Social viewing
Encyclopedia
Social viewing describes a recently developed practice revolving around the ability for multiple users to aggregate from multiple sources and view online
video
s together in a synchronized viewing experience.
Typically the experience also involves some form of instant messaging or communication
to facilitate discussion pertaining to the common viewing experience.
The term in this context originated with the Toronto
and Los Angeles
-based company View2Gether which has created proprietary technology for aggregating content from sources not controlled by the user for synchronized play and inclusion in common playlist
s by multiple participants with a commensurate instant messaging chat function. Other sites which provide similar functionality include Oortle (Photophlow) , SeeToo and development of social viewing for existing portals such as Yahoo have recently been announced.
The term has been used in some cases to describe online viewing within the framework of a social network, however View2gether and similar sites have reconfigured the term to mean a common viewing experience as a social activity.
Social viewing has also been used in the past to describe activities such as gathering for the viewing of particular television program
s, such as soap opera
s.
ONLINE
ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....
video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
s together in a synchronized viewing experience.
Typically the experience also involves some form of instant messaging or communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
to facilitate discussion pertaining to the common viewing experience.
The term in this context originated with the Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
-based company View2Gether which has created proprietary technology for aggregating content from sources not controlled by the user for synchronized play and inclusion in common playlist
Playlist
In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of radio broadcasting and personal computers.-In radio:...
s by multiple participants with a commensurate instant messaging chat function. Other sites which provide similar functionality include Oortle (Photophlow) , SeeToo and development of social viewing for existing portals such as Yahoo have recently been announced.
The term has been used in some cases to describe online viewing within the framework of a social network, however View2gether and similar sites have reconfigured the term to mean a common viewing experience as a social activity.
Social viewing has also been used in the past to describe activities such as gathering for the viewing of particular television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
s, such as soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s.