Thursday, 9 April 2015

TV Timelines: What Do Social Media Agencies Have To Say?

By Katie Onson


To say that television is enjoyed by many would be an understatement. In fact, it's been said that it could be the most engaging form of media with the right practices set in place. With this in mind, Twitter has unveiled a new tool to make this more of a reality. It goes by the name of TV Timelines. For those who are curious as to what this entails, I am sure that social media agencies across the board can tell you more about it.

Mashable posted an article that spoke about how social media impacts the way in which people watch TV. Nielson released results of a study, which showed that 15% of viewers enjoy television more then there's some kind of social media channel at play. When this happens, communication about various shows can be carried out. By proxy, this helps people enjoy those very shows to greater degrees than they probably would have otherwise.

This is where the concept of Twitter's TV Timelines can come into effect, which is more of a mobile experience than anything else. The way that it works is if you tweet out with a specific hashtag, related to a particular show, you will be given an invitation to try out TV Timelines. What this service will do is trim the proverbial fat, allowing you to get immediate news on certain shows. Everything will be displayed in streamlined fashion, which makes matters that much easier.

Second-screen experiences are nothing new in media, especially when companies such as WWE have been able to latch onto this earlier. However, given the massive reach of Twitter that social media agencies can attest to, one can argue that their experience with TV Timelines will be stronger. Given the vast amount of TV shows, and the interest in each of them, and there's a great level of potential to consider. It's just a matter of whether or not it's realized, which firms like fishbat will undoubtedly observe.

If Twitter is committed to the system, TV Timelines stands the chance of being a success. After all, social media and TV go hand-in-hand rather nicely, which is a point that I'm sure others can attest to. It's just a matter of the systems brought into play, which is where I feel like TV Timelines can fit in quite nicely. This is still an early development, though, meaning that results should be surveyed. Once this is done, it can be determined if TV Timelines is worthwhile or not.




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