Vanity Fair is reporting that a new sitcom entitled “Friend Me” has just been ordered to series by CBS and will feature characters who work at Groupon. In January, when news first broke of the pilot episode, Groupon denied that it had any involvement in the show, but that’s because it was a one off pilot. Now that the show will be airing weekly, will Groupon need to intervene in some way?
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
Thanks to legal issues, uncooperative networks and other issues, the TV Everywhere concept has gotten off to a slow start. NimbleTV, a budding startup, is out to change that. Their tagline is, “Finally, your live TV from any country, anywhere you go, with unlimited recording.”
Last week we shared a new study that revealed that 80 percent of viewers multitask while watching TV. Today we’ve got an even more surprising multi-media multitasking statistic for you. According to a new study from CTAM, television viewers aged 13 to 34 partake in 4 or 5 other activities on average while watching TV.
Youtoo is more than just a cable TV channel where you can find old TV shows like Batman, Green Hornet and X-Files. It is, as their slogan says, social TV. The release of the new Youtoo iPhone and Youtoo Android apps may also let Youtoo be your ticket to 15 seconds of fame (“15 minutes” of fame is 20th century stuff). A 15 second Fame Spot video can be recorded using an iPhone or Android phone, uploaded to Youtoo and, possibly, shown nationwide on the cable TV channel.
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How long can you go without checking your mobile phone? According to a new study from Razorfish and Yahoo, not many of us can go for very long. In fact, a whopping 80 percent of those surveyed said that they are mobile multitasking while watching TV.
i.TV for the iPhone and iPad has been a well-regarded free TV guide app. It provides local TV show listings, the ability to bookmark favorite shows, schedule TiVo DVR recordings, search for shows online (iTunes, Hulu and Netflix), access to reference information about shows on iMDB and Wikipedia, and news about shows. The current version of i.TV for iOS has a 4.0 average customer rating (out of a possible 5). The good news for people using Android smartphones and tablets is that i.TV is heading to that platform. Even better news is that there is a public beta that can be downloaded and tested right now.
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Popular social TV app GetGlue has released their October stats, including a list of the most popular television shows by check-in. How did your favorite shows measure up?
Social network upstart Google+ has been promoting celebrity activity on its network since it left its private beta testing phase this past summer. While celebrities have been on and using Twitter for a couple of years now, Twitter is not just sitting back passively. They are activity partnering with shows like The X Factor USA and promoting stars who tweet like Hawaii 5-O’s Masi Oka.
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Have you ever seen an online video ad or commercial and thought to yourself, “Eh, I could so much better!” Verisign and .tv are giving you a chance to prove yourself, asking you to submit your own unique commercial for the chance to win $10,000 and other great prizes.
Have you ever wished that you could be friends with the characters from your favorite movies and TV shows in real life? Until recently this was impossible—after all, these characters don’t actually exist outside of the TV shows and movies you love. But SocialSamba is aiming to change all that.
