Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread sull
That is always an accurate point to make. But its besides the point. And You better believe EVERY content company will be entering the net with VOD services. Whether it be on Joost or one of the other upcoming VideoOnDemand services that wil be unleashed this year. TV is coming to the net.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I don't follow your logic. You say that if they put out more good shows, we would watch them on TV instead of viewing their good clips online. If we're already getting the good stuff online, by this logic, wouldn't making a good show just mean it would end up being posted and viewed online? --

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread frank
If the viewers are there, the networks will come. There are still very, very large questions regarding how advertising is going to work. This will require them to make huge changes in their ad sales staffs, etc. Until then, litigation appears to be their answer - we all know that story, aka the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread sull
I think the point of what he said was that if a channel was better than just a few shows, you might care a bit less about wanting video on demand. but since TV in general sucks and for the most part the traditional programming model is still in full effect... people turn to where they CAN get

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread sull
well the viewers are already here... on the net. so the content would be coming to the viewers just as much or more so than the viewers coming to the content... i think channels on the net will eventually work like channels on TV. the idea of one BIG site like a youtube to contain all content

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage
Sports are helping keep big cable/sat companies afloat I think. If it weren't for DirecTV's awesome sports packages like Sunday Ticket and the NCAA College Hoops package, TV would be completely irrelevant for me. I'm on Blockbuster's movie thing (great), and I can watch all the [adult swim] I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread Jan McLaughlin
That and the fact that when you deploy citizen entertainment in your life, you actually get to hang out with your celebrity heroes in person. Why would I not want that kind of excitement in my life? I don't want to hang out with those capable of attracting millions, either. Those that attract a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
The turn on, tune in, and put your feet on the ottoman model of television marketing has been in decline since the invention of the first remote control. Network loyalty has repeatedly been shown to be a function largely of limiting viewer choice. The final nail in the coffin of such a model

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I wouldn't be so sure. As a lacrosse fan, the best way for me to see the games I want is via the Internet. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime I don't see sports moving to the net anytime soon though, because of the sheer amount of live production work it takes to make a successful

Re: [videoblogging] Re: YouTube sued for 1 billion dollars.....(Insert doctor evil laugh)

2007-03-13 Thread sull
First of all, remember the name.. YOUTUBE. remember the tagline... BROADCAST YOURSELF. Thats what their focus was supposed to be on. The User Generated Content. But they realized, or maybe knew all along, that a more lucrative goal would be to become TV for the net. And as the inevitable