> If anything, the shift of TV shows moving to the Web will INCREASE the > amount of viewers for ALL video. It means that Mainstream Mom will > start feeling comfortable watching video online. That is great! It > opens up an even bigger audience beyond the 18-25 year-olds that > currently dominate online video viewing. I agree. I think that for the average person these days, online video is synonymous with YouTube. Every time I have my camera out someone mentions YouTube. A few weeks ago, I showed a friend a video I made on Halloween. The first thing he said was "That was neat. Are you going to put it on YouTube?" It was already on my site so I didn't get why he thought it should be on YouTube. I showed another friend some online videos and she said that she had no idea such a thing existed on the Internet. She also didn't know that she could watch missed TV shows at the networks' websites. She knew about YouTube though.
I think that as more video becomes available appetites for it will increase. I don't think it's a competition for viewers. The on-demand nature of online video will allow folks to watch "everything" instead of being forced to choose. I've already been watching network shows online. In a particular case it's 3 shows that come on at the same time. I watch 1 on TV if I'm home then watch the other 2 online when I feel like it. Otherwise I watch all 3 online at my leisure in between videos from folks on this list. I think that same will be the case when the masses start doing it. People aren't going to have to choose and I don't think they will. The article looks like propaganda to steer advertisers away from indy content to me. But I think that if an indy show has good viewership, that's probably a better deal for advertisers since indy shows spend significantly less than a big media show and therefore are able to accept less money than a mainstream show. . . . Kenya Allmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kenya.allmond.us http://kenya.allmond.us/vlog VM/F 202-478-0490 To thine own self be true. ----- Original Message ---- From: Frank Sinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:15:31 PM Subject: [videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs Thanks for the article... And I guess no one is going to read blogs anymore since we have Business Week on the Web. If anything, the shift of TV shows moving to the Web will INCREASE the amount of viewers for ALL video. It means that Mainstream Mom will start feeling comfortable watching video online. That is great! It opens up an even bigger audience beyond the 18-25 year-olds that currently dominate online video viewing. Regards, -Frank -- Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks/ - What are you watching? --- In [email protected], "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for sharing this. > > Tim > > Tim Street > Creator/Executive Producer > French Maid TV > The Viral Video of How Tos by French Maids > http://frenchmaidtv.com > Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes > > MY BLOG: http://1timstreet.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Kenya Allmond wrote: > > > Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs > > > > "As more professionally produced content finds a home online, > > user-generated video becomes less alluring to viewersand > > advertisers" > > > > > > > > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/ > > tc20071119_701831.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top > > +stories > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2mac2l > > > > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of VideoEgg and ManiaTV? Did BusinessWeek > > try to interview executives from known online video outlets? > > . . . > > Kenya Allmond > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://kenya.allmond.us > > http://kenya.allmond.us/vlog > > VM/F 202-478-0490 > > > > To thine own self be true. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________ > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! Groups Links ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
