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A few weeks ago, Jeff Pulver posted "TV Shows Only Available on the Internet" where he identified a segment of Internet Video that isn't the "clips" you find of YouTube, but isn't simply re-purposed terrestrial TV. I don't know Jeff, but I can say from reading his blog a lot recently, that Jeff is one of the few people right now who "get it." By this I mean, that as great as YouTube is, YouTube IS NOT the future of TV on the Internet. There will be different segments of video online, and the funny clips on YouTube will continue to be a big part of that; however, there YouTube demographic is highly focused on 15-20 year olds and there is a lot of people who don't fall into that category. It is more akin to something like MTV as opposed to all TV. Jeff gets it.

One thing I noticed was the Jeff didn't refer to these shows as Video Podcasts or Podcasts. The term podcast as been a failure for everyone (except Apple). It confuses a ton of mainstream users into thinking they need an iPod or always have to download, when in fact, most people consume this content from their PC. Podcasting has become a "bad word" to many investors who simply don't understand that what we're really talking about is moving radio and TV to the Internet (in a more social way - it won't and shouldn't be the exact same experience). In fact, I believe that most of the $100b in TV & Radio advertising that does eventually move online will go to on-demand Internet Radio & TV shows as opposed to sites like YouTube.

I thought it would be a fun exercise to find out how many of these shows that Jeff identified could also be called podcasts, meaning you can subscribe via an RSS feed. It was pretty hard to find the feed for some of them, but overall 71% of these Internet TV shows are also podcasts. So while the name might be out of favor, the medium is very real and continues to grow.

Out of the 101 shows, 71 have RSS feeds and 30 do not have RSS feeds. Quite a few of the shows that included RSS feeds referred to themselves as podcasts, video podcasts, or vlogs. However, a number of them simply referred to themselves as TV or video.

On10 - Yes (feed - http://www.on10.net/feeds/)
320x240 w/ Smithie Boho - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/320x240)
64mm Vlog - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/64mmVlog)
88SLIDE - Yes (feed - http://www.88slide.com/rss.php)
90 Seconds of Dave - Yes (http://davemedia.blogspot.com/)
911 Television - NO
Alive in Baghdad - Yes (feed - http://aliveinbaghdad.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
Almost Live TV - Yes (feed - http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid80371430?action=rss)
America's Dream Date - NO
Ask a Ninja - Yes (feed is really hard to find)
Beach Walks with Rox - (feed - http://feeds.beachwalks.tv/beachwalks-all)
BetterBadNews - (feed - http://www.betterbadnews.com/rss20_xml)
Cerealized - (feed - http://www.cerealized.com/podcast/podcast.xml)
Channel Frederator - (feed - http://www.channelfrederator.com/rss)
Channel 102 - Yes (feed - http://www.channel102.net/rss/channel102.xml)
Chasing Windmills - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChasingWindmills)
Chatshow.net - - NO
Cooking up a Story - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/commandN_pod)
CNET TV - NO
Cranky Geeks - Yes (feed - http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/ziffdavis/crankygeeks)
Crash Test Kitchen - Yes (feed - http://crash_test_kitchen.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
Crooks and Liars - NO
Cube Fabulous - NO
Cyberpastour.com - Yes (feed - http://www.cyberpastor.com/cppodcast.xml)
Daily Dancer - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/DailyDancer)
Dave and Tom - No (They actually refer to their programming as video podcasts but don't have a feed, so I'm not counting them as a podcast even though they say they are)
Dier en Natuur TV - NO
Drinking with Bob - Yes (http://drinking_with_bob.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
DL.TV - (feed - http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/DLTVvidcast.xml)
Drive Time feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/drivetime
eBaum's World - Yes (feed - http://feeds.ebaumsworld.com/ebaums-daily)
Ebb and Flow Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/EbbAndFlow)
Ehrensenf Internet TV - ?? (in German)
Endangered TV - NO
Fabchannel.com - NO
Faux Press - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist)
Fearless Cooking (feed - http://fearless-cooking.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
FilmClix - NO (not sure this belongs on the list. for pay downloads)
Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher - NO (surpsrising given Amazon's web services initiative)
Freshtopia Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/freshtopia)
GALACTICAST - Yes (feed - http://galacticast.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
Geek Entertainment TV - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/getv)
Goodnight Burbank - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoodnightBurbank)
Grown Man TV - NO
happy+middle - Yes (feed - http://feeds.happymiddle.com/happymiddle)
Happy Tree Freinds - NO
Hawaii Surf Session Report Yes (feed -http://www.surfsessionreport.com/surfsessionreport.rss)
Hockey Strike Yes (feed - http://www.paulfrench.ca/hockeystrike/index.xml)
Homestar Runner - NO
How to Behave Yes (feed -http://feeds.feedburner.com/HowToBehaveTvShow)
I Make Things - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/IMakeThings)
Its JerryTime! Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/ItsJerryTime)
Jet Set Show Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/jetsetshow)
Josh Leo Yes (Yes - http://joshleo.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
LabRats Yes (feed - http://www.labrats.tv/feedMOV480.xml)
Mania TV! NO
Minnesota Stories Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MinnesotaStories)
Mobuzz TV - Yes (feed - http://www.mobuzztv.com/uk/rss/quicktime)
Mommy TV Yes (feed - http://www.mommy.tv/rss.xml)
MusicPlusTV.com NO
Neo-fight.tv (ignoring this one because it has no episodes yet - it does have a feed though)
Neotivi NO
Nurse TV - 13 Weeks NO
one in the Hand Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalDivide)
Our Prisoner NO
Parking Lot NO
The PAN Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/thepan-psp)
The TWiT Podcast Network (ignoring this because it is audio only and this is about TV)
PodShow (ignoring this because it isn't a show, but a site that aggregates mostly audio podcasts)
PopCrunch Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/PopCrunch)
Projectile Arts NO
Protips Yes (feed - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=172599463)
Random 1 NO
RantTV NO
Richard Show Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/richardshow)
Ripe TV (ignoring this one because this site is an aggregation of shows and it isn't Internet Only since they have a cable channel)
Rock n Roll TV - NO
Rocketboom Yes (feed - http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/index.xml)
ShowBizNewsyNews! Yes (feed - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=102426644)
Simple Do's & Dont's Yes (feed - http://simpledosanddonts.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
SoCalRunning.com Yes (single RSS for text and video)
Something to be Desired Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/SomethingToBeDesired)
Squiggleboth Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Squigglebooth)
Star Tomorrow NO
Star Trek: New Voyages Yes (feed - http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/includes/rss/?pageurl=http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/800/news.php)
Vlog Soup - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/VlogSoup)
Steve Garfield - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/SteveGarfieldsVideoBlog)
TasteTV - Yes (feed - http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid144000933?action=rss)
The Captain Humphreys Project Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/CaptainhumphreyssVideoBlog)
daily video jokes - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/The_joke_project_qtfeed)
The Little Buzzers (ignoring this one because there was no site and no feed)
The News - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheNewsTheFeed)
The Paulreyno Show Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePaulReynoShow)
The Ointment - (this site was down so I'm ignoring for now)
The PoMo Show - Yes (feed - http://www.thepomoshow.com/Site/This%20Weeks%20Edition/rss.xml)
The Show with Zefrank - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/theshowzefrank)
The Speaking Channel - Yes (feed - http://www.speakcast.com/speakcast.xml)
Tiki Bar TV - Yes (feed - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73330667)
TreeHugger TV - Yes (feed - http://treehugger.blip.tv/?1=1&&skin=rss)
Tuscany.PodTravels - Yes (feed - http://tuscany.podtravels.tv/feed/)
TyMeLyNe.com - No
Vernissage TV - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/VernissageTV)
WASD.TV - No
Vidocity - Yes (feed - http://www.vidocity.com/default.rss)
William Hung Cooking Show - No
Wine Library TV - Yes (feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/WinelibraryTV)
Yoga Today - Yes (feed - http://www.yogatoday.com/archive/index.xml)
Zack Scott Report - NO