MySpace TV comes on Panasonic HDTV
Myspace Myspace TV launches a new television service that combines a social network. MySpace TV will be available on the new generation of Panasonic VIERA HDTVs Connect. The new TV service, a viewer program immediately and issue his or her opinion with others.
MySpace TV will start with some music channels. Myspace has the rights to a music library of 42 million one hundred thousand songs and music videos. The new service expands in the future with movie, news, sports and reality programs. It is also space for known existing programs. The programs are not just on Myspace TV viewing. Viewers can also chat among themselves about the content and invite friends along to watch a program. The platform combining the interactive features of a social network with traditional television. The service comes with a special app also available on Tabet and smartphones.
“MySpace was the first successful social networking because it enabled people to share their interests, listen to music, be creative and connect with like-minded look,” said Tim Vander Hook, CEO of MySpace. “Television has historically been a shared experience. People come together to work to their favorite programs to watch. We believe that the current TV experience can enrich viewers by using a TV to connect to others. By working with Panasonic, we offer people their favorite content and social experience in a service: Myspace TV. ”
Justin Timberlake, co-owner of Myspace: “We are ready to add a dimension to television and entertainment by them within a social network combining. Why should you have a friend or send text messages on your favorite program that instantly and interactively, wherever you are? The moment your favorite show exciting is your favorite comedian on television, or your club just before the end of a match score, we offer the ability to immediately share with friends. This is the evolution of one of the greatest inventions of our time: the television. And we no longer have to sit together to experience it together. ”
Myspace TV again introduces the social element of television viewers by interconnecting around television content. The service creates fancommunities with people who evaluate programs, chatting among themselves and invite others to also look.
Myspace TV comes in the first half of 2012 available on the Panasonic VIERA Connect platform. This platform provides access to Internet television and on-demand programs and applications. Offering everything from news and fitness to social networks and online gaming. VIERA Connect requires no external box or PC1 and is accessed via a single button on the remote control and television.
“The Panasonic VIERA TV Connect platform continues to expand year after year with a strong focus on providing a robust and interactive television experience. The platform is easy to set up and available on HDTVs with a big screen, “says Joseph Taylor, president and CEO of Panasonic North America. “We are proud to be the first of our Myspace TV VIERA Connect TV platform to work with the new Myspace. Cooperation with a brand like Myspace makes’ connected TVs gives consumers a whole new interactive experience. ”
Myspace currently selected invites interested parties to participate in the beta launch of the TV service. Those interested can register at www.myspace.com / TV.
Source: MySpace