Hearst Interactive Media and Google Ventures were involved in a $4m funding round for GoMiso in December 2011.

Dijit Media, a US-based maker of the NextGuide iPad application for television, is in the process of acquiring quasi-competitor GoMiso, backed by search engine Google and media group Hearst.

Jeremy Toeman, chief executive of Dijit, said: “We’ve built the most powerful TV guide and discovery platform for consumers and the TV industry alike, and this acquisition will give us more tools to give our users a guide experience that redefines how people discover content.”

Hearst Interactive Media and Google Ventures…