Re: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-05 Thread Kath O'Donnell
(late reply) I think one day people will be shooting / making video / media as stringers and sell that to people who need video / media, likely businesses who can afford to pay. another layer to news program's stringers/freelancers but on any topic, not just news. ala Neal Stephenson's Snow

Re: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-05 Thread Kath O'Donnell
oh, also, which is why I think ads on videos is an old media way of thinking. like ads on tv. (which will phase into product placements soon enough). people will still use them now whilst they make money from them but I don't think they'll be necessary or used in future as they'll be regarded as

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-05 Thread Mike Moon
I haven't been following this thread, but did catch your thoughts on vloggers having a marketable commodity for the mass market. I recently did a vlog that speaks about our community selling Lumiere's to Digital Picture Frame consumers. http://vlog.mikemoon.net/2007/07/thinking-lumieres.html

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-03 Thread missbhavens1969
Of Chuck Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:29 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee. http://newteevee.com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-03 Thread danielmcvicar
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee. http://newteevee.com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed/ com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed/ Ad dollars

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-03 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The thing is that I cant actually think of many people here who believe otherwise. OK maybe occasionally someone who hasnt put in insane amounts of effort into their vlog, wonders why they arent being noticed and

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, caminofilm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: interesting article about predictions for online video advertising http://mediabiz.blogs.cnnmoney.com/2007/07/27/the-ugly-truth-about-online-video/ I already said that back on February 19, 2007:

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Chuck
This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee.com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed/ Ad dollars to video is not going to change from TV overnight, but there WILL be a change over time and a significant one at that. Chuck --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,

RE: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Frank Sinton
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:29 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee. http://newteevee.com

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Steve Watkins
/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:29 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Bill Cammack
: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee. http://newteevee.com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed/ com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed/ Ad dollars to video is not going to change from TV overnight

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Heath
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:29 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video This made me recall what Bill Gates said back in January: http://newteevee. http://newteevee.com/2007/01/29/gates-tv-is-doomed

Re: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Markus Sandy
Hey Bill, Long time no see. How's it going? On Aug 2, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Bill Cammack wrote: I seriously don't know why people expect videos about uninteresting (except to the audience of ten) topics to EVER be monetized. sometimes things are of interest to an audience larger than

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Bill, Long time no see. How's it going? On Aug 2, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Bill Cammack wrote: I seriously don't know why people expect videos about uninteresting (except to the audience of ten) topics to

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Chuck
Bill, I think your points are all spot on, but the landscape is nonetheless going to experience dramatic change over the next few years. That doesn't mean the vlogging community will be the beneficiaries of that change. Big money and big media are no doubt already planning strategies and

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, pouringdownpix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack BillCammack@ wrote: I seriously don't know why people expect videos about uninteresting (except to the audience of ten) topics to EVER be monetized. As far

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill, I think your points are all spot on, but the landscape is nonetheless going to experience dramatic change over the next few years. That doesn't mean the vlogging community will be the beneficiaries of that

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread pouringdownpix
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seriously don't know why people expect videos about uninteresting (except to the audience of ten) topics to EVER be monetized. As far as I know, there's not an example YET of that happening. If anyone knows of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Brook Hinton
That's a zillion times *more* interesting than most monetized video. Brook On 8/2/07, pouringdownpix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: never YET? never EVER? uninteresting videoblog monetized, if only for a moment: http://pouringdown.tv/?p=161 -- daniel, pouringdown.tv --

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Chuck
Absolutely. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, Chuck. I'm not saying that people shouldn't do what they want to do and what they love to do and HOPE to get paid to do it. I'm just saying it's more of a longshot than I've seen discussed in

[videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Steve Watkins
The thing is that I cant actually think of many people here who believe otherwise. OK maybe occasionally someone who hasnt put in insane amounts of effort into their vlog, wonders why they arent being noticed and propelled to the giddy heights, but generally it seems like most people know that it