Verizon FiOS TV is adding Facebook and Twitter integration, as well as several other social media options, to its service. Similar to the integrations we’ve seen on the Web, this allows you to update your status on either network when watching a given show or event and also see what your friends or the larger social media community is saying about it.
In addition to this functionality, Verizon FiOS customers will be able access what are essentially big screen, simplified versions of Twitter and Facebook. For example, with Twitter, you can search and view currently hot topics, and with Facebook, you can view friend’s photos. There are also new features for browsing user-generated videos from Blip (
).tv, Daily Motion, and Veoh.
While this seems like a natural direction for TV to move in, the biggest competitor would seem to be mobile – after all, you can do everything that Verizon FiOS is offering from various Twitter (
) and Facebook () mobile apps. That said, the big screen is, well, big, and having Facebook and Twitter integrated alongside the programming could certainly create the feeling of more interactivity, as it’s done on the Web.
To see a quick demo of the FiOS integration, check out the video below:
