radcomms 2012, session five: free-to-air tv in a connected world - harry burt, yahoo!7
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Viewers have a clear desire to participate during a broadcast
Conversations about TV Shows are fragmented across social communities and often hard to find
Broadcasters
Challenging to keep fans fully engaged over TV season
How do we reward and recognize the most passionate fan
Advertisers
Viewers are multi-tasking
How do we monetize these social audiences across many platforms
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YAHOO!7 TV HAS 2.5 MILLION FACEBOOK FANS ACROSS ITS SHOW PAGES
SOCIAL TV VISIONTo provide a social forum for fans and friends to meaningfully connect with each other around live media events, and compete for the crown of the “ultimate fan” by sharing their opinions
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GUIDE TO FANGO
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LIVE POLLS LIVE TRIVIA
VIEWER BENEFITS: social, fun and interactive
FAN FEEDBACK
BROADCASTER BENEFITS: lean forward engagement
Audience asked on air to give their score before the judges
Audience has 4 minutes to score on FANGO during the show and commercial break
Audience score is then revealed on screen
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BROADCASTER BENEFIT: recognise and reward loyalty and engagement
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ADVERTISER BENEFIT: integration to social conversation, brand activations and synchronous video advertising
The Shazam of TV
Device recognises the audio of the broadcast. Even live!
Verification that user is actually engaged in the broadcast.
AUDIO SIGNATURE: audio verification of check-in to broadcast and advertising
AUDIO ENTITY TAGGING: audio check-in + close caption data enables surfacing of wikipedia, brand & shopping info
LOYALTY POINT REDEMPTION: loyalty points redeemed for real rewards
Viewers earn points for engaging with TV shows and advertising
Viewer can earn points that can be redeemed on everyday rewards
Makes engagement meaningful, and solves the WIIFM question
SOCIAL TV … DELIVERS FOR BROADCASTERS, VIEWERS AND ADVERTISERS
Viewers have a clear desire to participate during a broadcast
Conversations about TV Shows are fragmented across social
Challenging to keep fans fully engaged and make TV must-see
No way to reward and recognize the most passionate fan
Viewers are multi-tasking