Social TV?

Just when I thought I knew all the different types of social media I find out about a new one. Today I read about social TV. In the online article Social TV: Watch Hulu with your Facebook and MySpace Friends they talk about social TV, which has been avaliable since this past April.

With this program, one is able to watch a television show and leave comments about certain parts for their friends to see when they watch the show. This is how the website explains the program:

The cool thing is that this is not done in real-time, but instead any time you chatter, it is synced to the video. So if you watch The Simpsons and put in a comment 6 minutes into the show, future users will see that comment, even if they watch the episode the next day. It’s like a running commentary left by social network users.

I think is is very interesting, and to be honest wish I knew about this sooner, but I have a few concerns regarding the idea of social television. The website insists that this will not take over regular television, but with all the internet TV shows people are able to watch these days, there is a possibilty that could happen. I don’t think it will happen anytime soon, but with programs that allow viewers to watch shows and talk to their friends at the same time about the show, people are going to continue to do what is most convenient for them, and this is a very convenient program.

What do you think? Has internet TV shows already started to take over regular television? Will this idea of social tv contribute?