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ConnecTV Launches Most Comprehensive Social TV Service into Open Public Beta
02 February 2012 4:00 PM | No CommentsEMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ConnecTV, the most comprehensive social platform for all TV fans, opens its doors to the public today so viewers can share every “Did you see that!” television moment from...
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Popular TV Presenter Alejandra Espinoza Styled by Pantene Celebrity Stylist Carlos Vera for Swimsuit Fashion Show in Miami
31 January 2012 11:27 PM | No CommentsMIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Celebrity stylist Carlos Vera created the look for the popular TV presenter and former beauty queen Alejandra Espinoza for the fashion show of the latest swimsuit collection by “No Strings...
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Pitbull to Receive BMI President’s Award at 19th Annual BMI Latin Awards
31 January 2012 2:00 PM | No CommentsLOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pitbull will receive the BMI President’s Award at the 19th annual BMI Latin Awards slated for March 30 at the Encore Wynn Las Vegas. The private ceremony salutes the...
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DIY Network Launches “The Bronson Pinchot Project” With TV and Film Star Turned Restoration House-Aholic Bronson Pinchot
30 January 2012 4:49 PM | No CommentsNEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–From Beverly Hills, Calif. to small-town Harford, Pa., Bronson Pinchot lets viewers in on his little known secret. When he is not in front of the camera in Hollywood,...
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Jamba Juice CEO James D. White to Appear on the Nationally Syndicated TV Show “Black Enterprise Business Report” on January 28 and 29.
27 January 2012 2:00 PM | No CommentsEMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jamba Juice Company (NASDAQ: JMBA) announced today that its Chairman, President, and CEO, James D. White, will appear on the January 28 and 29 “Powerplayer” segment of the nationally...
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Comcast’s Tunerfish adds social media check-ins to your TV watching
Posted on May 24, 2010 | No CommentsComcast's Plaxo acquisition has borne fruit beyond its social media address book roots with Tunerfish, aimed at pulling social networking features and TV into one website. Currently in closed alpha, it lets TV watchers note what they're watching and share with others, Foursquare style. No word on what being "mayor" of Chuck gets you (if it's not a discount at Subway we'll be disappointed) but the idea is to be able to keep an eye on what's trending amongst the larger pool of viewers or just your friends (who, presumably, have similar tastes. Of course there's Facebook and Twitter integration, and an iPhone app will be available when the beta launches in the next few weeks. Notably absent at this time is any Comcast branding, so it should be wide open no matter where you get your TV broadcasts from, but given the company's interests in bringing together internet and TV we wouldn't be surprised to see some Xfinity labeling work its way in sooner or later. Check out an epic 35-minute video interview with Robert Scoble (embedded after the break, demo starts about 10 minutes in) for more info, or just go ahead and sign up for the latest updates on the official site. It's like we always say -- if your followers & friends didn't want to know what you were doing every second of every day, then why did they add you in the first place?
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Comcast's Tunerfish adds social media check-ins to your TV watching originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 24 May 2010 20:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jinni Taste Engine for TV and movies envisioned as a Google TV app
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No CommentsWondering what an app built for Google TV looks like? Jinni showed out at the Cable Labs winter conference with its metadata based search engine, and now it's letting people see what it could do on a Google TV device. It works either through "semantic search" based on understanding queries like "smart love story" and also pulls up social recommendations and personalized recommendations once it's
stalkedgotten to know you. as is all the rage these days, it can pull in content from several online sources like Netflix, Hulu and iTunes. It compares well to the TotalGuide from Rovi mentioned in our roundup, we'll see what hits the big screens first, and through what delivery method.
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Jinni Taste Engine for TV and movies envisioned as a Google TV app originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 21 May 2010 16:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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U-Verse updates Total Home DVR, Yellow Pages app features
Posted on May 20, 2010 | No CommentsIt looks like U-verse customers won't be left out of all the set-top box upgrade madness going around lately, as AT&T has announced two upgrades on the way for the services. Total Home DVR users will get more was to customize their recording settings with a Series Priority option to help resolve any programming conflicts four tuners can't take care of, a Keep At Most feature to specify how many episodes of a particular program to keep and Series Delete to remove an entire series with one stroke. The Yellow Pages TV App has also been upgraded, beyond just letting viewers search local business info on their TV, there's now a "Make a Call" button to automatically ring the business from their home or mobile phone. Still waiting for mobile program downloads? So are we.
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U-Verse updates Total Home DVR, Yellow Pages app features originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 20 May 2010 10:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comcast Xfinity iPad remote app changes channels and invites friends to watch RHONY
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsComcast CEO Brian Roberts just hit the stage at The Cable Show and displayed the company's prototype iPad app, the Xfinity Remote. At least so far it doesn't appear to let you stream television programs directly to Apple's media consumption device, but it does let you turn it into a TV guide browser and remote for your set-top box that outpaces even its already released iPhone prog. They pulled in G4's Kevin Pereira for the quick video demo (embedded after the break) highlighting not only the remote DVR scheduling but also a social feature that lets you invite friends to watch live TV with you -- as long as they have Comcast, and the app, and an iPad. Of course, the innovation we'd like to see is a new UI for our cable boxes like the one shown on the iPad... or the one we saw a few years ago. So far the reaction to Facebook and Twitter chat on the screen via widgets has been mild at best, but social tie ins to another screen could be just what our Real Housewives of New York viewing parties need.
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Comcast Xfinity iPad remote app changes channels and invites friends to watch RHONY originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 15:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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YouTube access returning to (some) Popcorn Hour boxes
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsLooks like Google and Syabas have worked out the issues that led to YouTube being pulled from Popcorn Hour media streamers last year, resulting in the site coming back to the A-200 and C-200 boxes and will be available on the Popbox at launch. It's limited to the hardware that are capable of running Flash, which Google notes as the key differentiation in their new TOS and will unfortunately keep out A-100/A-110s that could only handle an HTML version of the site. The YouTube app should show up right next to Revision3 and the others, go ahead and update those media streamer comparison charts we know you've been keeping handy.
YouTube access returning to (some) Popcorn Hour boxes originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 07 May 2010 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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