, and each term brings with it connotations of tech-s... More

Forget the sporting glitterati about to descend on our capital city – it could be the thumb-twiddling Twitterati that break new records during London 2012 at the most interactive... More

Situated about a mile from the convention center is Skype’s brand new custom-built trailer where people can stop by to use Skype and lounge around. To celebrate Comic-Con, the co... More

Ad Age's editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm, regularly produces white papers for its clients, which include just about every major broadcast and cable netw... More

Boston-based startup Sidecastr has recently emerged out of stealth mode, the latest second screen app to hit the social TV world. Available now for iPad, the app has a mission “n... More

Move over Getglue, Shazam, zeebox, and other leading Social TV players - Amazon-owned IMDB is charging in... adding personalization as well as social and discovery features into th... More

A German startup named wywy (“why why”) has just landed a $3 million investment to bring a TV synchronization product to market. While there are several ACR (“automatic conte... More

Major League Baseball told Lost Remote last month that the All Star Game would be the “most social event in baseball history,” and the league certainly lived up to its promise.... More

One of the original reality shows, Big Brother is coming back for its 14th season this Thursday night. To accompany the show’s return, CBS is rolling out a variety of social TV p... More

Smartphones and media tablets are radically transforming the way the public consumes TV. This is raising new concerns among broadcasters over maintaining the quality of the video a... More