There is a rich spectrum of problems in this area and I dont see any signs that any have improved since we first talked about these issues years ago.
Problems such as: Creating compelling content Getting an audience large enough to monetize in any meaningful way Lack of promotion capabilities compared to traditional mass media People used to getting everything on the net for free Advertisers being paranoid about content thats not created by the safe traditional producers Excessive number of tv channels straining everything from availability of talent to capacity to tread on new territory to viewers attention spam to potential audience reach. Lack of businesses that sell products or services to the same audience as the show may attract actually realising that they should be throwing money at peole to produce content for them Failure of most first generation vlog-stars to capitalise on their early success and thus be a shining example which would encourage the next generation Failure of creative people to have enough of a shared vision with eachother and ability to collaborate on something special over a sustained period without falling out Failure of other types of people who could do the business & promotion side to find happy partnerships with creators Failure to take advantage of the global aspect of web video in many interesting ways As a viewer I remain pissed off that when I go looking for regular compelling content I suaully find magazine-format programs that dont float my boat for reasons of my age, the pace of the show, or cultural incompatibilities (eg I like Americans but where the hell are the British shows not made by existing media personalities?) Please can someone cheer me up by posting a few links to some content that there is a chance I might like (it doesnt need to be British, anything but the magazine format stuff will do). Here is my random offering of youtube content Ive found strangely compelling in recent years: Doctor of Mind MD: http://www.youtube.com/user/DOCTOROFMINDMD Cheers and no offence intended to anyone that makes content - I was always on dicey ground when sharing these thoughts in the past due to my own lack of producing any meaningful video on the web but hey ho. Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > This is something we've all spoken about at length. There's plenty of money > for technology and ZERO money for creators. Advertising is something to > watch but there's a HUGE gap between making a video series and bootstrapping > its popularity long enough where you might make some money to survive. > > I also like the mantra: "the web is not TV". Ill be sad if all this work > just leads to HULU, or another place where you can watch LOST episodes. > > Jay
