Tracy Swedlow at Interactive TV Today picked up our recent Press Release Widget Realm Launches Broadcast-It-Yourself Service for Developing, Distributing Yahoo! TV Widgets.

We wanted to say thank you to Tracy for the coverage and we appreciate the great dedication Interactive TV Today (itvt.com) provides to covering the rapidly emerging interactive television market.

New Broadcast-It-Yourself Service Brings Internet-Connected TV Distribution to The Masses

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ – (http://www.myprgenie.com) – Widget Realm, Inc., today announced the launch of their Broadcast-It-Yourself service to Internet-connected devices running the Yahoo! Widget Engine. The new Widget Realm service will enable any developer to easily create and distribute TV Widgets to millions of Internet-connected devices and televisions.

“Yahoo! and Widget Realm are going to enable an explosion of interactive television content,” said Brian Powell, CEO of Widget Realm, Inc. “We’re excited to be working with the Yahoo! Widget Engine to help rapidly expand content for the new technology. In just a few minutes, anyone can create their own television interface and distribute their content to the millions of Internet-connected TVs around the world.”

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/widget-realm-launches-new-connected-tv-service-for-devices-supporting-the-yahoor-widget-engine-83384262.html

Widget Realm is currently looking for websites, authors, producers, developers, and content providers that want to launch applications on the Yahoo! Connected TV Widget platform. We are looking for new ideas to add to Yahoo! TV and be some of the first widgets available for the platform. We are currently working with clients to launch and develop interactive TV applications.

Submission Guidelines
1. You must have the rights to all content for the TV Widget.
2. The widget must not require large amounts on user text based entry.

Selection Criteria
1. Originality
2. Content Functionality
3. Audience Appeal
4. Interactive Experience
5. Out of the Box Thinking

Submit Ideas Here

More Information on TV Widgets
Yahoo! ConnectedTV
Video Demonstration

Selections
Widget Realm will choose five widgets for development on the Yahoo! TV platform and announcement selections on April 31st.

Considerations
Widget Realm will contact the submission representative with information or questions regarding their idea. The ideas submitted to Widget Realm will not be viewed as direct involvement in the project. Content must not be offensive or questionable in any manner.