[p2p-research] Social Television

[Ryan Lanham]

The revolution will be...television - Herald Scotland | News | Home
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Ewan McIntosh is a digital media consultant who specialises in new
technology start-ups. He is working with companies already preparing for the
new integrated world. TV programmes on tap will be standard, but what else
can the potent cocktail of televisual entertainment and internet
connectivity bring? One obvious area, according to Mr McIntosh, is that of
fandom. Imagine mixing Twitter feeds with Facebook fan groups and hit shows
such as Glee and Britain’s Got Talent in real time on your TV. “Fans will be
able to congregate much more freely at the time of broadcast,” said Mr
McIntosh. “Right now, if I was a fan of The X Factor I would wait until a
show is over before I would go on the forums to talk about it. It is clunky
and you have to go to a different room. But if I was able to take part in
live chat during the show, or look at fan sites, that helps create a TV
phenomenon.” This is dubbed Social TV... It's one of the big predictions
being made for the medium’s future.

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