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MSNBC.com and Zumobi are launching an iPhone and iPod touch application for “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The free application will give consumers access to photos and video from segments such as “Ms. Information” and “Rachel Re:,” as well as Ms. Maddow’s Twitter updates. It can be downloaded here . “Rachel...
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Buoyed by rapid growth for its online and mobile audiences, cable’s E! Entertainment Television plans to launch a free app for the iPhone and the Google Android phone this week. More apps, the downloadable programs that let cell phones access information feeds, play video and perform other functions...
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“Today” has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free application, which is available here , offers videos, top stories and photos from “Today’s” interviews and segments. The application is presented by the Zumobi Network and Todayshow.com.
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Television networks, Web shows and movie studios alike are rushing to develop iPhone applications, but could we be approaching app burnout? Daisy Whitney asks that question in the “New Media Minute.” This week alone iPhone users were treated to new apps from History Channel, “Dad Labs” and the movie...
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Less than one month after Hulu pulled its content from the web-to-TV service, Boxee has started fighting back with a pair of new deals for content and distribution. At the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, Boxee announced that it’s now offering 20 to 30 shows from online video service blip.tv...
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VH1 is the latest cable programmer to launch an iPhone application, with the news today that it’s rolling out celebrity photos and show clips this month to the popular cell phone. VH1’s effort follows iPhone app introductions earlier this week by cable networks TNT, Sci Fi and A&E. The iPhone App...
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Sci Fi Channel has unveiled a “Battlestar Galactica” Cylon Detector application for the Apple App Store. The Cylon Detector app lets users take new or stored pictures and “scan” them. The subject’s face will appear in a “Battlestar” scene with a “Cylon” or “Human” verdict, which then can be sent to a...
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The frequent use of Apple’s iPhone to view mobile video is spurring television networks to develop new programs, services and features for Internet-enabled cell phones, or “smartphones.” NBC Universal and MTV Networks are among the media companies that are working to capitalize on the iPhone-stoked demand...
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Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Dora the Explorer” and “iCarly.” Users will be challenged to match shapes, count numbers and practice the alphabet through a “Dora the Explorer” application game launching in March...
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Could our proclivity to text message be a proxy for our budding interest in mobile video? Cyriac Roeding thinks so. The former head of CBS Mobile and now the entrepreneur in residence at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, one of the most prestigious venture-capital firms in the world, believes the...
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The intuitive displays and Web connectivity of the iPhone are influencing the design of television sets. Some of the biggest and flashiest TV displays at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week seemed to channel the spirit of the iPhone, and the new gadgets reflect another step toward the...
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Last week ABC News started offering text and video reports from the network and its owned stations for free on iPhones, joining CBS News, which lets citizen journalists upload videos of news on the street using their iPhones with the Eyemobile application. One of the reasons news organizations are targeting...
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In the new season of “Lost” premiering Jan. 21, expect a lawyer to show up at the home of Kate Austen and demand a sample of blood. Someone—he can’t say who—wants to know if Kate is actually related to her son Aaron. If you want to know more, you’ll have to tune in, but those details were...
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Television technology provider Sling Media will introduce a version of its service for iPhones this quarter, the company announced today at MacWorld in San Francisco. The SlingPlayer Mobile allows users to access their home TV experience, including local channels, video-on-demand and programs on the...
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The National Association of Television Program Executives will present two content panels at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this week. The panels, which mark NATPE’s first foray into presenting panels at MacWorld, will offer first looks at new interactive mobile video technologies...