Comments on: Will YouTube replace TV? http://theutubeblog.com/2006/11/27/will-youtube-replace-tv/ an unofficial blog on YouTube + the video file sharing industry Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: yiddo http://theutubeblog.com/2006/11/27/will-youtube-replace-tv/#comment-1280 yiddo Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:59:09 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/will-youtube-replace-tv/#comment-1280 YouTube is better than TV! YouTube is better than TV!

]]> By: David Brazeal http://theutubeblog.com/2006/11/27/will-youtube-replace-tv/#comment-996 David Brazeal Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:07:53 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/will-youtube-replace-tv/#comment-996 This is fascinating, and you know the Old Guard is scratching its collective head over questions of "quality." The production is better on TV. The acting is better. The writing is often better. It's obvious this is not about "quality" at all -- not in the way we have always thought of quality. Instead, the online video phenomenon is about matching interests. It's cable TV on steroids. Even 500 channels is not enough when the audience has infinitely diverse interests. So when someone finds a program that exactly matches his interests, the quality of that program doesn't matter as much as the subject matter. Topic trumps quality. Find your voice in a well-chosen topic, and you're more than halfway there. This is fascinating, and you know the Old Guard is scratching its collective head over questions of “quality.” The production is better on TV. The acting is better. The writing is often better. It’s obvious this is not about “quality” at all — not in the way we have always thought of quality. Instead, the online video phenomenon is about matching interests. It’s cable TV on steroids. Even 500 channels is not enough when the audience has infinitely diverse interests. So when someone finds a program that exactly matches his interests, the quality of that program doesn’t matter as much as the subject matter. Topic trumps quality. Find your voice in a well-chosen topic, and you’re more than halfway there.

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