Social TV and its apps ------ A story of Social Media Today

Recently, many words have the connection with social such as social network, social media, and social customers and so on. Today, let’s say something about social TV and its apps.

What is social TV?
Social television is a general term for technology that supports communication and social interaction in either the context of watching television, or related to TV content.

And then, let me introduce the most popular social TV apps to you.

The first one is InroNow
InroNow is a new launched app. However, it has a patented sound-recognition technology named SoundPrint, which will record what you have watches. And then you can share your favorite TV with your friends. In addition, InroNow can also inform you when your friends are watching the same TV as you (O'Neill, 2011).

The second one is Tunerfish.
Tunerfish is also a new social TV app which launches in May. Like InroNow, Tunerfish also allows its users to share what they are watching with their friends. However, the bright point of Tunerfish is that it has interesting campaigns for some shows, which stimulare its users to share the TV they like and provide them the opportunities to earn fun badges (O'Neill, 2011).

The third one is Miso.

Miso is another choice for iPhone or iPads users to watch their favorite TV, which launched earlier than Tunerfish. The biggest feature of Miso is that it paid more attention on specific episodes.

The fourth one is Yap.TV.
Yap.TV is considered as a social TV Guide, you can find other people’s opinions regarding different TV shows through it. Besides, you can invite your friends to discuss what you are watching on the Yap. TV. Yap.TV can be downloaded in the iTunes store for iPhone, iTouch and iPad which is charged free (O'Neill, 2011).

The fifth one is Philo.
Philo is the fifth social TV app which is designed for iPhone and Android users. The functions of it are similar with the four apps mentioned before.

Reference:

O'Neill, M. (2011) Social TV apps ------ A story of Social Media Today. Social Times, [blog] February 1, 2011, Available at: http://socialtimes.com/social-tv-apps_b36698 [Accessed: 2/04/2012].