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i.TV 2.0 now available. Your iPhone is the new TV remote control– download now from the iPhone App Store
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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: TiVo is 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.
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.
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:
If you’re attending Digital Hollywood, make sure you stop in and say “hi” to Brad.
i.TV 1.4 now in the iTunes Store (link to press kit) — Comcast menu tab, AT&T U-verse listings, and a faster and more stable i.TV. Thanks for all the great feedback on Facebook and Twitter. Your input helps make each update to i.TV better and better.
Now, here is what’s new in i.TV 1.4:
Just for Comcast customers:
AT&T U-verse:
AT&T U-verse Listings: FINALLY! Full AT&T Uverse listings now available for all coverage areas. Thanks to AT&T and our data provider to making these listings available.
Other Features:
i.TV now twice as fast: i.TV startup time has been cut in half. Users are now able to jump between TV and movie listings, as well as dates and times with near instant data retrieval on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Interactive Ads: i.TV introduces the the world’s first “shakeable” ad. This limited release “Shake-down 2 Get Down” campaign from Dockers features Dufon, from the dance expressionist group “Circle of Fire.” When you see the ad pop up, just shake your device to make Dufon dance! This is the first of many fun interactive experiences i.TV users will have with our advertising partners.
This is the fifth update to i.TV and we hope that you’ll note the significant investment we have made to respond to your feedback and improve the app. If you had previously reviewed the app on the iTunes Store and were unhappy, we hope that you’ll take a moment to and resubmit your i.TV review with a more positive rating.
Keep watching!
Well, we’re retiring a couple of numbers this week: versions 1.0 and 1.1 of i.TV.
As of today, versions 1.0 and 1.1 of i.TV will cease to function. For the vast majority of i.TV users, there will be no difference. The app will continue to work as usual. However, the small number of people who are still using i.TV versions 1.0 and 1.1 will now need to upgrade to version 1.2 of i.TV in order for the application to work.
With each new update to the application, it has become increasingly difficult to support multiple versions of the application. Please update to the latest version through the iTunes App Store.
Thanks for downloading and using i.TV!
If you’re in San Francisco and attending Macworld Conference & Expo 2009, come by and see us. We are exhibiting at the Mac Developer Pavilion, booth 1438. We are actually right next to Apple’s booth, which until tomorrow morning when the show opens, is totally shrouded in black. Something tells me that Apple might have something to announce tomorrow…that’s just a guess though.
In any case, we are super excited to be exhibiting with other Mac developers at the Developer Pavilion. More than anything though, we are really looking forward to meeting those of you who have discovered the power of i.TV and are using the app on a regular basis to get media…your way.
Please come and see us and tell us in person what you like about the app and what you would like to see done differently. We also want to know your suggestions for what we should do in the future. We can’t wait to meet you!
If you can’t make it, I’ll try and cover the event from every angle on Twitter. In fact, if you come and visit us and want to be a “featured guest” on our Twitter feed, let me know and we’ll post a pic of you at our booth on Twitter…it’s the ultimate prize, right?
See you at Macworld Expo!
Good news! i.TV was listed as one of the top apps in the iTunes App Store for 2008. In particular, we were listed as the #3 free entertainment application. Pretty good, considering that we only launched in October of this year.
Here is a link to the page on iTunes where you can see all the applications listed.
In case you didn’t know it already, i.TV made it to NUMBER ONE in the App Store last night! Thanks to all of you who have downloaded the app and have given us such great reviews.
Here is what some in the press and blogosphere are saying about i.TV (in order of appearance):
There are a lot of App Store submissions and works-in-progress that trigger anticipatory drooling here at TUAW…, among them the program guide and movie finder i.TV…Now you can download this free tool from the App Store and see for yourself what’s so exciting.
Michael Rose, TUAW
Yes, i.TV is a piece of software. But if i.TV was human, you’d want to invite it to a candlelit dinner, look into its eyes and say “you are so sexy.”
Scott Kleinberg–iPTIB, RedeyeChicago, Chicago Tribune
Your weekend needs a well-structured plan for backlit entertainments. And thankfully the value quotient is very high with…i.TV.
John Mahoney, Gizmodo
Also some comments from our beloved users:
Wicked Good App! I just read about and downloaded your app into my iTouch. One word: Wow! I love this. I’m recommending your app to all my friends [and am] looking forward to finding out how can you possibly top it.
— A
Thanks for including us Canadians, eh! Very impressive app. — P
You guys are great! I will keep this app on my phone forever. Excellent program you created. Thanks again! — D
You are the application god! You get 5 stars from me:-) — J
THANK YOU everyone for downloading i.TV, sending us your comments, writing about us and telling your friends about i.TV. Please keep it up!
In the meantime, we’ll stop celebrating and get back to work. We have some VERY exciting announcements coming up soon, so please subscribe to the i.TV blog feed and sign up for the i.TV newsletter so you can get the latest news.
