TV or Not TV? That Is The Question

Nik Butler writes:

Face it, how much time are you spending in front of broadcast television consuming content compared to that available online?

In an article on Newsfactor Network, Mark Long discusses IBM's survey which points to people spending as much time in front of the computer as they do in front of the television. Given the ever-increasing costs of producing and creating and distributing content on traditional broadcast media the increase in advertising and subsequent breaks for adverts are certainly one reason to look elsewhere for entertainment and news.

My own experiences certainly reflect the fact that the Internet provides a wider source of entertainment and two-way interaction as well as the benefits of shifting time and media and presentation formats, (although the later is a little more geeky to achieve).

I am drawn to this article by way of truemors which reported on the upcoming release of '35' from Synchronis.tv. 35 will be a live-streamed scripted character-rich and plot driven Webisode which, if the promos are anything to go by, will be intriguing to say the least.

The show premieres on the 19th of September and will be live-streamed and recorded via uStream.tv. There's been plenty of pre-recorded and edited content, specifically documentary or talking head, available from Ustream and similar websites in the past. This new production may well presage a growing interest in writers and producers embracing the 'heavy lifting' of the internet to get their ideas into the mass market for far less effort and cost than has been possible before.

If Shakespeare was around today, do you think he would have written for the Internet or for Sony?

Comments

[Jeffrey Sass]

If Shakespeare were around today, Francis Bacon would be writing for the Internet! :-)