My Social TV : Integrating social media with the TV experience

Abstract: This project was carried out for Accedo, and aimed at developing a plugin for TV appsthat enabled them to make use of social media with minimum effort required by theapp developer. A plugin was successfully created for the LG platform that enabled appdevelopers to use both Twitter and Facebook functionalities. Most specifically, theFacebook module integrated a Video on Demand service with Facebook’s OpenGraph API and thereby allowed the users to see what video items their friends hadrecently watched, and give recommendation based on this data. The most interestingexpansion of the project would be to translate it into a set of smartphone apps, to letusers enjoy social media integration in a quicker and more private manner.