Social tv
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Overview
Social TV marries traditional professionally-produced television with unprecedented interactivity to create a whole new viewer experience. Social TV pioneers have developed a secure peer-to-peer platform linking world-wide audiences to participate freely with all the beloved features of the internet including chatting, ratings, reviews, blogging, and alerts in a linear 24x7 fashion. All of these functions can happen side-by-side with the viewer's program of choice.
Social TV can:
be watched on a computer,
a regular TV (via computer), or
coming soon on a portable device (such as a mobile phone)
show a channel 'live' (like regular TV), or
allow the viewer to select a show to watch on demand ("Video-on-Demand")
offer professional productions protection from copying
be free or paid for - and supported by advertisements
be an interactive or passive medium
History
MediaZone - developed the Social TV platform allowing unprecedented functionality offering the first completely interactive television experience.
Implementation
Many options are available to suit the global audience. Free for registrants, Social TV is available from the Web, and is accessible without the need for a set-top-box, a specific carrier nor operator.
See also
Interactive television Digital television Webcast For more about general issues in transmitting video data over networks. Web TV For more about moving regular pay-tv channels to internet-based delivery P2PTV For more about P2P internet TV
