We are pleased to announce the release of i.TV for Android. You can download it now from the Amazon Appstore and Android Market.
PRESS RELEASE
i.TV’s Free TV Listings App Now Available for Android Smartphones and Tablets, Including Kindle Fire
All-Time Most-Downloaded TV Guide App for iPhone and iPad Makes the Leap to Android, the Most Popular Smartphone OS
Available From Android Market and Amazon Appstore
Provo, Utah – December 5, 2011 - i.TV, LLC (“i.TV”), the company behind the most popular TV guide app for iPhone and iPad, today announced the launch of i.TV for Android smart phones and tablets, including Kindle Fire. i.TV for Android is now available for download from the Android Market (available on any Android-powered smartphone) and from the Amazon Appstore.
“Millions of TV fans enjoy i.TV for iOS but the number one request we get is to bring this popular app to the Android platform,” said Brad Pelo, i.TV’s co-founder and CEO. “The most-downloaded TV listings and second screen app for iOS, i.TV should be equally popular with Android users.”
i.TV for Android – Top Features
- Local TV listings based on your service provider (US and Canada)
- TiVo DVR remote scheduling
- Netflix search interface: Miss an episode of your favorite show? i.TV helps you find it on Netflix
- Netflix controls: add shows to your Netflix disc and instant queue
- Bookmark feature for favorite shows
- Entertainment news that updates in real-time and filters by favorite shows
- IMDb and Wikipedia: one-touch direct access to show information on both
- Smart Lists, such as New Shows and Emmy Winners
EntertainmentWeekly.com, America’s leading online entertainment destination, and i.TV just announced the launch of viEWer, a social TV experience built on and powered by i.TV’s new social TV platform.
viEWer enables fans to watch TV with their favorite Entertainment Weekly editors, friends and others. Unique to this i.TV-powered platform, the conversations with the editors of EW are anchored to the timeline of the television show itself.
From all of us at i.TV, we welcome EW to our platform!
The i.TV Team–
We are pleased to announce that i.TV for Web is now in public beta. Now, keep in mind this is an early version of the site and there are still some features and performance improvements yet to be rolled out. Once you’ve had a chance to try the i.TV website beta out, please give us feedback.
i.TV for Web Features
- Homepage – Trending shows, recent user activity, top entertainment news, search, login.
- Shows – New Shows, Most Favorited, New Tonight, Staff Picks, Emmys, Oscars, You Gotta Be Kidding
- Favorites – (Login required) When you add a show to your favorites, the show appears in this list.
- Guide – Time-based, TV listings grid
- Show Details – To access a showcard, click on any show image or show title and you’ll be taken to a page like this. This is where you can find out more about the show via Wikipedia and IMDb, read entertainment news, check in, and add or remove the show from your favorites. We are also introducing a new feature called “Recent Activity” where you can comment on the show and see the check-ins, favorites and comments of other i.TV users.
- Login with the same credentials you use on i.TV for iOS to synchronize favorites across the web and mobile apps.
- Please be aware that our site takes advantage of the latest HTML5 browser technologies and therefore requries a modern browser to be viewed successfully. These browsers include: Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox 3.6+, Chrome 12+, Safari 5+.
Feedback & Bug Reporting
If you find a bug and something goes wrong with the site, please send an email to dev@i.tv. Tell us, your TV provider, zip code, where in the site you experienced an issue and what you were doing. Please give us as much detail as possible.
The i.TV Team
