> I've been reading this group for the last week or so and have been > officially video podcasting for a about the same time. > What I find perplexing is the hand wringing over Rocketboom and it's > perceived slights to the video podcasting community.
kent-- im going to keep your email below...becasue its good reference. I hope the back and forth between Verdi and Baron didnt scare too many new people off. but its a good example of where we're at. as a community we just need to learn respect for each other. the personal videobloggers shouldnt diss the "shows". the "shows" should diss the personal videobloggers. or if anyone does...be prepared for criticism. as Kent says below.... when talking to press, we should all celebrate the fact that we can all be our own video producers AND distribution. this is the revolution. jay > 1. People have been trying to break into the television business by using > streaming video for the last ten years. It's only been in the last year or > so that there has been a tipping point of cheap broadband and easy access to > video technology that allows people to really be creative. And radio > stations have been trying to do the same thing with streaming their audio on > the web. > > It was only with the invention of RSS and the ability to whip off an MP3 > that podcasting and internet radio became a phenomenon. > > 2. Old media has money, and they solve problems with money. They're able > to show up everyday with hours of fresh and good looking programming because > they have money. Rocket Boom is the best in class video podcast. Not > because it's clever, or has amazing production values, but because it shows > up everyday. That consistency has a tremendous value. And I would say that > anyone who is jealous of that or thinks they can do better to just do it. > There is nothing stopping you. RB has a tremendous room for improvement -- > as does any human endeavour. If you can do better, please do. > > Video blogging and video podcasts in general are enjoyable because they have > immediacy and an unfiltered perspective that people crave. My favorite > video podcast right now is http://TikiBarTv.com -- it has a really fun > perspective that I don't see anywhere else and great production value. But > it only comes out once a month. If their were RSS feeds for > http://Homestarrunner.com and http://Roosterteeth.com I jump on them in a > second. > > 3. The iPod video is the first mass appeal gadget designed to work with > downloaded video. The PSP could do it before, but it's kind of a pain and > Sony would prefer you bought UMD movies. The video iPod gives us as content > creators a tool -- it plays on the Video iPod. Which means people with > quicktime or players of similar compatibility (PSPs included) will also be > able to see our work. > > 4. The real future for all of this is being able to send our video > material not only to pocket level devices like iPods and PSPs, but when > Tivos themselves will reed mRSS feeds and be able to subscribe to your > favorite podcasts on your TV. > > 5. It seems obvious that the popular content producers will be co-opted by > big media if they let themselves. While the artists and iconoclasts will > remain small and personal. > > 6. We are in the period of video podcasting and video P2P sharing right > now where music was 8 years ago. There's a lot of dedicated hobbyists out > there who collect TV shows and movies from the net and trade them. But soon > Big Media will aggressively enter this market. iTunes has started it, and > the Howard Stern deal and others have started to make consumers comfortable > with the idea of getting the shows they want when they want them, rather > than being broadcast at an arbitrary time. > > 7. What does this all mean for this group of 1600ish people reading this? > Get good at creating video that people want to watch. If you can establish > yourself right now when there are less than 200 video podcasts on Podcast > Alley you're going to have a better chance at 'winning' in the end. And > what does winning even mean? Does it mean having podcast geeks swarm you > like Dawn and Drew did at the Podcast expo? Getting a show on MTV? > > For me video podcasting is the synthesis of years of filmmaking and trying > to break through into Hollywood. It allows me an avenue to find an audience > without going through a gatekeeper. If people like what I'm doing they'll > come back for more. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
