An article by Lost Remote predicts 12 changes that will come to the new market of social TV in 2012. The changes I found most interesting were:
2. Nielsen will buy a social TV data company
Nielsen, more commonly known as Nielsen Media Research, is responsible for generating the Nielsen ratings. These rating determine who the audience is made up of; as well as the size of the audience for Television programming here in the US.
Lost remote suggests that Nielsen should/will acquire a service that is already doing this social data collection like: Trendrr, BlueFin Labs or SocialGuide
- Allowing the Nielsen rating system to have access to social TV data is BRILLIANT! People are already trending and hashtagging what they are watching, and often these programs make it to the top trends on twitter. So why shouldn’t these social TV aspects be included in the audience size and composition? You tell me, because I can’t think of any reasons.
11. START SAYING GOOD-BYE TO TV REMOTE CONTROLS (FINALLY!)
Lost remote indicates that Apple may be releasing Siri-based voice controlled TV sets or applications toward the end of this year.
- Being able to control television with voice, is an amazing look at what we are looking at for our technology in the future. No longer will you have to tear apart the couch looking for the remote because the new episode of the Kardashians is on in 2 minutes, your yells of frustration will be able to control your TV. Leaving technology today just steps away from Disney already predicts years ago- with Smart house. Let’s just hope “Siri TV” isn’t as testy as PAT.
Bergman, C. (2011, December 30). Lost remote. Retrieved from http://www.lostremote.com/2011/12/30/1-predictions-for-social-tv-in-2012/
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I absolutely love both of these ideas. I am usually interested in seeing what the top 10 shows are, and it fascinates me that half the time, shows that aren’t even in the top 10 are trending on Twitter or are selling better on ITunes. Surely, there should be new ways to track how popular television programs are. And I HATE remotes haha. I always lose mine and its always 30 seconds before my favorite show begins, when I realize I can’t find it. A voice activated television is genius!
Wow, such an interesting article! My favorite is about the remote becoming less prevalent as the possibility for a voice activated remote takes over. I think everyone can definitely relate with how frustrating it is to search everywhere for your lost remote! It’s also really interesting to me how facebook and twitter are all starting to play a large role in TV. All these different technologies are started to come together slowly but surely over the past few years, kind of like how a cell phone has developed into a camera, computer and cd player over the years too.