'Days of our Lives' Launches The DOOL App

Days of our Lives now has an app! As a special gift to their loyal fanbase and as a thank you for their dedication and commitment to the show for over 53 years, NBC's longest-running drama series is excited to announce the launch of The DOOL App.

The DOOL App is a new and free destination where Days of our Lives fans can get more of the show they love! Slated to launch on the show’s 53rd anniversary (Thursday, November 8, 2018) the app will be a unique portal where fans can experience Days as they never have before with more content, games, behind-the-scenes photos/videos, sneak peaks, weekly recaps, and breaking news from the set. The DOOL App is developed by Corday Productions and is the show’s first dive into the digital realm, a first-of-its-kind for a daytime drama series. Designed to be an exciting new way to engage with current fans, re-engage former fans, and attract social media-savvy viewers; the app is a must-have for any Days of our Lives fan.

“We are excited that after more than two years in development, we are now able to offer a free, interactive destination that will provide more fun and fresh content for the fans of Days of our Lives," said Days co-executive producer Greg Meng.

The ultimate superfan platform, The DOOL App will also feature exclusive access to behind the scenes footage, fan-favorite clips from the Days video vault, exclusive/original content, personalized cast sections, a fan Q&A section, and more! Fans can look forward to regularly updated content every week!

DOOLMoji App Launching Thursday, Features Emoji Renders of 'Days of our Lives' Characters

As the show approaches its 52nd anniversary, fans of long-running NBC drama series Days of our Lives will have something else to celebrate this fall. On Thursday, September 21, in commemoration of five thrilling decades on TV, the daytime drama is excited to announce the global launch of the official DOOLMoji app, a first of its kind for a daytime drama series.

“After more than a year developing and fine-tuning the emojis, we are excited to finally release the DOOLMoji app!" says Greg Meng, Co-Executive Producer, Days of our Lives and Executive in Charge of Production, Corday Productions Inc.. "We've created this for our family of passionate and loyal fans to use to express their thoughts and feelings about their favorite soap—whether they’re loving it or loving to hate it!”

The DOOLMoji app, developed by Corday Productions, is the show’s first dive into the digital realm with more to come. The DOOLMojis have been created as an exciting new way for fans to communicate with each other and with the show via social media platforms as well as through text messaging apps and SMS. Days of our Lives is the first daytime television series to create emoji renders of its characters in an effort to enhance interaction with its passionate fanbase. With additional emojis releasing later this year, the first collection of emojis will include depictions of many fan-favorite characters such as, Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso), John Black (Drake Hogestyn), Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow), Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering), Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn), and Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves), as well as much anticipated returns including Will Horton (Chandler Massey) and Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney). In addition to show characters, the app will also feature emojis of memorable moments, objects, and symbols including: the infamous Sami/Carrie b*tchslap of 1997 and Marlena’s levitation of 1994.

Disney Acquires Maker Studios

Furthering its goal of bringing content to consumers on all the platforms they prefer, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Maker Studios, the leading network of online video content on YouTube.

Maker Studios shareholders will receive total consideration of $500 million, and a performance-linked earn-out of up to $450 million if the strong performance targets are met.

With more than 55,000 channels, 380 million subscribers and 5.5 billion views per month on YouTube, Maker has established itself as the top online video network for Millennials. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Last summer Maker Studios acquired Blip where episodes of WE LOVE SOAPS TV air).

DISH Enhances TV Control with Updates to DISH Explorer App

In response to consumer input, DISH added new functionality to its second-screen iPad app, DISH Explorer, giving customers using the Hopper™ Whole-Home HD DVR the ability to control the TV’s volume and power from their iPad. The app update, available immediately in the iTunes store, also brings users personalized program recommendations based on viewing habits.

Launched in 2013, DISH Explorer is a second-screen app that combines program-discovery tools, social media engagement and remote-control capabilities on the iPad. By highlighting the most popular programs on TV using real-time TV viewing trends and its integration with Facebook and Twitter, consumers have a more intuitive and social TV experience.

Amazon vs. Netflix: The Fight of the Century? (Infographic)

Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, has seen DVD sales plummet as consumers clamor for downloadable and streaming content. As a result, the company is pushing its Prime Instant Video, which, similar to Netflix, offers commercial-free shows and movies at the viewer’s whim. Now these two are bidding against each other for content and producing their own original shows. Who's got the upper hand? The infographic below breaks it down:


Source: Business-Management-Degree.net

Users Must "Verify To Watch" ABC and ABC Family Episodes Online Starting Today

Starting today, in order to watch an episode of GENERAL HOSPITAL online ABC requires uses to "verify your TV provider to watch ABC programming at no additional cost."

ABC's WATCH ABC website and app now requires users to "sign in with a participating TV service provider account to view the most recent episode of your favorite ABC shows." WATCH ABC lets you view the ABC network live or on demand on various devices like smartphones, tablets, and your computer.

Disney/ABC Adding "WATCH ABC Family" Service Starting January 6

Disney/ABC Television Group announced today that the new "WATCH ABC Family" authenticated service will launch on Monday, January 6, 2014. Similar to DATG's WATCH ABC and suite of WATCH DISNEY services, the new WATCH ABC Family offering will allow viewers with participating TV subscription services access to 24/7 live viewing of the network, as well as continued on demand access to such popular series as PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, THE FOSTERS and RAVENSWOOD at home and on the go via a wide array of devices.

WATCH ABC Will Require Users To Sign In Starting Jan. 6

Starting January 6 ABC's WATCH ABC website and app will require users to "sign in with a participating TV service provider account to view the most recent episode of your favorite ABC shows." WATCH ABC lets you view the ABC network live or on demand on various devices like smartphones, tablets, and your computer.

Currently the supported providers are as follows.

* AT&T U-verse
* Cablevision Optimum
* Charter
* Comcast XFINITY
* Cox Communications

ABC Family Launches the Pretty Little Answer Ball Facebook App

Photo Credit: ABC Family

To get PRETTY LITTLE LIARS fans ready for the series return on January 7th, ABC Family is launching the Pretty Little Answer Ball Facebook App. Starting Tuesday, December 24th, and running through January 7th, fans will be able to visit the PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Facebook page to unlock special content each day. After interacting with the answer ball, fans will automatically be entered for a chance to win a grand-prize trip to Los Angeles for a PRETTY LITTLE LIARS set visit.

CBS Expands Full-Episode Streaming App to Android and Windows 8

CBS Interactive today announced its popular CBS App, offering full-episode streaming of the CBS Television Network's programming, is now available for Android and Windows 8* users and will be coming to BlackBerry 10 before the end of the year.

This fall, the CBS App will offer fans more programming than ever before for catch-up viewing, including every episode of CBS's new and returning primetime entertainment series eight days after broadcast. In addition, the app will offer episodes of many classic CBS shows like MACGYVER, STAR TREK and PERRY MASON.

Showtime Networks and LG Electronics Launch In-Program Interactivity for Smart TVs

Showtime Networks has joined forces with Smart TV leader LG Electronics to use LG's "LivePlus" technology to deliver the SHO Sync app on 2012 and 2013 Internet-connected TVs, giving viewers nationwide a new way to interact with their favorite SHOWTIME series, including the eighth and final season of DEXTER and the network's newest hit series, the critically-acclaimed RAY DONOVAN.

Showtime Networks and LG are the first to advance the capabilities of Smart TVs to provide viewers with a synchronized, interactive experience for television programming. The LivePlus synchronous content platform allows broadcasters, cable networks and other program providers to enhance viewers' TV experience by automatically delivering content to internet-connected Smart TVs without the need to install or download anything.

Syfy Launches "Syfy Now" App as Part of NBCUniversal's TV Everywhere Initiative

Today, Syfy reveals the launch of the new Syfy Now App for iPhone, iPad and iTouch as part of NBCUniversal's TV Everywhere cross-portfolio rollout. The app, available for download through Apple's App Store, gives authenticated TV viewers on-the-go access to original Syfy series content the day after air. Syfy is the second cable entertainment network within NBCUniversal to provide this offering - with all cable networks soon to follow - which marks an important step in the company's long-term strategy to provide both viewers and marketers a user friendly way to engage with its content on multiple platforms.

Google Unveils Chromecast: HDMI Dongle Connects TVs To Chrome, Android And iOS

Google took the wraps off of the Chromecast today, a small and affordable ($35) device that you simply plug in to your high-definition (HD) TV, and it allows you to use your phone, tablet or laptop to "cast" online content to your TV screen. It works with Netflix, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, and Google Play Music, with more apps like Pandora coming soon. With Chromecast, Google wanted to create an easy solution that works for everyone, for every TV in the house.

Remote-free
Once your Chromecast is set up, you can use your phone, tablet or laptop to browse and cast content to your TV, play and pause, control the volume, and more. But unlike other streaming solutions, you can still multitask—send emails or surf the web—while enjoying what’s on the TV screen. It works across platforms—Android tablets and smartphones, iPhones, iPads, Chrome for Mac and Windows (more to come), so your personal device is also now your remote control.

USA Network Launches TV Everywhere as Part of Larger Company Roll-Out Across NBCUniversal

USA Network announced today the launch of TV Everywhere, giving fans unprecedented access to its original content the day after air - anywhere, anytime, on any device. USA is the first cable entertainment network within NBCUniversal to provide this offering, which marks an important step in the company's long-term strategy to provide both viewers and marketers a user friendly way to engage with its content on multiple platforms. USA fans will be able to access their favorite original series via www.usanetwork.com and a new app, "USA Now," which derives its name from the Bravo Now app. Launching today for iOS, "USA Now" will be available in an Android version in mid-July.

Introducing Video on Instagram

Instagram, the immensely popular photo-sharing app that was acquired by Facebook in a $1 billion deal last year, is not just for photos anymore.

At a press event at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters, Instagram’s co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom debuted a new feature called, simply, “Video On Instagram.” This lets people create 15-second videos to share on the service. The feature includes simple editing capabilities as well as 13 new filters, which were specially created for video.

“What we did to photos, we just did to video,” Systrom said.

ABC To Offer Live Feed Through WATCH ABC App, Starting in New York & Philadelphia

Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, Disney/ABC Television Group announced today that, beginning the afternoon of Tuesday, May 14, 2013 to coincide with its ABC Network Upfront presentation, its much anticipated "WATCH ABC" authenticated service will be available to all viewers in the New York City area via WABC-TV, the nation's most watched broadcast station, and WPVI, the #1 local station in Philadelphia, as part of a special open access preview, running through the end of June.

Orange Labs, France TV Develop App To Interact With Soap

Orange Labs, France Televisions and Telfrance Serie have collaborated to develop an "augmented reality" app offering viewers of the hit French TV series PLUS BELLE LA VIE (More beautiful life) a chance to interact with the program.

Users can capture video extracts from the soap opera to share on social networks. The system leverages patented fingerprinting technology from Orange that reduces latency and delivers faster and more precise synchronization.

Before broadcast, the app provides recaps of the key scenes of the previous episode, a teaser and information on the night's episode. During broadcast viewers can react through votes and contests.

After broadcast fans can review key scenes, the ones they preferred, etc. The app works seamlessly with Facebook and Twitter.

CBS Launches Daytime's First Synched Second-Screen Experience With "THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" On The CBS Connect App

Fans of CBS’s THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL can now experience the show in an entirely new dimension with an interactive second-screen experience that syncs in real-time to the show’s broadcast and serves up interesting quizzes, polls, trivia and more.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL experience – which launches today on the CBS Connect App – marks the first synced second-screen experience for any daytime television program on network TV. The app lets THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL fans dig deeper into the show’s main storylines, learn more about the Forrester, Logan and Spencer families, and discover more about the actors who portray the iconic characters.

TECHNOLOGY: Watch Web Series on your Nice Big TV in Five Cheap, Easy Steps

With well over one hundred quality indie soaps represented in our Indie Series of the Week Poll, and only a handful of daytime classics left, now is the time to experience what the Webisode World has to offer. Our Indie Series Network (ISN) Web Series Guide, and the nominee list from the 2011 WLS Indie Soap Awards can help you discover some new favorites.

Most of these shows are fantastic. Some are hilarious or touching; others are kinda scary. All of them are just as addictive and fun as your favorite daytime or primetime soap.

NEWS ROUNDUP: TRA Ranks TV Shows By Political Party; Nick Wechsler Talks REVENGE; DirecTV's New DVR Records 5 Shows at Once

The CW's SUPERNATURAL is popular with
Democrats according to a new Tivo Study

Republicans Like Golf, Democrats Prefer Cartoons, Tivo Research Suggests
The results come from an analysis assembled by TRA Inc. (which stands for TiVo Research and Analytics), and are based on a model that matches viewing data from cable set-top boxes with voter-registration information from 186,000 households. Measured during the first two quarters of 2012 (which is why there is no football, but plenty of basketball), TRA listed programs by how they performed with registered voters of either party (as well as independents) compared to a base of all registered voters.

In general, the conclusions pointed to television viewing that is every bit as polarized as the political culture. The research listed the top 20 shows for Democratic and Republican viewers and not one network show appeared on both lists.