Message: 9
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:27:30 -0500
From: Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Survey users prefer watching video on TV
This survey is a juxtaposition that discards differences of Video originally
intended for TV or Theatres and that which is more native to a
computer/internet (vlogs). Primarily, typical length of online video being
less than 10 minutes verses 20-50 minutes TV programs.
"young people are unlikely to want to use a device as versatile and
interactive as the PC to do something as passive as TV watching. In many
ways, PC-generation users use the TV to relax from their PC activities"
Yes, people like to watch TV on TV.
What a shock ;-)
Yeah, we'll see an increased interest in watching online video on TV as
well... I know that.
Apple and their new mac mini should open up more interest in this too.
But their will always be a vast number of people watching video on their
puters and on the web and on portable devices. This wont change and will
increase in fact.
Wolpin believes the industry is missing a key revenue opportunity by not
focusing on getting web-based video to the TV.
Please. How is it a missed opportunity when looking forward this
opportunity will still be sitting their? I'd even say it has been too early
for the opportunity to garner the type of benefit and money that it will
over the next 5 years. Nothing being missed here.... unless you consider
corporate deal-making and exclusive contracts 'the opportunity' but more
likely such contracts will be short-termed as multiple outlets are better
than 1 or a few (for content owners like NBC etc).
People who like and even need passive TV watching no matter what the content
are prob always going to prefer the couch and TV. But they have little to
do with the culture of videoblogging.... or the more broad culture of viral
video and contagious media. More and more content creators emerge or
migrate to the Internet. Video will be as common as text on the web. It
will always be a normal part of the online experience. It's all inevitable.
Do you want to watch a video clip captured from a cell phone on a TV? Or a
vlog video formatted for 320x240? It will be more aggressive productions
that will cater to the TV platform and that people will want to see on TV
more so than other cases... not absolutely, but generally. Point- most
online video is best viewed on a puter, on the web, on a portable device.
These are smaller vids, easier to make, more viral and distributable....
than a vid that would prob need to be hundreds of mbs or gbs to look and
sound proper on a TV.... and if its not, it takes away from the content
itself and the viewing experience is damaged.
This all isnt to say that the TV device is bad for the culture of content
creators. Its good and as soon as 'the network' can handle the load of
higher quality digital video being published by millions... then i'll buy
into it more. For now, it will be good because new content can be made
available that normally would never get past the intermediaries and
broadcasted...
That's cool... "This or
That"<http://thisorthat-video.blogspot.com/2006/02/bunny-luv-makes-cake.html>comes
to mind. So it's all good. More variety, more options for when I am
actually in the mood to watch my TV (not often these days).
I just dont think it is or should be or will be ALL about the TV device.
Especailly the TV device of today. I look forward to when TiVo becomes a
more bloggy platform. Will be interesting.
sull
On 2/16/06, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Shouldn't be surprising, really. But I thought I would share:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=USODKPN
HPJZR4QSNDBESKHA?articleID=180201849
Bill Streeter
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www.lofistl.com
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