In 1977, 'The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show' clocked up one of the highest ever audiences in British television history with more than 28 million viewers. All over the country, families sat together in front of the box and laughed away the calories from their Xmas dinners. Afterwards, they'd have talked to each other about the show, recounted some of the best jokes and chuckled again at Eric's antics. And, as is often the way, this communal recall would have just made the programme seem even better in the memory.

Now, in the 21st century, when we have a multitude of devices to give us video whenever and wherever we want and television can be a solitary activity, a new group of companies is trying to help us recreate that social experience.

VOD Professional interviewed some of the leaders in this new sector to find out more about their products, their USPs and their vision. Tunerfish and Miso are based in the US but have an international presence, GetGlue (also from the States) is currently working with Channel 4 and E4 and then there's Zeebox, the new venture from the former head of the BBC iPlayer, Anthony Rose. Finally, we have exclusive news from KIT digital who are about to launch a white-label social TV app.

Here are links to those interviews:

• John McCrea, General Manager, Tunerfish
• Somrat Niyogi, CEO & Co-Founder, Miso
• Fraser Kelton, COO, GetGlue
• Alex Blum, COO, and Gannon Hall, EVP Marketing, KIT digital
• Anthony Rose, Co-Founder & CTO, Zeebox