More proof that NBC just "doesn't get it". Attacking their customers at the highly successful download service iTunes, alienating millions of existing viewers.
Setting up an online only, ad driven site to deliver content. Shows delivered through web based streamed services like YouTube resulting in near microscopic figures.
What part of "We, the Viewers, want to DOWNLOAD CONTENT ONTO OUR COMPUTERS" doesn't NBC understand?
Millions upon millions of people have PROVEN that they are willing TO GIVE NBC MONEY in exchange for a product, yet they seem hell bent for leather in ramming web based, streamed only content down our throats, DESPITE the fact that NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH IT IN THAT MANNER!
Firing the people making these wacky decisions at NBC would be a Really Good Thing.
More proof that NBC just "doesn't get it". Attacking their customers at the highly successful download service iTunes, alienating millions of existing viewers.
Setting up an online only, ad driven site to deliver content. Shows delivered through web based streamed services like YouTube resulting in near microscopic figures.
What part of "We, the Viewers, want to DOWNLOAD CONTENT ONTO OUR COMPUTERS" doesn't NBC understand?
Millions upon millions of people have PROVEN that they are willing TO GIVE NBC MONEY in exchange for a product, yet they seem hell bent for leather in ramming web based, streamed only content down our throats, DESPITE the fact that NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH IT IN THAT MANNER!
Firing the people making these wacky decisions at NBC would be a Really Good Thing.
The small dribbles of content prolly explains exactly why it's received little attention. Incidentally, it's about as large as a bit of hour-long TV programming can get before the commercials hit (if you're lucky - it seems like things drop to 5 minutes max in prime-time nowadays).
If the guy wants more viewers, how about a story that actually takes awhile to tell, and not something that was built to be apportioned at lowest-common-denominator sized attention spans.
I doubt anyone is really going to take him seriously until he starts releasing 20, 40 or even hour-long segments (no, not "one hour minus commercials", I mean 60 minutes of continuous content).
I haven't seen this particular show, but I do know full well that part of television's problem has more to do with set-piece stories dispensed in niblet-sized chunks than it has to do with the media its distributed on, or the source of said story.
TV in small chuncks actually work in some markets...
Take Japan for example. Since 1964, government-funded NHK televises a 15-minute morning drama. Each series lasts for six months, and airs six days a week (comes out to about 156 episodes.) The episodes air at 8:30am JST.
The morning drama concept has been proven successful - as throughout its 40-plus year history it has beaten out most prime-time dramas. Like NBC, NHK is currently pursuing streaming their shows over the Internet. If they were to stream the morning dramas, I think they would be a huge success - as the episodes have a huge BitTorrent following.
I think the problem with NBC is the fact that portal-based media sites like YouTube and Veoh work better. What the TV networks are trying to do is emulate the TV channel structure - where you must surf to a different web site for each network. I think a neutral portal like YouTube works better, where it becomes a one-stop shop for everything. I think the Web 2.0 is creating the concept where your average Internet user prefer to shrink the number of sites he surfs. In the earlier days of the Internet, it was fun bouncing around from site to site. Nowadays, surfers do not have the patience and/or time to be searching for content.
The small dribbles of content prolly explains exactly why it's received little attention. Incidentally, it's about as large as a bit of hour-long TV programming can get before the commercials hit (if you're lucky - it seems like things drop to 5 minutes max in prime-time nowadays).
If the guy wants more viewers, how about a story that actually takes awhile to tell, and not something that was built to be apportioned at lowest-common-denominator sized attention spans.
I doubt anyone is really going to take him seriously until he starts releasing 20, 40 or even hour-long segments (no, not "one hour minus commercials", I mean 60 minutes of continuous content).
I haven't seen this particular show, but I do know full well that part of television's problem has more to do with set-piece stories dispensed in niblet-sized chunks than it has to do with the media its distributed on, or the source of said story.
TV in small chuncks actually work in some markets...
Take Japan for example. Since 1964, government-funded NHK televises a 15-minute morning drama. Each series lasts for six months, and airs six days a week (comes out to about 156 episodes.) The episodes air at 8:30am JST.
The morning drama concept has been proven successful - as throughout its 40-plus year history it has beaten out most prime-time dramas. Like NBC, NHK is currently pursuing streaming their shows over the Internet. If they were to stream the morning dramas, I think they would be a huge success - as the episodes have a huge BitTorrent following.
I think the problem with NBC is the fact that portal-based media sites like YouTube and Veoh work better. What the TV networks are trying to do is emulate the TV channel structure - where you must surf to a different web site for each network. I think a neutral portal like YouTube works better, where it becomes a one-stop shop for everything. I think the Web 2.0 is creating the concept where your average Internet user prefer to shrink the number of sites he surfs. In the earlier days of the Internet, it was fun bouncing around from site to site. Nowadays, surfers do not have the patience and/or time to be searching for content.
The problem is that all online video is lumped together regardless of genre. Youtube is not meant for, and the audience of that site, is not interested in scripted programming. One reason is the people on that site are more interested in amateur train wreck video. It is a forum for voyeurs. The whole cnn/youtube debate demonstrated the train wreck nature of youtube. Horrible!
The other problem is why would I watch a high quality scripted production on youtube when the video quality is so poor? There are much better sites for video. As for audience size, just like network programming, internet TV programming will need to be hyped in the same way to reach a large audience. I don't think you can expect to draw large numbers without the hype to cut through the clutter.
Also, you have to have a show people want to watch. i looked at quarterlife and it was a take or leave it kind of thing. I bet if Disney put a special High School Musical 2 episode on the net, I bet it would be a huge hit. Just because it is scripted programming on the net doesn't mean it will be successful. It has to be good also.
The problem is that all online video is lumped together regardless of genre. Youtube is not meant for, and the audience of that site, is not interested in scripted programming. One reason is the people on that site are more interested in amateur train wreck video. It is a forum for voyeurs. The whole cnn/youtube debate demonstrated the train wreck nature of youtube. Horrible!
The other problem is why would I watch a high quality scripted production on youtube when the video quality is so poor? There are much better sites for video. As for audience size, just like network programming, internet TV programming will need to be hyped in the same way to reach a large audience. I don't think you can expect to draw large numbers without the hype to cut through the clutter.
Also, you have to have a show people want to watch. i looked at quarterlife and it was a take or leave it kind of thing. I bet if Disney put a special High School Musical 2 episode on the net, I bet it would be a huge hit. Just because it is scripted programming on the net doesn't mean it will be successful. It has to be good also.
I watched the pilot episode of Quaterlife on youtube and I really didn't like it. It was one of those shows, that were I watching on television, I would have guessed the people who made it have no understanding about how the internet works. Since I was watching it on the internet, I KNEW they had no idea.
I watched the pilot episode of Quaterlife on youtube and I really didn't like it. It was one of those shows, that were I watching on television, I would have guessed the people who made it have no understanding about how the internet works. Since I was watching it on the internet, I KNEW they had no idea.
Quarterlife will get powered by the new wimax networks
Sites such as Quarterlife with high quality video also need good wireless connectivity. We should see the launch of XOHM in 2008 giving a new orientation to sites such as these.
Quarterlife will get powered by the new wimax networks
Sites such as Quarterlife with high quality video also need good wireless connectivity. We should see the launch of XOHM in 2008 giving a new orientation to sites such as these.
A new patent infringement suit from Swiss company SmartData targets three of Apple's products for infringing on one of its patents, while saying Apple ignored pleas to strike a licensing deal.
A German judge has ruled in favor of Apple in one of several patent suits with Motorola, finding that iPhone maker did not violate a patent related to 3G/UMTS wireless communications.
All of Lady Gaga's little monsters will soon be able to connect with one another virtually, as Lady Gaga prepares to launch her own social networking site.
Attacking their customers at the highly successful download
service iTunes, alienating millions of existing viewers.
Setting up an online only, ad driven site to deliver content.
Shows delivered through web based streamed services like
YouTube resulting in near microscopic figures.
What part of "We, the Viewers, want to DOWNLOAD CONTENT
ONTO OUR COMPUTERS" doesn't NBC understand?
Millions upon millions of people have PROVEN that they are
willing TO GIVE NBC MONEY in exchange for a product, yet they
seem hell bent for leather in ramming web based, streamed only
content down our throats, DESPITE the fact that NO ONE WANTS
TO WATCH IT IN THAT MANNER!
Firing the people making these wacky decisions at NBC would be
a Really Good Thing.
Attacking their customers at the highly successful download
service iTunes, alienating millions of existing viewers.
Setting up an online only, ad driven site to deliver content.
Shows delivered through web based streamed services like
YouTube resulting in near microscopic figures.
What part of "We, the Viewers, want to DOWNLOAD CONTENT
ONTO OUR COMPUTERS" doesn't NBC understand?
Millions upon millions of people have PROVEN that they are
willing TO GIVE NBC MONEY in exchange for a product, yet they
seem hell bent for leather in ramming web based, streamed only
content down our throats, DESPITE the fact that NO ONE WANTS
TO WATCH IT IN THAT MANNER!
Firing the people making these wacky decisions at NBC would be
a Really Good Thing.
If the guy wants more viewers, how about a story that actually takes awhile to tell, and not something that was built to be apportioned at lowest-common-denominator sized attention spans.
I doubt anyone is really going to take him seriously until he starts releasing 20, 40 or even hour-long segments (no, not "one hour minus commercials", I mean 60 minutes of continuous content).
I haven't seen this particular show, but I do know full well that part of television's problem has more to do with set-piece stories dispensed in niblet-sized chunks than it has to do with the media its distributed on, or the source of said story.
/P
The morning drama concept has been proven successful - as throughout its 40-plus year history it has beaten out most prime-time dramas. Like NBC, NHK is currently pursuing streaming their shows over the Internet. If they were to stream the morning dramas, I think they would be a huge success - as the episodes have a huge BitTorrent following.
I think the problem with NBC is the fact that portal-based media sites like YouTube and Veoh work better. What the TV networks are trying to do is emulate the TV channel structure - where you must surf to a different web site for each network. I think a neutral portal like YouTube works better, where it becomes a one-stop shop for everything. I think the Web 2.0 is creating the concept where your average Internet user prefer to shrink the number of sites he surfs. In the earlier days of the Internet, it was fun bouncing around from site to site. Nowadays, surfers do not have the patience and/or time to be searching for content.
One-stop shop! That's what people want.
If the guy wants more viewers, how about a story that actually takes awhile to tell, and not something that was built to be apportioned at lowest-common-denominator sized attention spans.
I doubt anyone is really going to take him seriously until he starts releasing 20, 40 or even hour-long segments (no, not "one hour minus commercials", I mean 60 minutes of continuous content).
I haven't seen this particular show, but I do know full well that part of television's problem has more to do with set-piece stories dispensed in niblet-sized chunks than it has to do with the media its distributed on, or the source of said story.
/P
The morning drama concept has been proven successful - as throughout its 40-plus year history it has beaten out most prime-time dramas. Like NBC, NHK is currently pursuing streaming their shows over the Internet. If they were to stream the morning dramas, I think they would be a huge success - as the episodes have a huge BitTorrent following.
I think the problem with NBC is the fact that portal-based media sites like YouTube and Veoh work better. What the TV networks are trying to do is emulate the TV channel structure - where you must surf to a different web site for each network. I think a neutral portal like YouTube works better, where it becomes a one-stop shop for everything. I think the Web 2.0 is creating the concept where your average Internet user prefer to shrink the number of sites he surfs. In the earlier days of the Internet, it was fun bouncing around from site to site. Nowadays, surfers do not have the patience and/or time to be searching for content.
One-stop shop! That's what people want.
Youtube is not meant for, and the audience of that site, is not interested in
scripted programming. One reason is the people on that site are more interested
in amateur train wreck video. It is a forum for voyeurs.
The whole cnn/youtube debate demonstrated the train wreck nature of youtube.
Horrible!
The other problem is why would I watch a high quality scripted production on
youtube when the video quality is so poor? There are much better sites for video.
As for audience size, just like network programming, internet TV programming
will need to be hyped in the same way to reach a large audience. I don't think you
can expect to draw large numbers without the hype to cut through the clutter.
Also, you have to have a show people want to watch. i looked at quarterlife and it
was a take or leave it kind of thing. I bet if Disney put a special High School
Musical 2 episode on the net, I bet it would be a huge hit. Just because it is
scripted programming on the net doesn't mean it will be successful. It has to be
good also.
Youtube is not meant for, and the audience of that site, is not interested in
scripted programming. One reason is the people on that site are more interested
in amateur train wreck video. It is a forum for voyeurs.
The whole cnn/youtube debate demonstrated the train wreck nature of youtube.
Horrible!
The other problem is why would I watch a high quality scripted production on
youtube when the video quality is so poor? There are much better sites for video.
As for audience size, just like network programming, internet TV programming
will need to be hyped in the same way to reach a large audience. I don't think you
can expect to draw large numbers without the hype to cut through the clutter.
Also, you have to have a show people want to watch. i looked at quarterlife and it
was a take or leave it kind of thing. I bet if Disney put a special High School
Musical 2 episode on the net, I bet it would be a huge hit. Just because it is
scripted programming on the net doesn't mean it will be successful. It has to be
good also.
We should see the launch of XOHM in 2008 giving a new orientation to sites such as these.
We should see the launch of XOHM in 2008 giving a new orientation to sites such as these.