Facebook Make Plans for TV Show
HLN Team with
Social Media Giant
Facebook
have reportedly teamed with American network HLN to create a TV show utilizing
the social media platform.
marketingland.com
Variety
reported last week that HLN
Kari Kim, Vice President of development at
HLN, stated in a recent interview “We don’t and they don’t want this to feel
like ‘The Facebook Show,' it’s really about the stories and how we are using
their tools”. The news is still pretty vague at this point, as even the
format for the show is yet to be decided, with options ranging from weekly installments
to a short run of specials being discussed. The host is also as yet undecided.
examiner.com
Andy Mitchell,
director of news and global partnerships at Facebook seemed optimistic is a
prepared statement: “The initial ideas HLN came up with are very encouraging,
and we are looking forward to getting to work and seeing what comes out of the
production process”.
What route the show will take is pure
speculation right now, but it’s expected to be a fairly generic news programme,
with the only major difference being the source for the stories. There are also
rumours it may follow down the documentary route, using Facebook to find interesting
people and their stories among the millions of generic posts.
Of course with this announcement come the
worries over our privacy, as the deal could potentially allow HLN to scour
through our social media profiles and broadcast whatever they find on national
TV, without you even knowing it’s happened. That does seem to be very much the
worst case scenario, and I’m not suggesting you start to panic just yet.
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Facebook Make Plans for TV Show
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