OK, just so I have this straight: A) I can set my DVR and record the show to watch at my leisure -- fast forwarding or skipping the commercials entirely, or;
B) I can go online, watch the show at my leisure, with commercials (albeit limited) that you cannot FF through Do network execs and producers really think A is better than B? In using the music industry as an example of what NOT to do with video/ TV, opponents of online access to network shows fall into the trap of the same, illogical, assumption -- that a free view online equals a lost paid view (in this case via network commercial re-broadcast) elsewhere. That is a red herring. I would no more go out of my way to view a show in "repeats" that I did not deem worthy of watching first-run or recording via DVR at that time, than I would buy a song from an artist not normally in my play list for fear I'd be wasting my money. Trying the artist for free might make me a new fan, who would then make the effort to buy the product. Watching the episodes online, at my leisure. might likewise make me a fan going forward. The more difficult you make it for people to do something, the less number of people will do it. Barriers to participation do not an expanding fan-base make. Ron Casalotti Wayne, NJ On Aug 5, 12:01 am, televisiongirl <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Its regular-telly ratings are the more important thing, he said at > > TCA... ABC honcho Sweeney was nowhere to be found... CW tried this, > > and failed, with Gossip Girl: > > The executive producer of "Criminal Minds" doesn't have the show on > cbs.comor any place else online except for iTunes. > > http://www.deadline.com/2010/01/terrifying-tv-showrunner-ed-bernero/ > > "Personally, I believe we should all stop putting stuff online. We went the > music route of, oh, people are going to steal it if we don’t put it on line > for them. Well, I don’t think people can steal these TV shows as easily as > they can a song, and pass them around. I think it was a knee-jerk reaction. > Our example should be, whoa, if you don’t put it online, people will watch > it over and over on reruns. They will watch it on television. That’s our > revenue stream. A show like Glee, which I happen to love, is against my show > – but there are so many ways to watch it, it’s never an issue. I’ve never > had to watch it during Criminal Minds, I can sit here at my desk and watch > it, and I don’t know why that is of value to them." > > TVG -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
