Thursday, April 29, 2010

Birth of the Backchannel

Birth of the Backchannel

From Time Magazine's 10 Tech Trends for 2010:

The growth of sites like Twitter and Facebook has given rise to the idea that events have both a frontchannel (the Super Bowl, for example) and a backchannel (the live, online discussion from fans watching the game.) The next generation of Web-connected TVs and software will include ways for people to monitor and interact with the conversation happening around an event, filtering live streams in real-time to display the most relevant discussions.


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1973759_1973760_1973771,00.html#ixzz0mVuh4QdK