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The Super Bowl Gave the Web the Night Off

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4 at 11:23 am PT

Turns out a lot of you like to watch a single screen, after all.

Super Bowl Eyeballs Up a Bit, Super Bowl Chatter Up a Lot

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4 at 7:36 am PT

Blabbing on Twitter and Facebook is up 2x. But it’s hard to prove what that means for viewership.

Check Off Another Check-In Company: Dijit Buys Miso

Peter Kafka in Media on February 1 at 11:47 am PT

Probably a feature, not a business.

Election Night Was a Second Screen Extravaganza

Peter Kafka in Media on November 15, 2012 at 12:39 pm PT

Did you watch the returns with a remote in one hand and an iPhone in another? You had lots of company.

A Second Screen You Can’t Not Watch: Bravo’s “Play Live” Adds Polls, Games to All Its Shows

Peter Kafka in Media on October 22, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Another take on “second screen” apps from the Comcast cable channel. The new twist here: Live games, on your TV screen, that everyone’s going to see, whether they’re playing or not.

What if Social TV Is Less Social Than We Think?

Peter Kafka in Media on October 3, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

“Social TV” service GetGlue says it’s now rivaling Twitter when it comes to certain kinds of TV shows. But it may be that many of us are happy not to chat about TV shows at all.

Near-Record Ratings for the Grammys. CBS Credits the Web.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 13, 2012 at 1:31 pm PT

Forty million viewers, up 50 percent from last year. CBS takes a bow, and points to Twitter and Facebook, too.

Flingo Gets $7 Million for a Second-Screen Bet

Peter Kafka in Media on February 7, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Ashwin Navin used to run BitTorrent. Now he’s making another stab at video, this time with help from August Capital.

A Super Social Bowl

Peter Kafka in Media on February 5, 2012 at 8:32 pm PT

You watched the game on the big screen, and you typed and read on a smaller one. Which is exactly what Twitter and Facebook were hoping for.