Recently, I’ve been driven to seek content online that I could have consumed via my Time Warner Cable tether. Televised content on the web is a different proposition than video that originated on the web. “TV on the web” implies a crossover of content from broadcast or cable delivery to IP delivery; effectively acting as video on demand, a source of show excerpts, or a fountain of “extras” such as behind the scenes footage, interviews, promos, etc. In Part 1 of “Missed Opportunities” I’ll take a look at one trek to the web for televised content that I think is rife with missed opportunities. Subsequent parts in the series will look at other online outlets for televised content and note their hits and misses. Continue Reading »

MyDamnChannel hit the web and was within minutes dubbed a “Funny Or Die Clone.” Was someone holding an embargoed press release? Dunno. I’ll get beyond just cribbing from the press release and quickly clicking a couple of things to look at MyDamnChannel in more depth.

First, the press release regurgitation: “My Damn Channel launches an entertainment studio and new media platform created to empower artists to co-produce, distribute and monetize original, episodic video content. Comedians, musicians and filmmakers will develop short-form series and retain total artistic control of their own web channels.”

On to the content… Continue Reading »

If I had my way, every person who picked up the cam-du-jour to add to the tubeness of the world would hear echoes of dear old dad saying, “Uh… wait a minute there. What EXACTLY do you think you’re about to do with my [choose one: power tool, Hustler magazine, bottle of gin, lacy red bra]?” and when reaching for the red button their finger would twitch as a frayed synapse recoiled in memory of daddy’s [choose one: misfiring berreta, stinging backhand, profuse obscenities, lacy red bra].

“And you may ask yourself, ‘How do I work this?’”

Better yet, ask yourself, “Why video?” Continue Reading »