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September 17, 2006

Internet Only TV Shows. Podcasts are Dead. Long Live Podcasts.

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.

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I do have an RSS feed. I'm not sure why your browser didn't pick it up.

http://www.zackscottreports.com/feed/

Posted by: Zack Scott | September 18, 2006 at 12:19 PM

You mention the Askaninja.com feed is hard to find. I agree.

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Posted by: Khyros | September 19, 2006 at 07:17 AM

Great piece of research here Alex. We do think of ourselves as internet TV, however to me it's "usability 101" to provide an RSS feed for those who want the convenience of downloading while they sleep and/or watching shows on the iPod or iPod connected to the TV (like we often do with friends.)

Given that, and looking at how so many think RSS is a big part of the future, it affects where the placement of all those billions of ad dollars could/should be placed. Pre-roll and post-roll, so as not to be left unwatched on the web site when users are subscribing and bypassing page views altogether? TV viewers have shown they are willing to FF thru the ads.

To be continued for sure.

Aloha, Rox

Posted by: Rox | September 20, 2006 at 12:49 AM

Hey guys. Do try this link, this is real internet tv, since it's live:
http://www.tevootv.com

I guess internet tv is an abused statement these days.

Posted by: Ray | September 28, 2006 at 07:30 AM

Hey there. I happened upon this post as I did a chance Technorati search for my own content: "The Little Buzzers." I noticed that you are "ignoring this one because there was no site and no feed." I can only assume that my site was down (a very rare thing, but it happens) when you were doing your research. I invite you to check out the show again. http://www.littlebuzzers.com/

Bottom right hand corner in flashy letters... or bottom left, for the itunes link, which we have dubbed "Podcast!"

I have to say, I have been a fierce proponent for quality online media, and I agree with anyone who believes that YOUTUBE is NOT the future of online entertainment. It is a passing fancy with the public that has large popularity due primarily to the forum in which it is in. That being, it is easy to waste time on YouTube drivel while at work, and not quite as easy to get into an episodic series.

Well, that's my bit.

Cheers.

Posted by: FFSTV | October 05, 2006 at 02:28 PM

alex lets talk we have a feedreader that supports flash embeds like your cool player. here is download link with your blog and some other innovative feeds

http://www.inclue.com/client/2976?feed=http://alexcastro.typepad.com/castros_blog/rss.xml

Posted by: nick gogerty | November 08, 2006 at 04:38 PM

Great read! crack kills!

Posted by: Smithie Boho | November 09, 2006 at 11:11 PM

There is an excellent site with thousands of free online media, such as newspapers, online tv, internet radio, etc: http://www.mediaplanetaria.com.

Highly recommended!

Posted by: Phillie | April 29, 2007 at 12:11 PM

One excellent portal with online media is http://www.mediaplanetaria.com.
They have thousands of online tv, radio, newspapers, etc

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