Flingo Sync Apps Provide the TV That Watches You

By Dennis Kuba
August 22, 2011

• Flingo, a new San Francisco-based startup, says its technology can watch what you are viewing on TV and with your permission present you with relevant Web content.
• “Any mobile app or Web page being used in front of your TV can ask our servers what is on right now,” says David Harrison, cofounder and CTO of Flingo. “For example, you could go to Google or IMDb and the page would already know what’s on the screen. Retailers like Amazon or Walmart might want to show you things to buy related to a show, like DVDs, or what people are wearing in it.”
• Additionally, social sites such as Facebook or Twitter would be able to connect viewers to a TV show’s official page or stream.
• A major TV manufacturer will build Flingo’s Sync Apps into their TVs, which will reportedly retail for less than $500.
• Flingo has relationships with CBS, Fox and MTV.

Smart TV Platform Flingo Merges Television and the Web

By Dennis Kuba
July 8, 2011

• Flingo has created a development platform to integrate the Web and TV.
• The company’s video demo shows how you can “fling” a YouTube video from your PC to your TV.
• Their technology is already available in over half the TVs being sold including those from Samsung, LG, Vizio and Western Digital.
• It is currently available on 5.7 million TVs in 117 countries. You can also buy Flingo-enabled Blu-ray players and Roku boxes.
• The goal is to merge TV and the Web, allowing media partners like Fox, Showtime and others to build apps that integrate both.
• Flingo was founded in 2008 by former BitTorrent employees Ashwin Navin and David Harrison.