Throng.co.nz launches world-first Web 2.0 TV listings format
September 23, 2007
You may remember I blogged about the concept of a personal+community tag cloud some time ago.. well, finally we have been able to launch an example of this!
New Zealand television website throng.co.nz has today launched a world-first web 2.0 television listings format.
In development for more than two years, the new format replaces the traditional TV guide grid and makes it easier to find what is on at a glance.
Shows are displayed based on what is on now, what starts in the next hour and what is on in prime time tonight. Shows are weighted according to popularity on throng.co.nz.
Members of the website throng.co.nz personalise their listings to highlight their favourite shows and hide ones they’re not interested in.
“We’ve thought long and hard about TV listings and what we’d like them to be. We found traditional listings hard to scan because they’re organised by channel and you can easily miss things. We’ve removed the clutter and made your choice simpler,” says co-founder Regan Cunliffe.
See the new look listings from today at throng.co.nz.
very exciting. tv is evolving fast and i expect it to be very different in a couple years.
— IanMc, September 28, 2007
Cool job done by Kiwi’s
keep it up
— Anush, September 28, 2007
Would be better if I lived in NZ, but still very cool.
— StevenY, September 28, 2007
Unrelated to this post - I wanted to say thanks for the great post on password protection. I knew I could password protect each post, but I love the “Post Levels” plugin.
— shaneeckert, October 12, 2007
Would be better if I lived in NZ, but still very cool
— şapka, July 23, 2008
Thanks
— nakış, July 25, 2008
very exciting. tv is evolving fast and i expect it to be very different in a couple years.
— Promosyon şapka, August 15, 2008