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SpamSandwich
07-10-2006, 05:43 PM
...went ka-boom! Anyone up to speed on the latest?
hardeeharhar
07-10-2006, 10:11 PM
Who?
SpamSandwich
07-15-2006, 07:48 PM
Originally posted by hardeeharhar
Who?

From the video blog, Rocketboom.
hardeeharhar
07-15-2006, 09:12 PM
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
From the video blog, Rocketboom.

Do people actually watch such things?
addabox
07-19-2006, 12:05 AM
Something like 300,000 a day, at least at its peak with Congdon.

There are quite a few video casts (or just web video, the "cast" thing is just the latest wrinkle) that are doing booming business, and it looks like a segment that will continue to grow exponentially.

There are a lot of talented people out there who either lack the resources to do "real" TV or whose sensibilities are too quirky to make it past the mainstream media filters, and a lot of viewers hardily sick of the same old same old from network and cable TV.

They are apparently finding each other.
hardeeharhar
07-19-2006, 12:30 AM
Strange... I spend too much time as is Reading on the internet...
addabox
07-19-2006, 12:46 PM
Originally posted by hardeeharhar
Strange... I spend too much time as is Reading on the internet...

Tell me about it.
SpamSandwich
07-19-2006, 12:55 PM
I saw their new replacement for Amanda. Not impressed. Lacking in natural quirkiness.
addabox
07-19-2006, 03:23 PM
Yeah, she's like a british woman "playing" quirky.

Hard to say yet, but I'm betting that Congdon takes the brand with her and Rocketboom starts losing viewership.

From the various accounts, first hand and otherwise, I can't tell at all who left who, so I have no rooting interest, but I suspect the partner underestimated the appeal of his "anchor" and thought of Rocketboom as "his".

Have to give him props though, for the the bit in the first episode sans Congdon, where a quick cut shows him on the floor in a fetal position babbling incoherently.
groverat
07-19-2006, 09:44 PM
What the hell are all you young people talking about with your internet pods and downcasting?
addabox
07-20-2006, 06:56 PM
You may have something in the term "downcasting"-- it's downloadable media that bums you out!

Copywrite this immediately, register www.downcasting.com, profit.
addabox
07-20-2006, 06:58 PM
Whoops, too late. Downcasting.com links to "podsumer.com"