Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-15 Thread Brook Hinton
From my perspective, the less mainstream corporate media is involved in any alternative independent media, the better. They already destroyed independent film and cable. -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-15 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Bingo. That's THE question, Jacek. Jan On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Jacek Artymiak [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:01 AM, @sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of interest... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/13/online-video-wheres-the-money/ Is advertising the only way

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:28 PM, @sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do they NEED TO GET IT? Why do we feel like we NEED THEM TO GET IT? Co-Existing not feasible? Is this about getting picked up by the old suits or is this about Independents being able to leverage technology to publish their

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:01 AM, @sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of interest... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/13/online-video-wheres-the-money/ Is advertising the only way to monetize on-line videos that all those bright people in the Valley can think of? I watched one of the Web 2.0 gurus

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
But who says the networks have any obligation to hire the independents? On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because people who deserve to be paid well for their excellent work are not getting their due. That is all. -Original Message- From: @sull [EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Roxanne Darling
We, what time are you meeting??? On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Jacek Artymiak [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: But who says the networks have any obligation to hire the independents? On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com wrote: Because people

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
They don't have an obligation to independents at all, but they're being massively stupid for missing out on opportunites to take on serialized content that has establushed communities that are alpha-recommending products and services left and right. Networks miss out, content creators miss out,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They don't have an obligation to independents at all, but they're being massively stupid for missing out on opportunites to take on serialized content that has establushed communities that are alpha-recommending products

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread thejeffreytaylor
I really enjoy saying all the thing you do as well, Jacek. The problem is that it's time the funding sources of all types stop seeing this as experimental and something for later. The goods are there NOW. -Original Message- From: Jacek Artymiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread @sull
No doubt that there is truth in the expressed misconceptions of what Independent Net Media encompasses. I dont even know the best terminology these days and language always helps define ( whats a vlog? ;) User Generated Content is NOT EpicFu. So yeah that must be annoying to hear. But I wonder

[videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Despite being a negative person and setting my expectations rather low, things havent met my expectations. I never believed the hype and silly advertising projections, even without the economic storm I dont think all would be well in the world of web 2.0 also known as 'where's the revenue?'

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
I know. The money thing. It's a big problem, when you don't have it and I don't want to trivialize it, as I personally know how it feels when you don't have it and can't tell when it will be coming. In times like these you need to scale down and work within the limitations of the format. I had to

[videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Steve Watkins
Wont investors see it as experimental and very high risk unlss there are more examples of people getting a return on their investment? Maybe I am missing some success stories, where are they? Doesnt help that the handful of early stars seem to have failed to capitalize on their position. What

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-14 Thread Jacek Artymiak
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Ive found most annoying is the halfhearted way that those who have received some backing, have been treated. We've seen several shows get picked up by new media networks who then seem to have no clue what to do with

[videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Heath
Maybe it's because I only watch or subsribe to a certain number of people, but I always get the feeling that for every Epic Fu or Ask a Ninja, there are a thousand shows like minewhich isn't a show at all, just a personal vlog...so for them to not be aware or to state that only we can do

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread @sull
Why do they NEED TO GET IT? Why do we feel like we NEED THEM TO GET IT? Co-Existing not feasible? Is this about getting picked up by the old suits or is this about Independents being able to leverage technology to publish their works and fins a market? [Non-text portions of this message have

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Rupert
I feel it's important for two reasons - wasted opportunities and wasted time: 1) it's just a terrible wasted opportunity for a company like the BBC to not Get It. they could do so much good. even for a big US network - they have the resources to create fantastic content, networks and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread thejeffreytaylor
Because people who deserve to be paid well for their excellent work are not getting their due. That is all. -Original Message- From: @sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:02 To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the

[videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Cheryl
I agree with your two reasons, Ru. Essentially all the time wasted trying to close things off from indie creators is also the big guys getting in their own way. It so bugs me that the BBC can do a wonderful project like Capture Wales,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Irina
well, there was nothing on after top chef last night (which i watched on dvr, so i didnt watch any of the commercials) so i watched 11 4-minute episodes http://captainblasto.com -- i am constantly running out of time to watch the cute, new shows online -- heath there are so many! not all of them

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread @sull
of interest... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/13/online-video-wheres-the-money/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Rupert
Thanks for posting, but it and the comments that followed were just annoying. Totally misses the point. One day soon someone will come up with a video interface that truly brings internet TV to the couch for more than just geeks, which shows more than just badly encoded 5 minute YouTube

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread @sull
wow, just noticed this new post on rrw. synchronicity. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/netflix_ceo_thinks_the_time_is.php On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:34 AM, @sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm watching netflix on TV with http://www.roku.com And soon you can use your TiVo to access the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread @sull
I agree, Rupert. I had written an additional 2 paragraphs about TV as it is and tonights experience trying to sit down with no interruptions, no puter... just sit down and watch some show i never heard of (Life on Mars - weird!). And it was intolerable with all the commercial breaks. I felt

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread @sull
I'm watching netflix on TV with http://www.roku.com And soon you can use your TiVo to access the netflix VOD catalog. Personally, i'd like to see netflix become more involved with distributing independent net video. I always admired Red Envelope, which was shut down recently (

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Rupert
I totally totally totally agree with this. As much as I totally totally totally disagree with the loser on Techcrunch. This is what I've been banging on about for the last year and a half to anybody who would listen. Couch/internet convergence and a pointer remote. Bring it on. Rupert

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Traditional Media Scares the Shi* out of me As I Type

2008-11-13 Thread Rupert
We are clearly geniuses. Somebody should be paying us massive amounts of money for our ideas. ;) On 13-Nov-08, at 10:57 PM, @sull wrote: I agree, Rupert. I had written an additional 2 paragraphs about TV as it is and tonights experience trying to sit down with no interruptions, no puter...