Changes

Supported the World Cup

• Added “2014 FIFA World Cup” on Country/Region Selection Screen. By selection “Match Date” and a “Match” on Area Selection Screen and TV Station Selection Screen, you can chat about a specific match no matter which country/region or TV Station you live or watches. (Fans of oponents will be in the same chat room.)
  
  When you second or more booted TV Friends, you will start from TV Station Selection Screen. To change “Match Date,” please always push “Back” button of your smart phone.
• A special wall paper will be displayed only when you enter a chat room for “2014 FIFA World Cup.”
  

Event Date: 2014/6/12 – 2014/7/14
On the same day of the World Cup’s end, the above functions will be closed.

Changes

• Now supports Australia and New Zeeland TV Channels(*)
  
  (*) Until version 1.0 and under, it took long time to support a country, although “TV Frends” supported many TV channels in the country. We’ve changed our policy so that we can increase supported countries easily, although less channels (mainly “free to air” majour channels) per one country will be supported at the first (more will come later).
  

  (*) If you select a language which is not English or a public language of a certain country, the country won’t be displayed on the Country Selection Screen. The language selection screen is shown when you first boot “TV Friends.” You can also change the language from “Settings” menu.

For the information about hash tag, please refer FAQ page.

Changes

• Now supports UK TV Channels(*)
  (*) Currently, “TV Friends” supports 168 channelswhich is listed a major TV Guide web site  in UK. More to come later.

  (*) If you select “日本語 (Japanese)” on Language selection screen, “United Kingdom” won’t be listed when you select country. Please select “English” to go into UK TV channels’ chat rooms. (The language selection screen is shown when you first boot “TV Friends.” You can also change the language from “Settings” menu.)

  About Hash Tags for UK TV Stations
  On Twitter, in most cases, there is no hash tag difference between one area and others of a world wide TV Station. As a result, comments against two different TV programs are shown on the same time line.

  Example: “#AnimalPlanet”, “#Discovery”

  As “TV Friends” is an application to chat among people who watch the same TV program, it is not proper to mix up comments from two different TV programs even though the same TV Station broadcasts them.  Therefore, “TV Friends” imports and exports Twitter comments with hash tags that look like “#TV_Station_name #Area” or “TV_Station_nameArea”.

  Example: “#AnimalPlanet #UK” “#DiscoveryUK”

  This means TV Friends will show less comments in UK compared to in USA; however, the application will provide you more meaningful Twitter comments for UK people when they watch TV. You can automatically put the TV Station and the area tag using “TV Friends” when you post comments from “TV Friends.” If you find improper has tags, please report to the Forum.