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 want on their website. I'd miss out on shows like South Park and Good Eats, but I'm sure I could find those online too.
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 broadcast. On 3/13/07, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 video > on > demand, on the internet a la YouTube etc. > > VOD might even become law at some point. I unsubscribed from cable tv > last > April (just get internet) because i am fedup with the force feeding of > crap > i dont want. So netflix fills in the void and I'm also very interested in > any new VOD service like Joost etc which i can also take advantage of. > > Anyway.... > > On 13 Mar 2007 09:11:05 -0700, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > -- > > Rhett. > > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > > > > > Maybe if networks like MTV and Comedy Central put out more then 1 or 2 > > > interesting shows instead of some of the crap they are trying to pass > > > off as TV more people would be interested in watching them on > > > television instead of posting and viewing their good clips online. If > > > the big network execs are worried about losing money they should look > > > internally at who is choosing the programming? > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Check it > > >> > > >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17592285/ > > >> > > >> I mean seriously, 1 billion dollars?!?! Give me a freaking > > >> break...I worry about the future I really do....I mean yeah, they > > >> have got content but 1 billion?!? Get real..... > > >> > > >> Interesting that this announcement comes on the heals of Viacom > > >> saying that they are going to create a site where people > > >> can "leagaly" mash up their work.......Ah...corprate politics at it's > > >> finest..... > > >> > > >> NEW YORK - MTV owner Viacom Inc. said Tuesday it has sued YouTube and > > >> its corporate parent Google Inc. in federal court for alleged > > >> copyright infringement and is seeking more than $1 billion in > damages. > > >> > > >> Viacom claims that the more than 160,000 unauthorized video clips > > >> from its cable networks, which also include Comedy Central, VH1 and > > >> Nickelodeon, have been available on the popular video-sharing Web > > >> site. > > >> > > >> The lawsuit marks a sharp escalation of long-simmering tensions > > >> between Viacom and YouTube. Last month Viacom demanded that YouTube > > >> remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips after several months of > > >> talks between the companies broke down. > > >> > > >> In a statement, Viacom lashed out at YouTube's business practices, > > >> saying it has "built a lucrative business out of exploiting the > > >> devotion of fans to others' creative works in order to enrich itself > > >> and its corporate parent Google." > > >> > > >> Viacom said YouTube's business model, "which is based on building > > >> traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly > > >> illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws." > > >> > > >> A representative for Google didn't immediately respond to a request > > >> for comment. > > >> > > >> Other media companies have also clashed with YouTube over copyrights, > > >> but some, including CBS Corp. and General Electric Co.'s NBC > > >> Universal, have reached deals with the video-sharing site to license > > >> their material. > > >> > > >> Universal Music Group, a unit of France's Vivendi SA, had threatened > > >> to sue YouTube, saying it was a hub for pirated music videos, but > > >> later reached a licensing deal with them. > > >> > > >> Viacom filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern > > >> District of New York and is also seeking an injunction prohibiting > > >> Google and YouTube from using its clips. > > >> > > >> > > >> Heath > > >> http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sull > http://vlogdir.com (a project) > http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) > http://interdigitate.com (otherly) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Adam Quirk Wreck & Salvage 551.208.4644 Brooklyn, NY http://wreckandsalvage.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
