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TV, like most entertainment, is a social activity. As technology makes TV content available almost anywhere, at any time, a look at companies that are tackling ways to keep TV social.

After two and a half years of writing at NewTeeVee, we're firmly of the belief that video wants to be social. Combining television and interactivity is one of those topics that makes sense. We like to be entertained together — even sitting with strangers in a dark movie theater or next to your significant other in the living room affords some notion of collective entertainment. But what about two people who are watching the same programming from different places?