They come from a different culture, and are almost certainly entirely surrounded by yes men and people who are similarly uninformed. The good thing about physical conferences is that you're sharing the same room. You've got nothing to lose by fighting to get to the front and telling them.
On 13-Nov-08, at 6:49 AM, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: It's just infuriating. Just plain infuriating. Both these top executives have massive, multi-purpose staff and they''re STILL in a bubble. NBC is starting a digital studio instead of cutting a deal with the well-established Epic-Fu franchise. It just steams me up. 2008/11/13 Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nothing I ever hear about TV executives' approach to the internet > ever gives me any hope. Apparently, none of them ever use the > internet. And if they do, they're so busy being threatened that they > adopt a confused and contemptuous attitude before they've even > clicked on the first video. > > I read two great posts by Steve Bowbrick yesterday about trying to > change this mindset at the BBC. > > He's "blogger in residence" for six months at the BBC. Which is a > great idea - someone from outside to blog about life inside. > > First, his thoughts about how and why they need to move on from the > broadcast mindset. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/11/ > moving_on_from_the_broadcast_e.html > > But more importantly for you to read out there in hell, Jeffrey: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowbrick/2958508580/ > > A whiteboard image of the "obstacles to sharing" with typical > reactions in quotes just like those you just repeated from > Silverman. The obstacles are grouped under Rights; Culture; > Expectations; Competitive Instincts; Regulation. > > The quotes associated with the obstacles are: > Rights: "Impossible to untangle" > Expectations: "It'll just be a bunch of pornographers" > Culture: "We don't do that sort of thing" > Competitive Instincts: "We compete in primetime - why should we > cooperate here" > Regulation: "They'll never let us do that" > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 13-Nov-08, at 5:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]<thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com>wrote: > > They're totally ignoring all the great content that's out there by > independent producers. Direct quote from Silverman: "we don't want > cat pissing in toilet videos associated with our brand." and "only we > can do something like heroes". > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <jay.dedman%40gmail.com>> > > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:52:58 > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>< > videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> > Cc: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>< > videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of > me As I Type > > Can you be more specific about their approach or lack of understanding? > > Jay > > On Nov 13, 2008, at 7:01 AM, "Jeffrey Taylor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I'm currently at the Monaco Media Forum, watching Michael Wolff > > interview > > Ben Silverman of NBC/Universal and the Director-General of the BBC. > > > > These guys don't get it. At all. It's all top down. They have know > > idea > > what's out there, and they really can't be arsed to look. > > > > I am so pissed off right now. > > > > Discuss. > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Taylor > > Mobile: +33625497654 > > Fax: +33177722734 > > Skype: thejeffreytaylor > > Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<thejeffreytaylor% 40gmail.com> > > http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
