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Forget the 500-channel universe. Instead start thinking PCTV. Fortune ⎢ December 23, 1996 WHEN MICROSOFT CEO BILL GATES sat down with Reed Hundt, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to chat about digital television last May, broadcasters and television manufacturers began to get a fast education on life in the digital world. For nine long years they'd been laboring to construct standards for digital broadcasting, a technology that would bring the wonders of cinematic video to the living room and persuade millions of consumers to buy expensive new sets.
Gates and his allies—Intel, Compaq, Apple, and DreamWorks SKG among them—had a big problem with a small part of what the broadcasters wanted: an FCC-imposed format for scanning video onto a screen that wouldn't work on personal computers. This time it didn't take nine years to agree on a plan. PBS(US) launches preschool second screen app for WordWorld. WordWorld, the three-time Emmy award-winning educational television series broadcast on the US PBS Kids, is launching a second screen integration for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with a new early learning app: Fun with WordFriends, rapidtvnews.com reports.
The state of the second screen: Will TV companion apps proliferate or dwindle? If you let the rows of 3D and 4K displays lining the halls of CES paint a picture of the future of television, you'd be missing a vital component.
Tucked away inside a pair of ballrooms on Sin City's famous Strip, representatives from television networks, software companies, cable providers and advertising firms held a powwow dubbed the Second Screen Summit to talk shop and discuss the fate of such experiences after a very busy 2012. Over the past year, companies ranging from AT&T to Nintendo created a wave of experiences to complement TV content.
Even the 2012 Summer Olympics received the second screen treatment with its very own Android and iOS apps, which let users catch live streams of events, access stats and more from the comfort of their couches. Second screen. The second screen refers to the use of a computing device (commonly a mobile device, such as a tablet or smartphone) to provide an enhanced viewing experience for content on another device, such as a television.
In particular, the term commonly refers to the use of such devices to provide interactive features during "linear" content, such as a television program, served within a special app. History[edit] Social television creates a need and opportunity for interaction between the sender and content consumers. This involves new services, applications and changes in content production. The use of second screen provides a parallel path, whereby the user can become an active agent in the broadcast content or in just some other activity, rather than interrupt playback. Analysis[edit] 2nd Screen. I want to focus on an insight that came out of the 2nd Screen Society‘s CES 2nd Screen Summit, where I was a moderator on one of their panels last week.
Over 400 professionals from the tech, brand, agency and content provider industries were in attendance, providing a variety of opinions on a number of topics. One of the more intriguing issues I was focused on was: Who will win the 2nd Screen app battle? In 2013 I expect that 2nd Screen engagement will start to become a money-maker (for some) as sponsorship opportunities, e-commerce and other channels start to gain traction. As a result, the fight to own the 2nd screen platform will heat up and right now there is no clear answer as to whom will make the apps that people will download.
Several of the people I spoke with believe that consumers will be downloading literally dozen of apps for the different content they watch. But who will develop and publish the apps we’ll use is hard to figure as well. But what about some other players? Is This the Second-Screen TV App That Finally Goes Mainstream? Everyone knows people love to use a "second screen" — be it smartphone, tablet or laptop — while they watch TV, but no one has created an app or experience that's become the go-to place for interacting with live shows.
In short, the second screen doesn't yet have its Facebook. Zeebox could be it. Debuting today in the U.S., the app has already found a sizeable audience in the U.K. at 1.5 million users since first launching in November. The app's done well in large part due to its partnerships with broadcasters, who can both push their own content to the app and get real-time audience metrics from it. For the U.S. launch, both Comcast's NBC Universal and HBO are on board. For viewers, Zeebox starts as a channel guide, like many other apps. Besides a new avenue to engage viewers online, NBCU gets access to Zeebox's metric data, which has successfully predicted ratings victories in the U.K.
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