Undo.tv
I’ve been a bit lazy about posting this and it’s about a week old, but here it is, and guess what, you can steal it and repost it on your blog, go ahead:
TechTV fans rejoice! Your one time favorite network (you know, before Comcast screwed it up and and got rid of all the good shows and people) is coming back, sort of. That’s right, Undo.tv, which is a new project by Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo that aims to bring tech programming to fans of the old TechTV and just about anyone interested in tech via the net. Fans of TechTV will recognize many of their favorite hosts from the network in Undo’s content. Viewers will also be able to create and upload their own content that will be eligible to become part of Undo.tv’s official lineup of shows. Currently the online network is invite only, and you can sign up to maybe get and invite, or at least that is what Leo Laporte said when I spoke with him the other day. He feels that “At the very least it’s going to be a central place where listeners can find quality tech content from the extend TechTV family.”. And although he cannot be certain, he says that it could turn out to be the online rebirth of TechTV. Leo is more than capable of running such a network, as he is no stranger to the online media business. The TWiT podcast (or netcast, as he insists it be called) network is one of the largest with hundreds of thousands listeners each month. They record new episodes for their many podcasts every week. Almost everyday! He speculates that, ” It won’t be very long before people start getting their TV programming from the Internet” and that ” IPTV is just around the corner”. He says that the internet is probably the best way for he and the other TechTV hosts to distribute the type of tech oriented programming they specialize in, and he may be right. Although no official announcements have been made he said that Undo.tv is expected to launch in January. So sign up now!
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on March 23, 2007 at 7:05 pm Richard L Walker wrote:
Chris hit the nail on the head saying the death knell from the beginning was having a media with interaction capability being owned and run by traditional media types who have their mindset strictly in the studio using traditional tools (how many VIEWERS? what about SWEEPS week?)
I think the trick to success will be using, controlling and capitalizing on the interactive aspect of the internet. If the viewer can’t comment in some form, almost instantly, it simply isn’t going to happen. This isn’t to say the viewer will have to have all his comments instantly appearing for view, but those comments absolutely must be collected and, at a minimum, screened.
Good luck folks. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.