--- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 13 Nov 2007, at 11:38, Bill Cammack wrote: > > I wondered how to drag all of those people, aimlessly streaming > past me, into viewing an online show..... > > --- > > Set top box. That's the only way you'll get people watching online > shows. I don't know if you use the term 'set top box' in the US. I > just mean a box that plugs into your TV. One that'd allow people to > watch ordinary network shows on their widescreen tv and also surf > internet TV. > > People will not watch shows on a computer. Do you know anybody who > watches anything on a computer? Other than the odd bored moment > surfing old TV shows on Youtube? My friends and family will watch my > videoblog, mostly because I've forced them to by subscribing them via > email, but they won't then go on to watch any of the vlogs I link to, > or click on the URLs of people who comment. > > Computers are full of distractions, and are quite hard things to use > if you want to concentrate on or relax to motion picture > entertainment. The TV / Couch combo works. I firmly believe it's > just a matter of someone bringing internet video to the couch. Until > then, forget it. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/
I think that's a valid point. Put the online content in front of their faces instead of trying to drag them to the original location (computer) of the online content. Make it as seamless as possible for them to flip from their reruns of struck MSM shows to fresh new content of internet shows they've never seen before and now have hours and hours to catch up on! ;) -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com
