Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows

Twitter is experimenting with TV Timelines, a new way to surface tweets and media related to TV shows on air, reports Mashable. The feature, which is still being tested in Twitter’s iPhone app with a limited number of users, becomes available when you use a hashtag for some TV shows. Currently, American Idol, The Big Bang Theory, @Midnight and The Blacklist are participating in the social network’s experiment. Once you’ve accepted the invitation to try TV Timelines for a certain show, the interface will display tweets, videos, GIFs and photos. Three columns — Highlights, Media and All — organize all…



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