The Role of Twitter in TV « TV Goes Cross-Platform
Lulu, Penny Smith and Keith Lemon. Three names you wouldn’t normally expect to see in the same sentence, much less simultaneously trending worldwide on Twitter. But on Saturday 26th February 2011 they did, all thanks to some rather bizarre performances on Comic Relief’s “Let’s Dance”. The fact that an early evening TV show airing in the UK, albeit on the BBC, managed to rank so high on a list of worldwide topics is evidence that social networking is becoming an increasingly powerful accompa...Does Twitter affect how you watch TV? - Faster Forward - The Washington Post
Posted at 12:54 PM ET, 04/18/2011 There are myriad ways to watch your favorite television shows without tuning into a broadcast. In an era of DVR, Hulu, Netflix, and networks posting their own content on the Web, it seems as if there’s hardly a need to tune in for a broadcast. Unless you don’t want to the show spoiled on Twitter. Or Facebook. Or fan forums. In fact, if you want to watch something on delay spoiler-free, it’s best to just stay off the Internet all together. A report from AdAge...Hashtags on programmes – It’s the bat signal! – Roo Reynolds
Posted by Roo - 22/10/10 at 12:10:09 pm Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, writing for ComputerWeekly this week, has picked up on the BBC displaying a hashtag at the start of the new series of Have I Got News For You and said some very nice and insightful things about it: …when the BBC started broadcasting episode 1 of series 40 of ‘Have I got news for you’ with ‘#bbcHIGNFY’ on screen as the show started, they expected their audience to understand – and follow … I think that’s quite a watershed moment ...Grey's Anatomy Sync for iPad Lets Viewers Interact with the Show - AppScout
The Grey's Anatomy Sync App for iPad allows you to interact with other fans of the show while it's on the air. You can also use the iPad app to interact in real time with scenes on your television screen, and earn badges and rewards for checking in to the show.Facebook vs. Twitter: Heavyweights Battle for Social TV
Social TV Apps - The Future of Transmedia, Social TV, Smart TV and Connected TV - TV Widgets, Samsung, Google TV, Apple TV, Yahoo Connected TV, Boxee, Roku, HbbTV, Project Canvas, Android, Sony, NetTVWhy social media will save live TV - The Globe and Mail
Duncan Stewart Columnist profile E-mail Decrease text size Increase text size Not only is the traditional TV schedule not dead, it may not even be sick. And believe it or not, the Internet may be why. That isn’t what you hear from most media analysts. Growing PVR penetration rates and growth in Internet video are leading to predictions that traditional TV networks’ schedules are irrelevant. In 21st century mediaspeak, TV is moving from a “push” medium to a “pull” medium, and the broadcasters...SocialGuide Turns Twitter Chatter Into TV Rankings - 2011-04-29 18:35:00 | Multichannel News
Will TV viewers get hooked on their next favorite primetime series based on the aggregated comments of millions of Internet users?Does Twitter Drive TV Viewership? [VIDEO]
Twitter says it saw its most expansive integration with television to date during the recent Royal Wedding, and it suggests that engagement on Twitt…NCIS, Idol Top TVGuide.com's List of the Most Social Shows - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
Social network discussions about television shows drove more live viewing and second-screen engagement during the 2010-2011 television season, according to a TVGuide.com user research study that ranks the year's top 10 most social shows. Twenty percent of respondents said they are now watching more live TV to avoid plot and reality spoilers that may be revealed in real time by members of their social networks.
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