A good roundup of video chat services and "social television networks" in this NYT article by John Biggs: Link.
Included here, LA-based Operator 11, founded by Josh Harris (previously, founder of Pseudo.com and Jupiter). I visited not long ago and snapped this photo of some of the crew members at work. Fascinating place, and a nascent social phenomenon I don't entirely understand, but intend to keep an eye on.
This piece in MIT Technology Review dives in a little deeper to the Operator 11 story: Link.
