Reading these further I see that Rox's beachwalks.tv is mentioned too, as well as my new favorite vlog, some old bloke from the UK who makes really popular youtube videos, I can see why :) I believe he was featured in that collage video posted recently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wPPHE1rYhA I didnt know about these sites that supposedly show the most popular online vidoes, have they been discussed here at all? http://network2.tv/thebest/ http://www.findinternettv.com/ (more mass media on the net than vlogs) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The BBC seem to be doing a series of articles on the future of TV. > Some of it covers vlogging, although a lot is about how traditional > television will adapt or die. > > Online video eroding TV viewing: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6168950.stm > > At the very end it says "The first award ceremony for web-only video, > the Vloggies, was held in San Francisco at the start of November. > > Alive in Baghdad, a site featuring videos of real Iraqis telling their > own stories, won the top award. " > > > How Will we Watch TV in 10 Years? > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6146244.stm > > Including some quotes from traditional media types which will may be > considered nonsense by some herehere. > > > The First Superstars of Web TV > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6180312.stm > > Includes interviews with 2 online video makers. > > > What To Watch on the Web > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6178644.stm > > Lots of stuff about traditional TV and news video on the web, but > towards the end of the page it has sections on web-only comedy and > videoblogs. > > The comedy section mentions Galacticast in glowing terms: > > "Galacticast, a weekly sci-fi comedy shot in a Montreal apartment, is > one of the few with enough talent and imagination to be truly funny > and watchable." > > Congats for the glowing BBC review & link Galacticast! Recognition, > hoorah. There are many other comedic talents on the web which I reckon > also deserve praise, but hey ho, its a start :) Just wish these > journo's could resist being so negative, even the compliments are a > dig at the quality of others! Goodnight Burbank is mentioned by the > Beeb too, a programme I only found myself a few weeks ago and did seem > rather funny to me :) > > Anyway Im sure theres a few things in these articles that people could > tear apart. My summary is that theyve decided that web video has come > of age, but with plenty of caveats and the usual 'missing the point' > slightly (eg huge success by online video makers is still deemed 'a > surprise'). > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows >
