A few related links:
- Digital First – describing how Netflix (and more recently Amazon Studios) are becoming a new force in television production.
- KILL HOLLYWOOD – wherein we discuss the recent YCombinator call for new disruptive business models in traditional audience-based media.
- Television – describing the imminent demise of television business models.
- Made for App – a new way of distributing television without the television and without the broadcaster with a comedy-horror genre and a distribution model that is essentially “iTunes plus App”.
- TheClandestineTV – a new NI-produced web comedy series – with a business model and a fresh approach to making money.
- The C Project – Scattered Images / Marty Stalker taking on new challenges, new collaborations. His last work I’ve seen, the local festival showing Desecration and Coast among others, was a great example of what can be achieved by a small group of passionate people.
These are interesting because of the potential they bring. Ive spoken before that I’d like to make some short films, some television episodes, maybe even a feature – but the struggle is finding the right people with the right talent and the right amount of free time.
I’m thinking this Internet thing would be a great distribution partner.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring #wwdc
Some interesting stuff there Matt. And thanks for including The Clandestine!
A lot of what is now happening to TV has been predicted for some time, particularly as Bit Torrent took off. One of the most interesting articles i read seven years ago (how time flies!) was from a writer/thinker/coder that now lives in Australia, Mark Pesce.
He wrote several articles that were truly ahead of their time called “Piracy is Good”:
Pt1: http://www.mindjack.com/feature/piracy051305.html
Pt2: http://www.mindjack.com/feature/newlaws052105.html
Pt3: http://www.mindjack.com/feature/swarm051305.html
Another great insight to how an online video network thinks and operates here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9xqno5FRLU. It’s about Machinima, much bigger than you’d imagine and growing very strongly – 11bn video views last year and 1.6bn in April this year with 168m uniques. This is just one reason why I blurted out my question at the BBCNI event last week!
I think the point about machinima is well made. With the right engine, why would you do frame animation. I look at the visuals in Gravity Rush and think – man, I’d love to watch the movie of that!
Machinima seems not well respected though?
Sorry I should have been clearer – I meant machinima.com the video network! (agree with your comment about game engine video making though).
One point worth making is that there are increasing options for online video producers to reach mass audience without TV these days. Even YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/yt/advertise/original-channels.html), Amazon (http://studios.amazon.com/), and Netflix (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-ted-sarandos-original-content-309275) are investing in original content.
And there are a lot of revenue share video networks making deals these days such as that are starting to invest in original content such as Blip (http://blip.tv/), Crackle (http://www.crackle.com/) backed by Sony Pictures. All these things are coming together, for instance I can get Crackle on the web video channel on my Sony TV alongside iPlayer, and Netflix on my Apple TV. Interesting to see how this all pans out.
Aye, I commented on Netflix commissioning the remake of House of Cards. If that isn’t a shot across the bows of regular TV then I don’t know what it would take to warn them.
We have a mutual friend working in Amazon Studios, you know 🙂
Aidan? LOL! That’s cool. Will drop him a mail!