There seems to be a lot in the news (or at least the news I read) that has something to do with the idea of communal viewing.
The most obvious example of this is everyone sitting around the TV in the living room. That image of the perfect American family lit by the warm glow of [...]
There is a lot of buzz around the net about a new online series from NBC called “Fears, Secrets and Desires” that is going to encourage people to share these intimate details with the world.
The majority of the buzz is of the extremely negative kind and it is being driven by fans of the (deservedly) [...]
First it was SeeToo, which I saw demoed but never used due to lack of mac-compatibility. Then there was word about an upcoming NBC group-viewer.
Yesterday I rec’d an email from someone over at Lycos who said, “Lycos has been powering online viewing parties for Disney’s ABC Family Television Group for more than a year, with [...]
The gang at TVSquad has some insider info on what appears to be a new web service coming from NBC digital:
“In a nutshell, the service will allow fans to open a chat room and watch an episode at the same time, all synced up and everything. It’s done with flash, so it should play nicely [...]
News from Variety that NBC plans to create original web content based around some of their existing shows:
“Net announced plans to run original “Heroes,” “Chuck” and “The Office” webisodes beginning in July. Net also announced a “30 Rock” online initiative — dubbed “30 Rock 360″ — that mirrors web platforms for “The Office,” “Heroes” and [...]
Okay, at some point this whole “we’re on the web so we need a hip name” thing has GOT to end. Seriously, why would you go though all the trouble of starting a professionally-sourced video website aimed at (it appears) women over the age of 25 and then call is SheZoom?! What part of your [...]
I had to love the article the other day in the NYT about NBC’s partnership with insurance company Liberty Mutual to develop and produce back-door pilots in the form of sponsored TV movies.
“Branded entertainment efforts were a mainstay of TV in its early days — and of network radio before that. Series were developed jointly [...]
NBC is stepping up the plate and announcing three fairly significant-sounding original web series. According to NewTeeVee:
“Fears, Secrets and Desires is the peacock’s exclusive new original series. Think of it as a video version of PostSecret. Viewers can submit their fear, secret or desire and NBC will select certain posts to be creatively interpreted for [...]
So, news all over about NBC pulling quarterlife after one episode and bumping it to Bravo.
You can read a number of takes on the demise here, here, here and here.
It seems to me that only Mashable is cutting to the chase:
“While online videocasters that aspire to mainstream stardom may take the news as a bit [...]
NewTeeVee, among plenty of others, has noted that last night’s network TV premier (yes, it had already aired on MTV and MySpace) of perhaps the most over-hyped, under-loved web series so far, quarterlife.
“In a development that could kill the network dreams of other fledgling web series, quarterlife’s premiere on NBC last night bombed. TV [...]
