Flingo. History and Features[edit] In September 2013, the company adopted the Samba TV name to reflect the company's focus on interactive television and market traction with signed contracts with leading players throughout the ecosystem including TV and set-top box manufacturers, advertisers, content publishers and broadcasters.
In the company’s own words, the core services of Samba TV include:[6] An all-access pass to behind-the-scenes content from viewers’ favorite TV shows and actors. By connecting phones or tablets to the TV, viewers gain access to exclusive content and special offers. Ownership[edit] In February 2012, Flingo announced a $7 million Series A round investment from August Capital.[9] In May 2012, Flingo added additional investors, closing at $8 million, including entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Gary Lauder. See also[edit] Mark Cuban invests in social TV startup Flingo. We uncovered Flingo back in November of last year, a company cofounded by Bit-Torrent cofounder Ashwin Navin.
Back then the company was focused on building connected TV apps for a wide range of television and entertainment clients. At CES in January the company made some big social announcements around their platform with launch partner A+E Networks. This February the company raised $7 million and today they’ve announced that Shark and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Gary Lauder will invest another $1 million in series A funding.
We’re upset that Navin wasn’t forced to present on ABC’s Shark Tank but are happy that cash continues to pour into social TV. We interviewed him about the announcement. Lost Remote: How is Flingo working with Fox, A+E Networks, Showtime, Warner Bros., CBS, Blip, Vimeo and Linkin Park? Orange brings social TV app to UK. Social TV World Summit. Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not. Twitter's UK general manager Tony Wang, speaking at MIPCube.
Photo: Stuart Dredge Twitter's UK general manager Tony Wang expects broadcasters to start using the microblogging service in more "artful" ways beyond showing hashtags and account handles on-air. "Broadcasters are not the ones to choose whether to have social TV. It happens whether they like it or not. Software gives visual representation of who’s following you online.
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WebsterThursday, March 1, 2012 11:08 EDT A new piece of software released this week by browser-maker Mozilla does something unique: it provides a real-time visualization of who is tracking your movements online. The software is called “Collusion,” developed last year by Mozilla programmer Atul Varma, who became inspired to code the program after reading extensively about online privacy matters. It plugs into the Firefox browser and watches as websites and ad networks drop “cookies” into the browser during normal surfing. A Social-Media Decoder.
Power shift: Deb Roy, CEO of Bluefin Labs, says social media have changed the relationship between media consumers and producers.
From his 24th-floor corner office in midtown Manhattan, the veteran CBS research chief David Poltrack can gaze southward down the Avenue of the Americas, its sidewalks teeming. For more than four decades, it has been his job to measure people’s television habits, preferences, and reactions. In large part, this has meant following the viewing habits of Nielsen panels of TV viewers and parsing the results of network surveys on their opinions. On a late September afternoon, with fall premieres under way, his desk was strewn with color-coded opinions from 3,000 Americans who had wandered into CBS’s Las Vegas research outpost, Television City, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, and agreed to fill out TV surveys for the chance to win a 3-D home entertainment system.
Social TV. Relying on relationships to rebuild TV audiences.
Marie-José Montpetit (MIT) Social TV could improve the viewing experience and provide new business opportunities for carriers OTHERS WORKING ON SOCIAL TV BT, London, England ClipSync, San Francisco, CA Intel, Santa Clara, CA Motorola, Schaumburg, IL This article is part of an annual list of what we believe are the 10 most important emerging technologies. See the full list here. The viewership for live television broadcasts has generally been declining for years. Social TV App for Japan Mobile by Wireless Watch Japan. Groovy Jpn Social TV free app, see @tune_TV and think GetGlue, recently launched on iOS and ‘droid: Look-out Nielson Ratings..
The Future Of Social TV Is Now.. and will be everywhere! [Eds] Machine Translation: Jeneshikku Co., Ltd. develop apps for smartphones is a key corresponding to the 7-channel stations metropolitan area Social TV app for iPhone / Android “tuneTV” utilizing a social media analysis tool “Insight Intelligence” section Data Corporation to expand service offerings, in collaboration with 2011 was broadcast on 31 December “62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” We conducted a study on the rate of topics on Twitter. Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not. Twitter's UK general manager Tony Wang expects broadcasters to start using the microblogging service in more "artful" ways beyond showing hashtags and account handles on-air.
"Broadcasters are not the ones to choose whether to have social TV. It happens whether they like it or not. But they have a choice about how to harness that social TV energy," he told the MIPCube conference in Cannes. Wang cited stats showing that 80% of under-25s are using a second screen to communicate with friends while watching TV, while 72% of them are using Twitter, Facebook and other mobile apps to comment on the shows they watch. He added that Twitter sees three distinct strategies from broadcasters when it comes to social TV: some are doing nothing, others are doing something, and a few are doing "artful" things on-air.
Wang outlined three common tactics in the "do something" category: on-air hashtags, Twitter handles and live-tweets from stars. Your TV sidekick. Yap.TV. Viggle. Umami - Your TV Companion. TV Dinner - Tune in for Nibbles of fun. SocialGuide - Social TV & Movie Soultions. Welcome to Shazam.
Peel: Discover Personalized TV. Social Media Consumer Insights, Market Analysis & Research Tools. About Us. Miso Homepage. Loyalize. Connect with your friends around the shows you love. GetGlue: Check-in to tv, movies and music. Social Network for Entertainment Discover what to watch, share what you're watching with friends and fans, and get updates from your favorite shows.
Flingo_SocialTV. Watch TV Shows & Movies Online - Clicker.tv. BuddyTV - Watch TV Shows, Episode Recaps, Cast Photos, Spoilers. Bluefin Labs: Social TV Analytics. Audible Magic - Digital Fingerprint Content & Media Recognition. Interactive Apps that work with television, live events, theater, retail and kiosk screens. Social TV: Who's Funding Who? - Update. Social TV: Who's Funding Who? Bluefin Signals Social TV Leaderboard.
Investors Give Social TV a Thumbs Up. Social TV is undoubtedly a hot topic in the media world, with every TV executive becoming more and more enamored with the thought of any potential ratings boost from viewers who tweet, Facebook chat, dutifully watch with their iPads on their laps or simply text about their favorite shows.
But making sense of all that social TV activity is a tricky challenge — and whichever company can lay claim to owning social TV data should emerge a powerful player in the new TV world. Cue the venture capital money train. Social TV analytics upstart Bluefin announced Tuesday that is had raised $12 million in series B funding, led by Time Warner Investments as well as new investor SoftBank Capital and return investors Redpoint Ventures and Lerer Ventures. That’s in addition to a $6 million series A funding. Bluefin, which was born out of MIT Media Labs, publishes a daily top ten list of the most socially engaged shows on TV from the previous night. Twitter buttons. The best online video from Facebook, YouTube, and more! (And yeah, it's free.)
Thumbs Up. TV Connect Global Events and TVOver.Net Team up to Give Away One Free Pass for the Social TV World Summit. Social TV World Summit. Five Reasons to Attend Ad Age's Social Engagement/Social TV Conference. From Social TV to Better TV: Making the 'Second Screen' Deliver. Guides bridge the social media divide. Social TV Applications. NAB wrap-up: Social features creep into TV production gear. Over a decade ago, Lost Remote was the first blog to cover the National Association of Broadcasters convention — a huge showcase of television technology in Las Vegas — about how the internet was changing the business. This year, we returned to NAB to see how social TV is impacting production, from tech to workflow. Like the late 90s with the internet, it’s still early, but social TV is beginning to make inroads.
“There are so many technology providers here, and the interest in social TV is disproportionate to the innovation,” said Sam Decker, CEO of Mass Relevance. “It’s such a small part of all the real estate and discussions that are happening.” But he said he sees the technical crowd beginning to react to demands from producers who want more social functionality in the production process.
One of the biggest trends is focused on making it easy for producers to integrate social content on-air. Social TV Summit. The Official Google TV Blog. NAB wrap-up: Social features creep into TV production gear. Inside look at NBCU’s first Digital NewFront. TV Networks Count on 'Social' TV Viewers. Snap of What Do Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley Investors Say About Social TV? on Social TV Summit - San Francisco created by steve.
NAB wrap-up: Social features creep into TV production gear.