Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key Tablets at the ready Sky has told Pocket-lint that it sees tablets and smartphones as key in enhancing the viewing experience in front of the TV. Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, told Pocket-lint that partnerships with companies such as Zeebox are all about "creating a full comprehensive second screen service", and that we should expect plenty more "second screen" offerings in the future. Lewis, however, warned that many aren't ready to start using their iPad or Android tablet in front of the television just yet. "Most customers don't want to do anything, but some do," added Lewis....

Shazam-style audio recognition for TV shows coming to Zeebox Audible Magic has told Pocket-lint that it is talking to the maker of Zeebox, the UK social TV application, to bring its Shazam-style audio recognition software, Live TViD, to the platform. Live TViD is a digital fingerprinting technology that listens to a brief snatch of the audio of a television broadcast, recognises its source and then presents that show's information in as few as three seconds, including name and details gleaned from Rovi's vast metadatabase via Rovi Cloud Services. At present, it works with over 150 networks, including live broadcasts and time-shifted content, and...