GetGlue just earned a Viggle badge: The two New York-based social TV services are going to join forces, with Viggle buying GetGlue for $25 million in cash plus stock. Both services… Read more »
Would Xfinity’s iPad app ever tell you if a show is available on Netflix? Jeremy Toeman doesn’t think so, which is why his company built a TV guide app that tries… Read more »
What do you do when the world of TV is changing, but you represent a brand that stands for continuity? TVGuide.com’s new iOS app tries to bridge that divide by sticking… Read more »
Now here’s an interesting use for social TV data: The iOS app Renewed predicts the fate of TV shows based on their number of check-ins. Renewed is a relatively new player,… Read more »
TVGuide.com has bought Fav.tv in a deal that’s been described as an acqui-hire. The Fav.tv team will join TVGuide.com to strengthen its mobile strategy. One of the first tasks for the… Read more »
Tweek.tv wants to become your social TV guide and recommend interesting movies, TV shows and web content based on the things your friends have liked on Facebook. The German startup is… Read more »
Word of mouth has always been a huge factor for new TV shows, and these days, everyone is looking to Twitter and Facebook to gauge interest in TV show premieres. So… Read more »
This year’s fall TV season is going to bring us a whole lot of hash tags. Trendrr’s new enterprise measurement tools can help TV executives understand whether initiatives like these are… Read more »
With temperatures reaching record highs, so do the number of heat-related tweets: Twitter sees up to two million weather tweets each day. The Weather Channel will now feature some of those… Read more »
Hulu is turning Japanese with the launch of a subscription service in the country. The company today announced that it will launch the service before the end of the year, but… Read more »