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Starting this week, we are on the hunt for beta testers to help us test our wares and get them ready for market.
For those of you who have never been a beta tester before, this is your chance to get your hands on a product before anyone else. All you have to do is download the app we send you, use it and send us feedback. The input and ideas you give us after using the app will directly affect what millions of people will see as the final product.
If you are interested in becoming an i.TV beta tester, justfollow this linkand complete the form with your name, email address, the kind of device you own (iPod touch, iPhone, iPad) and your device’s UDID.
If you didn’t get it from the title of this post, we at i.TV are on the hunt for a iPhone developers to join our team. Read the job description below and send in your resume/CV, if you are interested in working for i.TV.
i.TV is looking for exceptional mid to senior-level iPhone developers interested in joining our team to help create the next-generation TV experience for the iPhone and iPad. You will be responsible for delivering work during our weekly sprints, documenting source code as you go, and collaborating with the rest of the team to solve challenging problems.
Qualifications:
At least 5 years overall programming experience
At least 6 months experience writing apps for the iPhone platform
An interest to relocate to Utah
Personality:
Comfortable in a startup environment - little to no hierarchy, extreme transparency, fast sprints, lots of mutual respect
A sense of humor and high integrity
Good range of communications skills from face-to-face to cyberspace
Benefits:
an iPad
Health insurance
Opportunity to work with bleeding-edge technology
Excellent compensation
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume to jobs@i.tv.
A lot has happened since we set out to build the very best TV, movie and Netflix guide for the iPhone and iPod touch. Thanks to you, i.TV has been more successful than we ever dreamed. Although we couldn’t be happier with the progress i.TV has made over the past two years, the future is still ahead of us.
Speaking of the future…
We’ve been working on something new–a big idea that we think might just change the way you experience TV.
Before we bring this new product to market, we would like to get some input and constructive feedback from you, our trusted users.
We would like to show what we’ve been working on to a select number of i.TV users. We’ll give those selected some ‘hands on’ time to try out our new product and then ask what they think. The feedback and suggestions we gather will have a direct impact on the product that finally comes to market.
Please fill out this brief questionnaire if you would like to participate in one of a series of i.TV Feedback Panels to be held over the next month.
After we’ve had a chance to review your responses to the questionnaire, we will notify those who will be invited to participate in a focus group discussion about i.TV’s new plans.
First of all, thank you all for your patience and support. After the events of a couple of weeks ago when we had to take some unprecedented and drastic measures with our last update, we’re pleased to announce that i.TV is again available on !
HERE’S WHAT’S NEW
‘Watching’ tab: See what other i.TV users are watching on TV right now.
Facebook and Twitter: Share videos and program info with friends.
New remote and remote control framework enhancements: Support for multiple TiVo DVRs and new Roku remote control.
Millions of new video streams
Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements
i.TV 2.1.2 IN DEPTH
‘Watching’ tab and ‘the listings slider’ TV listings now include a ’slider’ that reveals four new actions: (1) remote control (2) the ‘I’m watching’ button that tells the i.TV community what you’re watching right now (3 & 4) Facebook and Twitter buttons to instantly tell friends and followers what you’re watching.
You can see what other i.TV users are watching at any given time by tapping on the ‘Watching’ tab. TV shows are ranked in order of most watched.
The ‘Watching’ tab also shows which TV shows, movies and celebs have been favorited most often by the i.TV community
Facebook & Twitter
i.TV is now the Social Entertainment Experience™
Easily link your Twitter and Facebook accounts to i.TV
Use i.TV to share videos and program information with friends
Customize tweets and Facebook wall posts
Millions of new video streams
Millions of video streams now available, full TV episodes, movie trailers, TV previews, bonus material and fan videos
Help us categorize videos. After you watch a video, you can now mark it as Bonus, Clips, Episodes, Fan Videos, or Previews. You can also tell us if the video is offensive, irrelevant or if the link to the video is broken. Try it. It’s fun!
The following is a message from i.TV CEO, Brad Pelo regarding the recent release of i.TV 2.1 in the iTunes Store.
To the i.TV community,
Unfortunately, tonight we had to temporarily remove i.TV from the App Store because of a critical system error that surfaced shortly after i.TV 2.1 was made publicly available this evening. For some, the new i.TV update is working perfectly but for others it is not. Because many of you were affected by this defect, we chose to temporarily remove the application from the iTunes Store and will make the app available again soon.
In the past year, we have made significant improvements to our development, software testing and quality control processes. We can assure you that i.TV 2.1 was thoroughly tested over several weeks and the application we submitted to the App Store was our most solid app yet. We are working hard to find the cause of this problem and will keep you updated on progress via Twitter, Facebook and here on the i.TV blog.
We take the relationship with you, our customers, very seriously and we offer our most sincere apologies for those of you who had an unsatisfying experience tonight.
Thank you for your support, patience and for using i.TV.
Follow these steps to customize your i.TV nav bar– 1. Navigate to the ‘More’ screen by tapping ‘More…’
2. On the ‘More’ screen, you will see a list of features, i.e. News, Remotes, Netflix, etc.. Tap the ‘Edit’ button in the top, right-hand corner of the screen.
3. This will bring you to a screen titled, ‘Configure’. Please note that when you are in this screen, every icon you see on the page is in ‘configuration mode’. In this state, the navigation bar is also configurable. To add new icons the navigation bar, such as Netflix, simply place your finger on the Netflix icon and drag it down to the nav bar so that it covers the nav bar menu item you wish to replace (see Configure screen to the right).
4. You may also want to rearrange the order of i.TV features on your nav bar. For example, if you are a movie buff you will want to have the movies tab be in the first position. When in the ‘Configuration’ screen, you canchange the order of the icons by simply selecting one and moving it to the desired position on the nav bar.
5. Finally, MAKE SURE to save the changes you made by tapping ‘Done.’
Got it? If not, come visit us on Twitter or Facebook and let us know if you have any questions.
i.TV 2.0 available soon with integrated remote control from TiVo
We are happy to announce the i.TV Remote Control Framework and the coming launch of i.TV 2.0 in the iTunes Store. (i.TV 2.0 is currently under review by Apple and will be available soon.)
Remote Control: i.TV now brings together the TV guide and the remote control on your iPhone or iPod touch. The i.TV Remote Control Framework enables third parties to develop remote controls for televisions, DVRs, IR blasters and other home entertainment devices.
TiVo remote: TiVois the first* to introduce a remote control for the i.TV platform. You can now change the channel, fast forward, record and most importantly play your favorite shows and movies with just a tap on your iPhone or iPod touch.
*While TiVo is the first to introduce a remote control on i.TV, more remote control integrations are in development and will be announced in the coming months.
Also new in i.TV 2.0
New look: i.TV now has a simplified and remote-like user interface.
iTunes: From within i.TV, discover relevant TV, movie, music, podcast and audiobook content and then tap to download from iTunes.
Push notifications: Set pop up alerts to remind you when your favorite TV shows air. Never miss a show again.
You may have seen me mention on Twitter and Facebook that we’ve been testing i.TV 2.0 for the last couple of weeks. I’m happy to say that we are almost finished and we will soon submit i.TV 2.0 to Apple for their review. We’re just putting the finishing touches on the new app right now.Mark your calendars, because we will announce what’s new on Monday, August 17th.
We want to give a few of you an opportunity to have an exclusive, hands-on experience with i.TV 2.0 BEFORE it goes live in the iTunes Store.
Please note that we will only be able to choose a small number of people to try out the pre-release version of the application. Those who participate will need to agree to keep the secrets of i.TV 2.0 to themselves, until the app goes live in the iPhone App Store. Plus, we may ask participants to share their experience with the new app in an upcoming newsletter. We can’t wait to hear what you think about the new app!
Brad Pelo (CEO and founder of i.TV), will be attending and speaking at Digital Hollyood this week in Santa Monica, Calif. For those of you who don’t know, Digital Hollywood is a conference that draws over 15,000 top executives in the film, television, music, home video, cable and computer industries each year.
Brad will be speaking on the Music 2.0/Mobile Media Track panel discussion from 3:30 – 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Danny Passman (Global Head of Programming at Joost), Wendy Feldman (Executive Director of Mobile Marketing & Digital Promotions at Sony) and Michele Edelman (VP of Marketing at Warner) will also be participating in the discussion. The panel will be moderated by Steve Polsky, COO of Flixster.
The following topics are on the agenda for the panel discussion:
iPhone Apps
App Breakthroughs
Video
Games
Mobile Engagement & Advertising
If you’re attending Digital Hollywood, make sure you stop in and say “hi” to Brad.
when you are in this screen, every icon you see on the page is in ‘configuration mode’. In this state, the navigation bar is also configurable. To add new icons the navigation bar, such as Netflix, simply place your finger on the Netflix icon and drag it down to the nav bar so that it covers the nav bar menu item you wish to replace (see Configure screen to the right).
