The SocialTV Timeline launch follows the announcement of ConnecTV's AdSync Network, which enables "view-sers" to act immediately on relevant television ads and promotions by tapping on synchronized companion ads on their second screen devices: Buy now, get a special promotional offer, watch additional product videos, find the closest store or enter a contest.

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That career went nowhere, but his wife encouraged him to enter a talent contest.

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Mr Habecker refused to stand and recite the pledge, and after being branded unpatriotic, was forced to enter a fresh election contest to remove him from office.

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Greene's foundation supports a group called Invent America, which encourages schoolchildren to enter inventions in a nationwide contest.

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That encouraged Yamazaki to enter a Bank of Japan contest for the best household budget in 1997.

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If I were to enter the sell-a-brick contest, I'd obviously follow the rules relative to the first-case marketing scenario.

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Women can enter too, and nowhere in these ads (or on the contest website) do we see a female astronaut.

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