Hi Luke Yes - scheduling of prime time is what is dying as you can on TIVO (or whatever) record, download, watch it when you want etc. I'm interested in what that will mean for content creators in terms of how to alert people to the fact that something is actually worth recording and watchign later, so, as advertisers scramble to leap into the new interactive world i think it will be your generation which dictates what that world will become...but as a doco maker and content creator, i'm keen to keep making stuff, thats for sure!
clare www.evebaystudio.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Luke Dicken Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 10:33 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [backstage] Psiphon & Next Gen content > Yes, actually most kids my sons age - 20 ish don't watch tv > at all. They might watch YouTube occassionally but mostly > they are either watching DVD's on their wide screen laptops, > or creating their own content with digi-cams, photoshop > artwork, websites or generally out and about Speaking as someone in this age-group (although possibly atypical given my tech background), its not that we don't watch TV, its just that TV programs aren't good enough to keep our interest. My flatmate makes time for Torchwood each week - I have a habit of forgetting its on so end up either setting our TV up to record it, then watch it later, or I pick it up from a torrent site. The whole concept of remembering when a show is on and watching it is now totally alien to me - I want content on demand, and youtube delivers that. Its just that its generally trashy content on there, and whilst you can sometimes spend hours watching what fun people have with... Y'know... Putting firecrackers down their pants or whatever.... Its not exactly the kind of high-brow stuff people want from a proper broadcasting outfit. Youtube is generally lowest-common-denominator content, but the trend is definitely towards not being told when in our busy day we're going to take time to watch something when the technology to watch it when we want to is so pervasive. Increasingly, television as a medium is going to fall by the way-side as other newer mediums take over. These are predominantly going to be to some extent internet-driven. That doesn't mean that the programmes are going to end, but they are going to evolve. Ten years ago, choosing which angle you viewed a football match from would have seemed insane, nowadays you just have to press a button on your remote. Ten years from now, who knows what will be possible, but as some level of abstraction, there's still going to be sound and pictures being transmitted. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
