The playoffs are off to an exciting start, and now NBA fans have a way to stay on the ball everywhere they go with the BuddyTV Guide, the top-rated television guide app for iOS and Android, and its new dedicated "NBA Playoffs" listings feature. The new feature allows users to find listings for every game from now until the Championship, complete with their own local channel and airtime information, all in one convenient place and automatically updated as the playoffs play out.

SEATTLE, April 5, 2012 -- It's official: the BuddyTV Guide App, the free top-rated television guide app from BuddyTV, is the Best Simple and Best Discovery second-screen application on the market, having been awarded these honors by the panel of technology experts and audience members at the first annual 2nd Screen Summit, a meeting of industry leaders in social and smart TV apps sponsored by the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance.

Many of us here at BuddyTV are avid March Madness fans. While we love watching the games, it's always been a problem to find when all the games are scheduled and which channel each will air on -- especially now that all games are televised and air on different networks.

But not anymore! We have solved that issue with our BuddyTV Guide App. Starting now in the bottom half of the home screen, we have a section called "NCAA Tourn." (Scroll to the right, past "Upcoming," to view the column.) This section will contain listings for ALL the NCAA tournament games, along with the channel and time for each game.

Welcome to the first BuddyTV Guide blog post. The development of the BuddyTV Guide App has been underway for over a year now and we're really starting to crank. I can't think of a better way to kick-off this blog than by announcing that with the 2.2 release of BuddyTV Guide we're adding support for AT&T U-verse IPTV receivers. But let me take a step back and speak to why we have developed BuddyTV Guide, and where we're going with it.