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News Byte

Q: How Does IMDB Follow Up a Hit App? A: With a Trivia App.

in Media on September 27, 2011 at 5:22 am PT

IMDB’s first mobile effort was a hit — the company says that 15 million Apple iOS users and 10 million Google Android users have downloaded the app since 2009. So here’s the next effort from Amazon’s movie database site: A trivia game. IMDB says 25 million users access the service from phones each month, either via apps or its mobile site.

IntoNow: It's Like Shazam Plus Foursquare for TV

in Social on January 31, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

IntoNow, a new iOS app launching today, identifies television programs by just hearing snippets from them.

Exclusive: TMS Acquires Online Video Guide CastTV

in Social on December 16, 2010 at 9:37 am PT

Online video search start-up CastTV has been acquired by Tribune Media Services, the entertainment guide metadata provider.

Top iOS Apps of 2010: Flipboard, Hipstamatic, Plants Vs. Zombies and Osmos

in Mobile on December 9, 2010 at 3:45 pm PT

Just nine days into December and the “Best of 2010? lists are already piling up like early snow. The latest, Apple’s iTunes Rewind, highlights the store’s most popular content of the year and, while its lists of music and movies are certainly worth a look, its breakdown of popular iOS apps is most interesting.
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Windows Phone 7: There’s an App for Some of That

in News on October 11, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

How many Windows Phone 7 apps will be available when the first devices running the OS ship? Microsoft refuses to say, but I’m told it will be plenty. Or, as one exec told me, “enough.”

Another Trailer Site? Sure: Metacafe Launches a Trailer Park.

in Media on May 25, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

How do you survive in online video if you don’t have YouTube’s scale or Hulu’s content? Find a specialty. Metacafe promises to create a better version of Amazon’s IMDB.

MySpace and News Corp. Eye Flixster (But for What?)

in News on December 14, 2009 at 5:12 pm PT

Now that the digital equivalent of a super-vac, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta, has sucked up some decent music start-ups–Imeem and iLike–for a song, to bolster the social networking site’s efforts to expand into an entertainment portal, what’s next? According to several sources, the News Corp. unit has turned its omnivorous attentions to Flixster, the popular social networking site for movies. Whether this is an acquisition or more of a larger partnership deal with News Corp. digital entertainment sites is unclear. Several sources said a purchase was a possibility, while others talked about a more complex deal that did not necessarily mean a purchase.
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Flixster for Sale (Again)?

in News on December 4, 2007 at 1:49 am PT

Yesterday, a source told me that Flixster, the fast-growing social network for movie lovers, was back in talks to be bought by Barry Diller’s InterActiveCorp. Those IAC-Flixster rumors flew about a month ago and were entirely true. But no deal, it seems. IAC has apparently found the price too high, according to other sources. But, [...]