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ConnecTV Prepares To Take On IntoNow With New Social TV Platform
TechCrunch Feb 02 12Today, a company called ConnecTV is launching an ambitious new service for socializing the TV viewing experience using mobile and web-based applications. The new app, available first on the iPad, with Android tablet support in the works, is similar to competitor IntoNow in that it also seems to "hear" what's on TV in order to load the appropriate content. But the way it's processing the data on the backend is completely different. There's no "Shazam-like" experience here - everything ConnecTV does is in real time. Full story...
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