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Viewers of the first presidential debate had plenty of souped-up second screen options to track simultaneous conversation and provide expanded coverage and polling.  I sampled sev... More

Every time I turn on the TV, I see Twitter. Hashtags and Twitter handles are on TV shows. There are dedicated pages to world events like the Olympic Games. Even entertainment news ... More

Welcome to the era of multi-screen. The average U.S. household owns five connected devices (Chetan Sharma) – and many of those screens are being used simultaneously for entertain... More

The social web instantly connects millions (and now billions) of people around the world. For social TV, the TV part is not always as global. A big elephant in the social TV living... More

It seems that every electronic device sold these days is labelled ‘smart,’ from TVs and  phones, to fridges and even washing machines.  So with smart devices becoming a boomi... More

Nielsen’s research indicates that although women spend almost 40 minutes more than men every day watching straight television — 4 hours, 11 minutes for women; 3 hours 34 minute... More

Turning the disagreement into a court battle would have placed the fair-use doctrine front and center, leaving open the possibility that a judge's interpretation could give either ... More

Consumer demand for televisions with the ultra-high-definition 4K resolution will remain negligible for the foreseeable future, with shipments never accounting for more than 1 perc... More

The studios announced a three-year pact on Thursday that will have WB handle the distribution of 600 catalog titles on all homevid formats for Par in return for the rights to offer... More

Billionaire Charlie Ergen is giving up on his plan to turn the once-mighty Blockbuster LLC video- store chain into a Netflix (NFLX) Inc. competitor and gadget retailer ... More

Weeks ahead of its official Q3 earnings report, the social media games company Zynga has released a "preliminary financial results" report, rarely a positive sign on Wall Street...... More

Cable operators and other pay-TV service providers are starting to embrace over-the-top (OTT) video, but let's not kid ourselves here -- there's still plenty of tension between the... More

Smart TVs and their ability to connect to the Internet will provide a "lifeline" to TV manufacturers, rescuing them from a stagnant market and possibly stemming billions of dollars... More

Nielsen, a television measurement company, said 67.2 million viewers watched on television at home — the highest number for a first debate since 1980. But that did not count any... More

“The target consumer is a cord cutter.” The Washington Post’s SVP and Chief Digital Officer Vijay Ravindran doesn’t beat around the bush when he is talking about The Fold,... More

The cosmetics giant is launching an app for the Xbox 360 Platform, where users can get fashion tips, watch video tutorials and buy product...... More

New entrants continue to crowd the video streaming biz with Toys R Us launching its own digital entertainment service for kids on Thursday...... More

The service is live in the United States and United Kingdom, with a Canadian launch planned by the end of the year, and during the first quarter of 2013, UltraViolet will start pop... More

An analysis on the Web site Gamasutra this year said it was possible that 2012 would be the worst year for retail video game software and hardware sales since 2005 ... More