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https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10103953494202721/
FACEBOOK IS INTRODUCING a new way to watch tv shows, with its Watch tab set to be rolled out worldwide.
Part of the company’s plans to incorporate more video on its app, Facebook said that the content users see will be based on what friends and communities are watching.
The videos you watch will have comments and reactions under them like any other Facebook posts. You’ll also be able to search for new shows based on how people reacted to them, such as “shows where many people have used the ‘haha’ reaction”.
It envisages having a range of shows from reality to comedy to live sports on the platform, and Facebook is funding some of its own shows to get the project up and running.
In a statement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “We believe it’s possible to rethink a lot of experiences through the lens of building community – including watching video.
Watching a show doesn’t have to be passive. It can be a chance to share an experience and bring people together who care about the same things.
The service is only available in certain parts of the US for the time being, but Facebook said the service will be rolled out everywhere else soon.
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I’d rather walk the dog, thanks but no thanks Mark.
Just what the world’s been waiting for. Thrilled that philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg is focused on building community. Must be awful for people who don’t subscribe to Facebook. Poor community-less souls.
@Cat Agatha: A community of people alone in their beds on Facebook – lets all be connected…
Can I watch FakeTaxi?
@Grumpy Bollovks: lol
This is the way TV is going, YouTube will be offering a similar service soon. The current platform is dying on its feet because people are effectively online most of the time. When RTE want an increase in its licence fee it’s to support a dying model/platform and doesn’t represent value to anyone.
@Government Sachs: Maybe but internet speeds in Ireland doesn’t really support streaming.
@B9xiRspG: Maybe we could redirected the licence fee monies to broadband infrastructure
In a few more yrs you’ll have to pay him to watch old footage of the life you used to have from inside Facebook looking out
No Mark, just no.
Spending less and less time on Facebook, it’s day will pass to.
Gas how everyone wants to be negative about this idea, but the same cohort moan about RTE and not wanting to pay for something they claim not to watch or use.
@Joseph Bloggs: I don’t.
Facebook what’s that ?
@Scorpionvenomm: It’s an imaginary friend for people who live in bleak places.
Been done on sports streams for years
@ed w: But not on Facebook. I think that’s his point.
Yes, on Facebook. Particularly good for sports that normally are not broadcast in the country you reside. YouTube does it also, less surprisingly.
@Martin Flood: I’ve seen live sports plenty of time through Facebook. Granted they weren’t there legally but were available.
I’ve no respect for anyone who’s active on Facebook. 99% of them can’t spell and don’t know the difference between there, their and they’re. It’s a breeding ground for illiteracy and stupidity.
@John O’Shea: Bitter about playing in the Championship?
@John O’Shea: but you think Twitter is OK?
Of course it’s okay, there’s no illiteracy on Twitter.
*theirs
@John O’Shea: So 99% of Facebook users are illiterate? Of over 1 billion people?
@Dermot Lane: twitter thankfully contains information which Ive tailored to be relevant to my interests. I don’t have to accept, decline or ignore friend requests, see people parading their kids, witness their gym exploits, what they’ve had for dinner, fake offers that they’ve liked and shared or ads for their old nikes and sofas. Zucky won’t be happy till Facebook is self aware and has assimilated its illiterate drones.
@Anthony Edward Healy: I’ve exaggerated a bit Anthony, it’s more like 98%.
@….: yes dotty, pity the rest of my teammates don’t give a shìte, except gibbo of course.
@John O’Shea: you’re coment wreeks of atogantce
Denis Naughton want to raise the licence fee and attach the reasoning to facebooks move
I really hope this is not built into the Facebook app. It should be a standalone app, like Messenger. I don’t watch TV, movies, sport (except hurling and rugby), programmes, etc. This will just be bloatware on my phone if incorporated. I’m getting quite tired of Facebook pushing their unwanted extras on their app, like that stupid Direct Inbox!
Facepalm!
People watch enough sh*te on Facebook already.
Why???
Prefare watch faceboik than rte. Csn2 i hsve my money back?
@Cathal Leonard: no, you csn2′t.
(Are you drunk?).
Facebook could easily afford to buy the rights to the Premier League for example and show the matches for free. The advantage to them is that would would available for targeted ads while we watched and messages and updates from our friends. The trouble is, in the end, you’d probably have to unfriend everybody to watch the matches in peace.
Another platform for the rubbish shows of the world .
mark can f@@k off
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