The  Future  of  Social  TV  

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TV  wants  to  be  social  59%  of  BriDsh  people  use  smartphones  to  discuss  what  is  on  TV  

Source:  Chuck  Parker,  March  2012  

38%  say  that  browsing  the  web  enhances  their  TV  watching  experience  

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Shows  want  feedback  “It’s  like  having  millions  of  producers  working  with  you”  

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The  social  TV  explosion  American  homes  with  Smart  TVs  

Source:  Bite  CommunicaDons,  February  2012;  YouGov,  February  2012  

6.2  million  Brits  have  a  connected  TV    3.1  million  are  planning  to  buy  one  in  the  next  12  months  

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What  will  happen  next?  

What  will  happen  next?  

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What  will  happen  next?  

Social   FuncDonal  @InsiderTrends  

Full  integraDon  

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3.8  million  social  media  comments  during  the  show  –  up  300%  on  2011  

Source:  Wall  Street  Journal,  February  2012   @InsiderTrends  

Seamlessness  

More  live  events,  more  premieres  

Co-­‐creaDon  on  live  TV  

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Co-­‐creaDon  on  live  TV  

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Crowd  creaDon  and  curaDon  

What  will  happen  next?  

Social   FuncDonal  @InsiderTrends  

Everyone  becomes  a  broadcaster  

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Simple  broadcast  systems  win  

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Everyone  becomes  a  broadcaster  

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TV  gets  a  long  tail  

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Passion  is  key  

Personalised,  useful  recommendaDons  

Personalised  sites  and  experiences  increase  conversions  by  as  much  as  400%  

Source:  Adtelligence,  December  2011  

Social  discovery  

h2p://zeebox.com  

Social  discovery  

4Seven  from  Channel  4  

InteracDve  ads  

h2p://wioffer.com  

73%  of  viewers  would  like  to  interact  with  TV  commercials  for  products  they  are  interested  in  

Source:  Chuck  Parker,  March  2012  

User-­‐requested  ads  

300%  increase  in  sales  for  show  related  fan  items  aker  the  deployment  of  a  sync’d  second  screen  app  

Source:  Chuck  Parker,  March  2012  

New  business  models  

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New  revenue  streams  

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Conclusion  

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The  new  social  space  

Look  to  social  media  

ExperimentaDon  =>  best  pracDce  

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