The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is always an exciting time of year on the geek calendar and this year has already unearthed a few things of interest.
MySpace (for those of you who still remember it) had most of its users pulled over by the enormous gravity generated by Facebook. This left Myspace as a ghost town for social interactivity unless you were a small time music artist trying to get your big break in the industry.
In a move that reinvents Myspace as an “entertainment experience” it seeks to steer it away from its heritage of traditional social interactions and toward sharing your various media experiences. It could be a particularly funny part of a comedy, your favourite part of a music video, a memorable clip from a movie or just one of those legendary sporting moments. The service will also allow you to see the sorts of content, genres and artists that your friends like as well as how media across these categories are trending (a bit like trending terms for Twitter).
The kicker is that not only will you be able to use this on your mobile phone, tablet or computer you’re also going to be able to use this on selected Panasonic Smart VIErA televisions through the VIErA Connect platform using the “Myspace Companion app”. You’ll also be able to do things like watch a sporting event with your friends at the same time and chat with each other during the event. There was also mention of being able to video chat while you are playing video games.
To me, Myspace TV seems a bit like GetGlue on steroids and I’ll be very interested to see how this new service from Myspace takes off.
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