As the on-track action heats up with NASCAR's postseason set to begin, NASCAR, Sprint and Turner Sports announced on Thursday the launch of the sport's first
official app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile App allows fans to follow their favorite drivers and stay on top of all the Chase for the Sprint Cup race action, including access to race day content, schedules, standings, breaking news and more.
iPhone customers with a Sprint Unlimited Data Plan will have access to extra features, including:
-- Live MRN and PRN race radio broadcasts
-- Live in-car audio for all 43 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers
-- Live RaceBuddy in-car video and track camera views
The Chase for the Sprint Cup? This week's race? Check out the up-to-date predictions.
See the latest prediction-- Live NASCAR on SPEED broadcasts including live Qualifying, Practice and favorite trackside shows such as NASCAR RaceDay
-- Live in-race highlights and alerts
-- Live post-race press conferences
-- Real-time leaderboards and Pit Pass telemetry data
"Fan engagement during the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is significantly elevated each and every season as the championship battle unfolds and ultimately culminates at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November," said Marc Jenkins, NASCAR vice president of digital media. "With NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile now available for the iPhone for the first time ever, fans will get a customized experience, bringing them closer to the racing action than ever before."
The popular NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile App provides fans with 24/7 access to all things NASCAR.
"NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile is an absolute must-have app for any NASCAR fan," said Tim Considine, director Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Sprint. "The application puts you right in the middle of the action as it turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a race scanner each weekend. It's the perfect time for fans to download it as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is about to begin."
"Turner Sports has more than a decade of experience with the NASCAR fan, and we've applied it all in this new NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile App," said Justin Williams, Turner Sports senior director of business operations for NASCAR.COM. "The collaboration with our partners at Sprint and NASCAR has produced a great experience for iPhone and iPod Touch users."
NASCAR's digital rights including NASCAR.COM, the official online destination of NASCAR which provides racing enthusiasts with an all-inclusive offering of engaging content including fantasy games, video highlights, social elements and in-depth editorial content, are currently managed by Turner Sports. As part of a restructured partnership announced earlier this year, Turner Sports remains the exclusive sales agent across the NASCAR Digital Media platform through 2016 while NASCAR assumes operational control on Jan. 1, 2013 of its interactive, digital and social media rights and all related platforms.
As part of that two-year digital partnership extension, Turner Sports remains the exclusive sales agent across the NASCAR Digital Media Platform through 2016.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
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Marketing Week is reporting that Topshop has added a Fashion Week Facebook App that allows fans to purchase products directly from a live stream of its London Fashion Week catwalk show.
The “shoot the show” camera app to allows fans to capture moments of the live streamed Topshop catwalk show “as if they were sitting in the front row”. The clips can then be personalised and shared on Facebook.
The app is integrated with e-commerce functionality so that all products used in the catwalk show including clothes, beauty and styling products and the music used will be available to buy directly from the live stream and Topshop online.
The campaign also includes a Twitter “Tweet off” competition inviting fashionistas to review the collection in one tweet to win tickets to Topshop’s next catwalk show. All tweets will be screened on Topshop.com.
The fashion chain says the initiative for its spring summer 2013 London Fashion Week show is the first social app of its kind and describes it as its “most advanced immersive and engaging social experience”.
This season, the British retailer will livestream its “Unique” spring/summer 2013 show on its website and give customers a chance to purchase up to six pieces from the collection immediately afterwards.
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Microsoft, announced today that it has teamed up with Shazam, the world’s leading media engagement company, to make its new television ad campaign for Internet Explorer Shazam-enabled. Starting today, when people see the ‘Beauty of the Web’ advert featuring the track ‘Too Close’ by musician Alex Clare, they can use the Shazam App to interact with the ad.
The 30- and 60-second ads include a Shazam on-air prompt to let people know they can use the popular app to view exclusive live performances and interviews with Alex Clare as well as enter a competition to see him perform live at London’s KOKO.
Paul Davies, Microsoft Head of Consumer Marketing says:
“We’re confident that by leveraging Shazam’s reach of more than 11 million people in the UK we will continue to strengthen Internet Explorer’s position as the browser that truly enables people to experience the web in all its beauty. The campaign will build on the growing success of the Internet Explorer brand and show users that Internet Explorer is the best way to experience their favourite sites.”
“Microsoft is a great advertising partner, working collaboratively with us to create an engaging experience. The new Internet Explorer campaign marks another great implementation of the Shazam for TV™ service in the UK,” said Miles Lewis, Shazam’s VP Advertising Sales for Europe. “In fact, earlier this year, people were already using Shazam with the ad campaign to identify Alex Clare, the artist featured in the campaign. They drove Clare to the top of the Shazam Tag Charts in the US and UK, and boosted him in the national charts, as well.”
The campaign was planned by media agency UM London, with creative handled by Wunderman. Spanning out-of-home, digital, TV and print, the campaign aims to showcase the fast, clean and beautiful web experience offered by Internet Explorer.
Adam Morton, Group Business Director at UM London, said:
Add a comment Add a comment“Teaming up with Shazam allows us to deliver a more engaging and interactive ad experience, in an age where consumers are demanding more personalised content and the norm is now watching TV with the a second screen – a smartphone or tablet. It also taps into our audience’s passion for music, and reflects the innovation offered by Internet Explorer itself.”
Facebook has been an unofficial source in the past for fans of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” to recommend their picks for guest hosts, as in the case of Betty White in May 2010, according to AllFacebook online and now the show wants to make it official, posting a note on its website urging fans to submit their suggestions via Facebook and Twitter.
The note on the “SNL” page said the show’s staffers will designate one day per month for suggestions via Facebook on Twitter. Here is the full text:
Hey everybody! We’ve been noticing that a lot of our followers on Facebook and Twitter have been suggesting performers who they think would make great hosts and musical guests for our show. And some of the suggestions have been so amazing that we here in the Web world want to keep better track of what you’re saying so that we can pass it along to our producers. So once a month, we’ll chose a day and open the floor to your suggestions on Facebook and Twitter. If you’re on Facebook, you can simply leave a comment on our “Suggestion” post, and if you’re on Twitter, tweet us your suggestion on the designated day with the hashtag #SNLHost or #SNLMusic. And please, stick to the designated days. It will make your suggestions so much easier to track and keep our feeds open on “non-suggestion” days to other interactions with all you wonderful people. Thanks! Can’t wait to hear from you all!
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Alki David, Founder and CEO of FilmOn.tv Networks has launched the company’s first over-the-air "primary channel" in the LA market place. FilmOn.tv LA (KiLM Channel 64) is being carried on all major cable platforms in Los Angeles including Time Warner, Dish Network, DIRECTV, etc.
The programming fare for the new channel includes an exciting variety of live and interactive shows starring Ice-T, Mike “The Situation,” comedian Andy Dick and Kato Kaelin. Sports aficionados will enjoy UFC action and other unique television viewing experiences in the form of the ground breaking series, Battlecam, an interactive program where the viewer becomes the star of the show LIVE via their internet connection and webcam. The complete programming line-up can be seen in the attached file.
Filmon’s CEO and Founder Alki David said
"FilmOn.tv LA (KiLM Channel 64) is the last piece of the puzzle for FilmOn.tv. This is true interactive television where the audience gets to vote and interact by webcam or mobile phone. FilmOn.tv LA is currently available in 5.6 Million homes in the Los Angeles and surrounding markets. We will also launch FilmOn in other major cities later this year as well as on Satellite. I expect by the end of next year to be available in a good percentage of the Cable Universe and OTA in the USA as well as major international territories.”
The station will join FilmOn.com’s subscription based lineup of over 160 Channels and Video On Demand titles, as well as its buzzing online Community TV Network made up of over 1,500 amateur channels. FilmOn’s technology allows would-be broadcasters to create their own Channel from home using their webcam and the proprietary FilmOn technology.
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DIRECTV is now offering its customers live programming through its own
iPad® App, no matter where they are. Beginning today, the
programming lineup from DIRECTV's 24/7 exclusive Audience Network, including
tonight's series finale of the critically-acclaimed legal thriller Damages,
can be live streamed either inside or outside the home.
In addition to Damages, DIRECTV's exclusive Audience Network has a stellar fall lineup of exclusive series and award-winning documentaries, including the premiere of Something to Talk About, a series of socially and culturally relevant documentaries that will premiere in October; the late-night sports comedy show, The Nick and Artie Show, featuring comedians Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange; and exclusive series like Call Me Fitz featuring Jason Priestly, which premieres on Sept. 25.
"Our customers want access to their programming anytime and anywhere they can get it, which is why it was so important for us to take the first step toward offering live TV streaming outside of the home with our own network through our DIRECTV™ iPad® App," said Tony Goncalves, senior vice president of Digital Entertainment Products for DIRECTV. "And with the addition of the iPhone® and Android platforms coming soon, there will be even more ways for them to experience the exclusive programming available on the Audience Network. We hope our leadership will encourage more programmers to make content available for streaming live TV both in and out-of-home."
The out-of-home live TV streaming feature is available to all DIRECTV customers at no additional cost, through the DIRECTV™ iPad® App and does not require any additional hardware. The service will be available on the iPhone® in October and Android devices by the end of the year.
DIRECTV broadband connected customers also have the ability to watch live TV channels on their iPad® from the convenience of anywhere inside their home. The in-home live TV streaming features more than 50 channels* from top-rated networks, turning the iPad® into a portable TV. The service requires an HD DVR connected to the Internet (Model R22, HR20, or higher) and must be on the same wireless home network as the HD DVR. For more information on live TV streaming and the Audience Network please visit, www.directv.com.
*Available programming corresponds to package selection and is subject to change at any time.
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The UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed
Vaizey, today launched the DTG's Future of Innovation in Television
Technology Taskforce.
Speaking at the launch Ed Vaizey MP said:
"The principal strength of the UK global television business is the domestic market and consumers' high expectations; a legacy of a robust public service broadcasting ethos combined with a competitive pay-tv market and an insatiable appetite for consumer electronics. Together these provide a valuable test bed for new technologies and ways of consuming media—and act as a catalyst for innovation. The UK has a long list of world firsts in television areas as diverse as information services like teletext, interactive TV like the red button, and on-demand services like BBC iPlayer."
"The UK television industry is proud of this long history of international collaboration and the weight of its contribution to the development of television technology worldwide and we need to ensure that this is supported by a capable and evolving digital infrastructure, with the right skills, that is accessible to all and sits in a regulatory environment that recognises and supports its value to the wider UK economy and wealth creation."
Chaired by Chairman of the DTG, David Docherty, and comprised of a small group of experts and thought leaders drawn from the content and technology sectors, the Taskforce will define the measures that should be implemented to leverage the UK's track record of innovating in television technology, in order to deliver sustainable UK economic growth.
Commenting on the Taskforce, Ed Vaizey MP said:
"I welcome this work under the leadership of David Docherty at the Digital TV Group, who have done so much to support this innovation already. I hope that the taskforce's conclusions prove thought provoking and come up with a number of practical recommendations.
The UK has a long history of inventing but not capitalising on the long term market value of innovation; this will undoubtedly be one of the greater challenges for the Taskforce to resolve."
The Taskforce will also build on the work of the DTG's D-Book 7: the technical specification for Freeview HD and Connected TV. Based on the European connected TV standard HbbTV, the D-Book includes extensions for enhanced graphics, metadata, measurement and MHEG (red button) coexistence to bring it up to speed with the rapid development of UK technology.
The Taskforce's key findings and proposed solutions will be presented to industry at the DTG Summit in 2013.
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Arbitron and comScore announced
an agreement to develop the first-ever five-platform measurement
initiative that would provide an unparalleled view of changing
consumption of video, audio and displ ay content across radio,
television, PCs, smartphones and tablets.
This initiative would provide persons-level insights by integrating the complementary resources of both companies—the census and panel-based PC, mobile and TV set-top box measurement capabilities of comScore along with enhanced, single-source, multiplatform measurement capabilities of the Arbitron Portable People MeterTM (PPM®) technology.
ESPN, which has been an industry leader in the adoption and development of cross-platform audience research through its ESPN XP initiative, will collaborate on the design of this initiative as its charter client. The unprecedented size and scope of the project is being driven by the multiplatform measurement requirements of ESPN, which delivers video, audio and display content via television (both in-home and out-of-home), online and mobile video, PC web, mobile web, apps, tablets, digital audio and terrestrial radio.
This initiative lays the foundation for a national-scale, continuously operating, syndicated cross-platform measurement solution for the media and marketing industries. The goal is to produce common metrics across all platforms at the scale and granularity required by both content providers and advertisers, and to demonstrate the audience reach and duplication of each media platform.
Current plans are to develop a service offering that would be available to all media companies, advertisers and advertising agencies that wish to understand and measure the audience size, composition and impact of media content and marketing efforts as listened to and viewed across multiple platforms.
“The real value to this project from a media buying perspective is that the way consumers are using media will now be reflected in the way advertisers can invest in media,” said Ed Erhardt, president of ESPN Global Customer Marketing and Sales. “Making the measurement more complete makes the advertising more effective, which is a win for all parties involved.”
Added Joan FitzGerald, comScore VP of TV & Cross-Media Solutions:
“ESPN represents an ideal collaborator as we develop this product given its established brand presence across media channels. Together with Arbitron, we look forward to shedding new light on how audiences behave in a multiplatform environment to help propel the industry forward as we seek to understand how media content and advertising across multiple platforms builds audiences.”
Manish Bhatia, Executive Vice President, New Product Innovation, Arbitron Inc., said:
"ESPN initiated this effort and helped bring Arbitron and comScore together with the goal of advancing cross-platform research from a special project to a standing industry-wide practice. This solution blends the depth of insights that comes from census-based data with the unduplicated persons-level information across platforms that comes from a single-source panel–it's an ideal marriage of the available data sources.”
According to Artie Bulgrin, Senior Vice President, Research and Analytics, ESPN:
“As a member of CIMM, we were impressed by the multiplatform tests conducted by Arbitron and comScore this past year. Their unique, complementary capabilities form a strong foundation to build a sustainable multiplatform measurement model with scale–a model that can serve the needs of ESPN today and the industry going forward. Our role is to get things started.”
ESPN, comScore and Arbitron are planning a series of events on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the upcoming Advertising Week in New York to introduce the details of the initiative to the industry.
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Accedo,
market-leading enabler of TV application solutions, today announced that
its Accedo Application Sphere® solution has been chosen by Deutsche
Telekom to power the recently launched TV Apps on Entertain in Germany.
Accedo Application Sphere®, which was awarded “Outstanding Technology
Innovation” at the annual Connected TV Awards earlier this year,
provides a powerful, cloud based, scalable and open application
management platform. It provides attractive administrative tools to
manage applications for multiple platforms and devices.
“We are proud to have been selected by Deutsche Telekom as their partner for their new Entertain TV Apps offering,” commented Michael Lantz, CEO, Accedo. “Accedo Application Sphere® fulfils the requirements from tier 1 service providers like Deutsche Telekom. We’re excited to work with Deutsche Telekom to provide the next generation application experience for TV.”
The Entertain TV Apps are available on the Microsoft Mediaroom platform and was launched to consumers at the IFA show in Berlin beginning of September.
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The Appsters Awards
has unveiled its 2012 shortlist, following a massive response from the
industry across 12 categories of first class app innovation, razor sharp
business instinct and super-human creative brilliance.
Recognising and celebrating the achievement in the world of multi-platform apps, the Appsters Awards will be a showbiz party occasion for industry high flyers and sharp shooters to celebrate being at the top of one of the fastest growing tech sectors on the planet.
Over 250 nominees applied to be part of this year’s awards, the extremely high standard creating a tough job for the expert judging panel, who will now rate the shortlisted entries to determine the winner in each category.
Additionally, judges will have to select a standout entry from across the competition, a nominee worthy of the crowned the overall Appsters Champion 2012.
Ian Johnson, Apps World & The Appsters founder said: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the response to this year’s call for nominees, and the extremely high standard of entries shows what rude health this industry is in, despite the uncertain economic environment. It’s a really tough job for our judging panel, but that’s the way we like it. I’d like to extend congratulations to our shortlisted entries, and our sincere thanks to everyone who applied.”
Finalists in ‘Best Start-Up App’ have one more hurdle to overcome, when they are asked to pitch their idea to an expert panel in front of a live audience at Apps World on 2 October, day one of the conference.
We are delighted to announce our shortlist below.
Best entertainment app 2012
T@g for Sony PS Vita – Bolster
Sporza Socio – In the pocket
Soundrop
Auto Trader’s Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 – We love mobile
Froobles app – Top That! Publishing
Entrance by AOL
BBC Olympics app
Best enterprise app 2012
Swiftkey Healthcare
Aviva Risk Management Solution app
Nokia Coalface – Bolser
EDGEfolio – Delotte
HSBC Private Bank
Sales Navigator – The Casey Group
Guardian Jobs Facebook app – Net Natives
Event check-in
Best TV app 2012
British Council’s 60 Second World Challenge – Accedo
Samsoku – AppNotize
Star Trek – Capablue
TV App Engine – TV App Agency
Vision TV Network – Vision247
PlayJam
Best payment app 2012
CoreThree
Paywizard – Spriing Digital Agency
Karmaloop – Xtreme Labs
Ster-Kinekor – Prezence Digital
Mvelopes Mobile Bill Pay
Tatty Devine – POQ Studio LTD
Cardease Mobile – Creditcall
Best consumer app 2012
Loky
Predictable – Therapy Box
Tube Map – mxData
London 2012
Wrapp
Caller Lookup – Adaffix
Met Office – Mubaloo
Marks & Spencers
Best use of Location 2012
Runtastic
Is there anybody out there
Banksy London Tour – Gravitywell
T@g for Sony PS Vita – Bolster
Mvelopes Mobile Bill Pay
Halifax Home Finder
Tube Map – mxData
Best start-up app 2012
MyGuide
BrushDJ
MyCoverageChecker
Soundrop
GoldstarSavingsBank
Speaktoit
What’s This?
Best visual design 2012
Shutterstock (iOS)
ColourDNA
Tripease London
Weather Dog
Most innovative app 2012
Avea Communication Services
Blippar
Speech Pathology
drawMD
Snapheal
Moodwall
Mobile marketing agency 2012
Fetch
RGA London
Bolser
Apppli
Trademob
We Love Mobile
App developer of 2012
Apadmi
Apppli
Compsoft
Lightwood Games
Mubaloo
Play Nicely
Oakley Mobile
The Awards ceremony will be held at Kensington’s iconic Roof Gardens venue on the evening of 2 October. Hosted by TV comedian Miles Jupp, the event is part of the Apps World conference, taking place on 2-3 of October at Earls Court 2. You can book your ticket to attend the ceremony and networking party here.
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The digital entertainment provider Mondia Media plans to realize its
On-Demand Video Platform for German viewers of multiple TV stations by
the end of the year. With this new service, viewers of privately-owned
channels will have the possibility to watch missed series and films
online at a later date
Until now, the retrieval of missed programming, also known as ‘Catch up TV’, is only possible in Germany for viewers of the publicly-owned channels ARD and ZDF. Only a few days ago, RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 were blocked from offering this service to their customers on the grounds of competition laws. The name-giver of the so-called “German Hulu”, is the successful American platform ‘Hulu’, which is not available to online visitors with a German IP address. As a worldwide leader in content aggregation and producer of state of the art Audio and Video platforms, Mondia Media has decided to bring about this realization soon, so that all channels in Germany can offer viewers the possibility of watching missed programming.
Volker Glaeser, Chief Operating Officer at Mondia Media said:
”Portals with digital content worldwide are our core business, and so we will bring all our skill and knowledge in this area to develop this new product. We invite all channels – privately-owned as well as publicly-owned – to participate in this project.”
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The Jim Henson Company in conjunction with multi-platform video game
developer N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment has just released an
interactive app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, based on Henson's
preschool series, PAJANIMALS, currently airing in the U.S. on 24-hour
preschool television channel Sprout® and on the new Saturday morning NBC Kids block.
The PAJANIMALS App, an interactive adaptation of the episode "Light in the Sky," lets children join in the fun with their favorite PAJANIMALS characters. Filled with engaging activities that play off of the theme of the episode, as well as charming music and animation, the fully 3D app will extend the reach of the TV series onto iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
"PAJANIMALS has already developed a loyal and enthusiastic fan base among parents and their young children, and now those fans will be able to enjoy interacting with their favorite characters in a whole new way," said Melissa Segal, SVP, Global Consumer Products, The Jim Henson Company. "Our creative relationship with N-Fusion enabled us to deliver an outstanding interactive experience that expands upon the TV show."
"Our goal was to introduce the first PAJANIMALS App in a way that captures the warmth and emotional honesty of the TV series by allowing children and parents to interact with the PAJANIMALS' world in a more personal way," stated Jeff Birns, CEO, N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment Corp. "Having this wonderful set of characters helped us to achieve that."
The PAJANIMALS series follows the amazing adventures of four sweet and gentle characters: Sweetpea Sue the pony, the excitable duck Squacky, the creative cow CowBella and the optimistic puppy Apollo. Through their imaginary journeys, these cuddly musical puppets venture out on amazing adventures of discovery, modeling the skills preschoolers need to move through their days successfully.
Produced in Northern Ireland as a co-production between The Jim Henson Company, Sprout and Northern Ireland's Sixteen South Television, PAJANIMALS has obtained funding assistance from Northern Ireland Screen. The Jim Henson Company's Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford serve as Executive Producers for the series, along with Alex Rockwell and Jeff Muncy. PAJANIMALS was created by Muncy and Rockwell. Andrew Beecham is Executive Producer for Sprout and Sprout's Lisa O'Brien serves as Executive in Charge of Production. Sixteen South's Colin Williams is producer for the series, with Michael and Patty Silversher composing the music. The series airs in the U.S. on Sprout, the 24-hour digital cable channel dedicated to preschoolers. The Jim Henson Company is handling all ancillary use of the property including licensing, video and merchandising.
Fourth Wall Studios’ first multi-platform series, Dirty Work, was
honored to win the Emmy® for Outstanding Creative Achievement in
Interactive Media, Original Interactive Television Programming at the
Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 15th held at the Nokia Theatre LA
Live in Los Angeles. The success of the groundbreaking Dirty Work
series marks the first Emmy® win for Fourth Wall Studios, and the first
time the Academy has given the award to a property created solely for an
online audience.
“We are thrilled Dirty Work has been so well received by audiences and critics,” said Jim Stewartson, CEO and Founder, Fourth Wall Studios. “We are grateful to the Academy for recognizing next-generation storytelling, and we are so excited to have the opportunity to be on the forefront of this rapidly growing category.”
Created by Aaron Shure (The Office), John Newman (Guiding Light) and Zach Schiff-Abrams (Executive Producer, Brothers and Domino), Dirty Work is an irreverent dark comedy about a trio of misfits navigating the after-hours landscape of Los Angeles as they attempt to clean up their lives. The series is produced by Jackie Turnure alongside executive producers Zach Schiff-Abrams, Jim Stewartson, Elan Lee and Sean Stewart. Starring Mary-Lynn Rajskub (24), Hank Harris (Bones, Nip/Tuck), and Jamie Clayton (Hung), the series is directed by Eric Appel (Funny or Die Presents) and written by Aaron Shure and John Newman. September 16, 2012
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