So what we should really be asking is, "How do I get on TV?" BRB...loading pistol.
I agree with most of this though. When I started doing this a few years ago, that question would have sounded like the antithesis of what everyone was trying to accomplish, trying to break into a walled garden. Now it sounds more like a utilitarian question, like "How do I get my enclosures to show up in iTunes?" That said, the television world has a lot to lose by letting the huddled masses in under their tent. I doubt the TV+Netvideo marriage going to happen as soon as people think. AQ On Nov 13, 2007 11:22 AM, Eric Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One current project I haven't talked too much about has to do with > delivering audio and video content to set-top boxes, not those novelty > ones like slingboxes and such, but more of the XBOX, Playstation and > Wii (two of which have Opera-based browsing with Flash support, two > have hard drives and such). The audience is there. It's hard, but the > audience is there. Will we collectively be willing to do the hard work > to get the audience, or do we want the half-assed tech ethic of 'slap > that crap together and pray'. > > That said, I believe certain content has advantages over others. Do a > show about gaming, sex, cars or any of the 'religious' topics, and it > will help. I'd love to know what the Escapist's video 'Zero > Punctuation' gets as far as traffic because it's so painfully funny. > Want to make money and get a huge audience? Do a Justin Timberlake > fancast. There's a reason that MuggleCast and others are hits. Ironic, > really. > > I also will support (but not like) the idea that hot chicks and TV > training help. Look at some of the big shows. Then flip a coin. Of > course there will be exceptions, and we can deconstruct all day, but > when we do that, we're not quite normal, are we? When Amanda and > Rocketboom split, you could almost scientifically see the gaps in how > the content (and her) were perceived based on closeness to the > epicenter (we were soooo smart and intellectual on this list, and in > the distant blogosphere it was 'uh, what?' and in the mass space (USA > Today blog comments) it was flat out retarded. > > I'm still waiting for good hi-definition content come out of this > spacem, because I, like many fat bloated americans, enjoy sitting on > my ass in front of my home theater (this goes totally against the > indiepunkish ethos of 'well I don't owwwwwwn a television', etc) and > having my ears tantalized in 7.1 surround sound. > > There are three types of content I adore-- Video, video and sometimes > video. Sometimes it's on YouTube, sometimes it's buried in a forum > someplace, and other times, it comes from a TV studio or DVD (my god I > love Entourage, don't you?). > > We are the Content Creation Class-- we're kinda different than > everyone else (read: consumers). But damn, how does your audio podcast > compete with the non-interface of turning on satellite radio in the > car? Apples to Oranges, and our risk for elitism just *hates* that > kind of reality. :) > > ER > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 13 Nov 2007, at 11:38, Bill Cammack wrote: > > > I wondered how to drag all of those people, aimlessly streaming > > past me, into viewing an online show..... > > > > --- > > > > Set top box. That's the only way you'll get people watching online > > shows. I don't know if you use the term 'set top box' in the US. I > > just mean a box that plugs into your TV. One that'd allow people to > > watch ordinary network shows on their widescreen tv and also surf > > internet TV. > > > > People will not watch shows on a computer. Do you know anybody who > > watches anything on a computer? Other than the odd bored moment > > surfing old TV shows on Youtube? My friends and family will watch my > > videoblog, mostly because I've forced them to by subscribing them via > > email, but they won't then go on to watch any of the vlogs I link to, > > or click on the URLs of people who comment. > > > > Computers are full of distractions, and are quite hard things to use > > if you want to concentrate on or relax to motion picture > > entertainment. The TV / Couch combo works. I firmly believe it's > > just a matter of someone bringing internet video to the couch. Until > > then, forget it. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > > > > > > > [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]
