The synchronicity of this comment is astounding. Just this morning, I heard radion announcer making fun of our local Channel 7's latest programming. They've canceled a cooking show in favour of "Cats that make us laugh". Really? Cat videos are coming to prime time TV! I can't wait. No, yes I can * yawn *.
Cheers On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 05:08:46PM +0000, Parks, Raymond wrote: > I don't think this signals a drop in TV watching - just a change in the > source. I wonder if the TV hours would be down if one included YouTube, > NetFlix, Amazon, Twitch, Hulu, VuDu, Roku, DVRs, et cetera? > > Recently, YouTube has taken up live streaming of games in addition to its > standard video posting - partially in response to Twitch's success in that > area. In live streams, the host player is playing a game but they also > respond to viewers in virtual chat rooms. It gets really complicated when > the stream host player is in a multiplayer game with other live streaming > players. I don't really like the experience as a viewer - but it seems to be > very popular. > > My point is to wonder if traditional TV (broadcast and cable) will start to > shift their programming choices. Will they drop the highly produced > comedy/drama half or one-hour shows in favour of more spontaneous live > streams or YouTube-style videos? Will NBC/CBS/ABC/HBO sign up talent like > PewDiePie to produce a spontaneous video show for broadcast/cable? How will > the FCC react to the content of some of these shows? > > This last Sunday, preseason football had the highest viewership of 10.98 > million and on cable True Detective had a viewership of 1.2 million. On > average, PewDiePie's 2,426 video uploads have 4,018,356 views (from > 38,632,836 subscribers plus non-subscribers). If we make the rough > assumption that viewers of both forms of video will skip/ignore commercial > advertisement at about the same rate, then an ad on a PewDiePie video will > have far more impressions than an ad on True Detective. It will have a > little less than half the level of Sunday Night Football. If you consider > production costs - football loses badly. > > Ray Parks > Consilient Heuristician/IDART Old-Timer > V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 > > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 9:53 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > > Now this *is* interesting! Sorta along the lines of TV chord cutters .. I'd > > say TV is in trouble and needs a serious Internet Checkup! > > > > <image.png> > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
