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Viggle Inc. has purchased GetGlue for $25 million in cash and 48.3 million shares in stock, with the goal of making the merged companies the dominant force in social TV. Together, the two companies will have more than four million users.Viggle Inc., a reward-based site that launched in January, will operate both brands. GetGlue founder… Continue reading GetGlue acquired by Viggle in push for social TV dominance

A brand new week brought Richard Hammond’s same old face – last night he got all evangelical about nature for the last time on BBC One.The enthusiastic presenter wrapped up his boy’s own escapade in a suitably adventurous fashion – last night he was interacting with whales while sitting inside a submersible vehicle, all in the… Continue reading TV Overnights: Gadgets and adventures fail to free viewers from the jungle

Andy Eardley, director and co-founder of the TV App Agency, on smart TV connectivity and how to encourage users to interact.

New research from Harris Interactive shows that over half of Americans have streamed TV programming across a variety of devices.While streaming may not be currently overtaking traditional TV viewership methods, 30% of Americans have the ability to watch streamed programming on their TV sets (19% via set top boxes or game systems, 17% via Internet-compatible… Continue reading 53% of Americans have watched TV shows via streaming

Magazine advertising investment could more than double before return on investment drops to that of TV, new study claims.

Leichtman Research Group has revealed that the 13 largest multi-channel video providers in the US lost about 53,500 net additional video subscribers in Q3 2012.This figure compares to a net gain of about 17,000 in Q3 2011, and a net loss of 28,000 in Q3 2010. The 13 largest multi-channel providers account for 94% of… Continue reading US multi-channel video providers lost 50k subs in Q3 2012

The weekends television saw an onslaught of over-scheduled reality TV shows – thankfully Children in Need was around on Friday to (ever so slightly) shake things up.FridayOne show dominated Friday night’s schedule and in a pleasant change to the norm, it wasn’t I’m a Celebrity. At 7:30pm the BBC rolled out all the top names… Continue reading TV Overnights: Strictly just manages to beat off I’m a Celebrity with 10.3m for BBC One

It was hailed as the first truly digital Olympics, yet most still watched on TV with friends – with the most viewers since the measurement of Olympic viewing figures began.

New research conducted by comScore has shown that nearly two in five US tablet owners read newspapers and/or magazines on their device in August, with one in ten reading publications almost daily.

Nintendo has announced that a key application for the Wii U will not be available at launch, with owners having to wait until December to activate Nintendo TVii. The next-generation console is due for release in North America this Sunday (18 November) among industry hype and expected high demand.Nintendo TVii was only announced in September… Continue reading Nintendo’s second-screen experience delayed