Panel photo

  • Panel
    • Eddie Codel, co-founded of Geek Entertainment TV
    • Micki Krimmel, Revver
    • Kent Nichols, Ask A Ninja
    • Kevin Rose, Digg Architect
    • Scott Watson, CTO Walt Disney R&D
  • Problems Online
    • Net Neutrality
    • Most of the user-generated content sites like YouTube have TOS’s that say they own your content
    • Kent says we need a User Bill of Rights across websites that lets us own our content, have privacy rights, etc.
    • Bandwidth: ISP’s dont give out nearly the bandwidth they’re selling
    • Scott says in order for video to become ubiquitous on the web, we need an entirely new network, one designed to deliver video in real time
  • Community & Passionate Audiences
    • Audience members are integral to Diggnation and many other community-oriented online shows
    • Can mainstream media generate viral online content that people will want to watch?
    • They do something like this with popular shows like Lost but it isn’t really interactive in the way most online shows are
  • How does Joost (”The Venice Project”) fit into all this?
    • One of its pitfalls is its closed nature, as opposed to YouTube’s open upload model
    • So far, the system is aimed at mainstream media content like a direct translation of TV to the Internet
    • Kent asks Why reinvent TV exactly as it is?
  • Q: Do you promote videos through your site or directly on YouTube?
    • If you care about “building the brand”, as old media puts it, promote it through your site
  • Q: How do you feel about trying to promote media online first but as a way of eventually getting it to the traditional TV networks?
    • Kevin: Never again! Have more viewers now than on TechTV
    • Notes that Diggnation is available in 6 formats, making it available across many platforms