Starz new series, Da Vinci’s Demons shows viewers, “the secret history of Leonardo da Vinci’s tantalizing life reveals a portrait of a young man tortured by a gift of superhuman genius.” To bring this new world to life the network has launched a brand new companion app called,  “Da Vinci’s Demons: Citizens of Florence,” a second screen app allowing users to understand the world of Da Vinci beyond the main screen. Here are the details. Read more

It seems like everyone is jumping into original programming these days, including DirecTV with its first show, Rogue, premiering this Wednesday night. Just like House of Cards on Netflix, you have to be a DirecTV subscriber to watch. And DirecTV is going one step further, launching a second-screen app on iPad and iPhone to coincide the premiere. Read more

Last fall Twitter acquired a mobile company called Vine, and today they rolled out what Vine has been building: a mobile app that enables users to take six-second videos with their phones and share and embed them. In many ways, it’s Twitter’s version of a video Instagram. You’re limited to six seconds, just like Twitter holds you to 140 characters.

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There’s a new second screen app on the market and it’s not meant to be a viewing companion. FixYa for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, “ is a community based trouble-shooting resource that provides consumer-generated, practical product tips to help consumers solve problems on 8 million products,” including TV related products. Next time your TV is broken, your DVR isn’t working right, or you want to try and mount your new flatscreen on your own download this new video-based fix-it app. Read more

The team at Miso has just launched a brand new social TV app for the iPhone called Quips. In a way, it’s a little like Pinterest for TV shows, but instead of sharing your favorite things, you’re sharing images of your favorite television moments — in an app. “Quips lets you find a great scene from a TV show, caption it with your thoughts, and share it instantly with friends on Facebook, Twitter, or on your Quips feed!” explains Miso’s Prakash Venkataramanin in a blog post. “(It) incorporates the social activity you love with incredibly beautiful images from the very shows you watch.”

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Just in time for election day, NowThisNews rolled out its iPhone and iPad app featuring short, shareable mobile videos aimed at the Buzzfeed-friendly crowd. The idea is to make news video viral — not the standard fare of sliding cars, burning houses and plummeting planes — but by making contemporary issues fun to watch and share on your mobile device.

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We review a lot of TV discovery apps here at Lost Remote, and Boxfish has brought something new to the table: a TV guide app with real-time search and “live windows” to let you catch a glimpse of what’s airing in real-time. Or to hear the company explain it, “[Boxfish] transforms television from a passive entertainment medium into a truly dynamic source of real-time information.” Read more

Dijit's been relatively quiet since the beginning of the year when it launched its iPad app. Now, the social TV startup led by Jeremy Toeman has launched NextGuide, a new iPad app that "brings personalization into the core of the TV discovery process, and connects people with shows they want to watch contextually based on interests, geography and personalities rather than times and channels," according to the company. We spoke with Toeman who demo'd the app for us in New York.

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Flipboard has become a powerhouse for social content discovery on phones and tablets. Two years after launch, it now boasts 20 million users -- a new user every second -- with its slick, designed-for-devices interface. And today, Flipboard announced the addition of video, drawing on YouTube's library.

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The campaign season has officially kicked into high gear, and viewers in many states are beginning to see a barrage of political advertising. Most of those spots are financed by PACs of all shapes, sizes and political persuasions to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Two new apps, Super PAC App and Ad Hawk, listen to TV ads Shazam-style, then let you know who's footing the bill.

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