While Twitter is a great “social layer” for live TV events, what about all the other shows you watch on Hulu, Netflix or your DVR? That’s where Tweeplayer comes in — a new site that lets you play back a Twitter stream in sync with a TV show.
Here’s a demo page that marries a “Dancing with the Stars” video with tweets about that particular show. (Normally, you’d watch on TV with the tweets running on Tweeplayer.) You can tweet, as well, which would be seen by others who replay the same event later (but obviously, you can’t respond to each other in real-time).
TweePlayer says it harvests conversations for most major TV shows — using hashtags and algorithms to figure out which tweets are about the show — and it has a growing list of 5,000 events including sports events, conferences and even podcasts.
So how will it make any money? Tweeplayer tells Mashable that it might provide white box solutions for companies like Hulu, or it might sell premium accounts that include commentary from big names.