For me, calling it Internet TV is setting the bar too LOW. Other than the fact that series work is possible on the web (not something previously limited to TV) and that moving images in a box are involved, I don't see how it has much to do with TV at all. I sometimes call it web cinema, but that's too limiting too, and just reflects my bias as a filmmaker.
Last night I turned on my TV for the first time in a few weeks. Again, I wondered if I would even HAVE a tv if mass media wasn't the subject of some of my work. I could not find anything on any of the gazillion channels that had the capacity to do more than fill time. Oh there may have been a movie on IFC or something (I didn't check) but I always prefer renting them anyway because digital cable looks so horrible. Other than liking the concept of series work, I don't see the connection for me, and I've never understood why "internet TV" became a popular phrase. I guess it can "sell" the medium to adevrtisers or funders, but really, why compete with something that, despite having oodles of resources, completely and utterly sucks? TV is the great lost opportunity of the media age. I'd hate to see video on the web end up as the equivalent in the new media age. Brook p.s. The anomalies Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, and Arrested Development are exempt from my generalized tirade. > ______________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
