Monday, January 21, 2008

Digg Those Net TV Shows

Why read all of the news on popular web tech and social sites when you can watch it?

Revision3 is building a network of shows aimed at the internet generation with a series of shows covering web video, internet technology, and general online mayhem.

The latest show added is Digg Reel is a 10-15 minute show highlighting the 10 most popular videos on Digg. This is the second Digg-centric show, following Diggnation, co-hosted by Kevin Rose and focusing on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.

Revision3 is being run by Jim Louderback, with whom I worked at TechTV. The network also includes the GigaOm Show (guess what that's about) as well as geekie shows Systm and Tekzilla.

There is demand for shows with this type of high production quality, and being able to watch on demand will enhance their popularity. TiVo should make these channels default choices for their new service for adding RSS to your video queue.

I'm encouraged by these shows because they focus on in-depth interviews that drill down on a specific subject. Rather than TV shows that try for the broadest appeal by dumbing down the content, these are vertical shows that get into the meat of their subjects.

It won't be easy to derive enough revenue online to make these shows profitable, but they are further proof that internet TV has arrived.

Posted By John Gartner at 09:12 AM
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