Canada's CBC is once again pushing the boundaries in social TV. Sunday night the network premiered Over the Rainbow a new show that "showcases aspiring Canadian performers as they vie for the leading role of Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, opening this December at the Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto, ON." The network has launched a second screen app that's allowing viewers to take control of the main screen.

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SocialGuide has just launched an exciting new product as part of their SocialGuide Intelligence (SGI) product that we've covered before. The Brooklyn-based social TV data company continues to gain traction within the competitive space by focusing solely on Twitter, which of course lends itself to real-time the most. Now they're launching a new tool called "On Now" (in beta) dedicated to helping social TV producers and marketers make sense of TV data in real-time. CEO and Founder Sean Casey...

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