Social eyes

Much as sitting slack-jawed and blank-eyed in front of the TV may not seem like a social activity, the future may offer more to the couch potato. TiVo – early leaders in the PVR market – has just introduced social features that allow viewers to share their content with other TiVo subscribers.

Although limited to home movies at the moment, this does open up a tantalising future of individuals being able to share more content, with some even becoming channel brands in themselves. It’d be kind of like YouTube on the old tube.

Mix this up with the launch of IPTV/community/TV social network/also-makes-the-tea service Joost – more here on that – and it turns out that the whole telly thing might not be dead after all. Gosh, who’d have thunk it?

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Posted by: Tom at dusk on Friday, 30th March 2007