CBS Tries to Make Online Viewing Social

October 21, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

Mel Brooks said the hardest thing to do was to make a person sitting alone in a room laugh out loud. Laughter is social, and that’s important to consider as watching online video on your laptop or handheld device with headphones can be a pretty isolating experience. CBS is looking to transform this experience with its new Social Viewing Rooms that let users separated by geography watch and interact with TV shows together online. But can it truly be social?

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Tagged with: CBS, Chris Albrecht, New TeeVee, Social Viewing Rooms, television, video

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