Tag Archives: SecondScreen

Xbox One SmartGlass brings more control, content to companion devices

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Microsoft’s Xbox One is promising even more second-screen support than we saw on the Xbox 360. An improvement of the SmartGlass integration we’ve seen pop up on the Xbox 360, Microsoft says it can make your mobile device feel like it was “built” t…


Netflix for iOS gets new post-play features for uninterrupted series-watching

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It’s just been a few weeks since Netflix for iOS was suited with a novel audio menu and episode selector, but the app has now already reached version 4.1. While this particular release isn’t as major as, say, v2.0, some of the post-play features t…


Samsung acquires MOVL to bolster its multi-screen TV efforts

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Samsung’s desire for deep integration of TV services was painstakingly obvious when it unveiled the Galaxy S 4′s WatchON feature. However, that may prove to be just the tip of the televisual iceberg: it’s buying MOVL, the developer of Samsung’s ow…


NextGuide iPad app update adds second-screen content for USA Network

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If you’re constantly on the lookout for more second screen apps to enhance your television viewing experience and you happen to be a big fan of Psych, NextGuide’s newly minted integration with the USA Network might be right up your alley. In its l…


NBC plans ‘The Million Second Quiz,’ a twelve-day, 24 / 7 game show

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Second screen experiences connected to TV shows haven’t exactly set the world on fire, but NBC will give it another try with a new game show this fall. The Million Second Quiz is being promoted as a non-stop, twelve day trivia game with an “unprec…


Discovery, TLC apps for iPad add ‘Plus’ second screen experience

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While Discovery and TLC have offered some show-specific second screen content before, the latest updates to their apps put a new spin on it. Referred to as Discovery Plus and TLC Plus, the new features are currently iPad-only (coming soon to iPhon…


Xbox SmartGlass now available on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets

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Amazon’s just updated its Appstore today with a much welcome offering for avid gamers: Xbox SmartGlass. Microsoft’s app-based second screen solution has been available on iOS and Android since late last fall, but despite sharing a kernel with Goog…


Prometheus Blu-ray specs unveiled, arrives with seven hours of extras October 9th (video)

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While Ridley Scott’s latest flick is already available on just about every downloadable movie store you could name, Prometheus is still a few weeks away from making its debut on disc and now Fox has officially released all the details. The extras lis…


Sky Sports for iPad update brings second screen to UEFA Champions League, Ryder Cup

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When you’re rooting for your team, one screen is never enough. Sky Sports knows this, and knows it quite well it seems. Hence why the UK Satellite giant is rolling out more of it via its iPad app. Now, as promised, the UEFA Champions League and 2012 …


Verizon survey reveals FiOS Companion Android tablet, aka the Motorola Corvair

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While it hasn’t actually started to roll out yet, one of our readers sent in pics of a Verizon FiOS survey gauging reactions to a new device that “may be available in the future” as the FiOS Companion tablet. As described in the survey, it’s a WiFi-c…