May 16th, 2012
The BBC is going all-out for this summer’s Olympic Games, with plans to provide 24 alternate HD streams of the events. They’ll be shown across four screens: a new video player on the BBC Sport...
May 16th, 2012
Last weekend, the first two British TV ads aired with Shazam-tagging features, for Pepsi and Cadbury. The 30-second spots were shown during the final of Britain’s Got Talent, and Shazam has now announced...
May 15th, 2012
Just how hard will it be for Apple to further disrupt the US cable TV industry? Well, some of the key executives in the market may not make it harder for the company. “Today it’s a little bit clunky...
May 14th, 2012
Entertainment industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter has a new iPad app devoted entirely to the 2012 Festival de Cannes. The free app will offer news, reviews and videos during the event, as well as...
May 11th, 2012
We’ve heard about films being shot using iPhones, but now there’s one that’s been made FOR iPads. It’s called The Silver Goat, and launched today as a £2.49 download on the App...
May 10th, 2012
Shazam has announced that the first UK TV ads using its tagging technology will run this Saturday, during the final of talent show Britain’s Got Talent. The ads will be for Pepsi Max and Cadbury,...
May 10th, 2012
Warner Bros has been busy planning apps promotion for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s new film Dark Shadows. Two apps have come out this week. Dark Shadows Mobile Scroll is for iPhone and Android, and...
May 10th, 2012
Despite regular predictions of a brutal consolidation in the social TV apps market when startups start running out of money, new apps keep on coming. US startup Viggle has just launched a beta version...
May 9th, 2012
Video-sharing app Viddy is not an overnight success, then, but the last couple of months have seen startling growth for the app, and its main rival Socialcam. TheNextWeb reports that Viddy is now past...
