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In other news: Dan Rather offered a job at Daily Kos. Get serious.

by ryandvm 17y ago

ibsulon 17y ago
Well, he did get offered a position at HDNet, which may have a smaller viewership...
mbreese 17y ago
This actually isn't too far from the truth. He did take a job with HDNet, which I don't think at the time had a news division. HDNet is the TV version of a startup, so how is starting a new IPTV nightly show at Revision3 that much different? Link: http://www.hd.net/danrather http://www.hd.net/danrather
- ryandvm 17y ago
  My point is that Revision3 is kidding themselves if they think someone with 5 million daily viewers would consider moving to a network with 5 million views per month. Internet TV will surely replace broadcast TV, but it won't be today and it won't be Conan O'Brian. Of course Revision 3 knows this. It's just a clever PR stunt.
  - mbreese 17y ago
    I agree that it's all just a PR stunt. I don't think that any IPTV company could seriously claim the ability to provide enough daily viewers to support a show like Conan's. I suspect that even Fox will have issues getting a show like Conan's up and running. There are too many affiliate issues to start something like that up quickly. Perhaps by the fall, but then again, maybe not. Fox hasn't had the best record with late night programming. If Fox doesn't pan out, he may end up looking at a basic or premium (showtime) cable offering anyway. If that's the case, the required number of viewers goes down significantly. But, the more I think about it, I think it just might be crazy enough to work. But it would require a big push from IPTV hardware companies to get going. Instead, I think a more likely scenario would be a traditional show with a bigger online presence. Something similar to the way the Daily Show will put up interviews that run long on their website. Perhaps a small-ish 30-60 minute show that broadcasts normally, with extra content online. Maybe even an entire web-only show once a week. But anything like this would require a big commitment by the host, and I don't know if Conan is enough of a geek to commit to something this risky just for the sake of pushing IPTV.
  - bmelton 17y ago
    What was the subscriber base of satellite radio before Howard Stern left for it?

In other news: Dan Rather offered a job at Daily Kos. Get serious.

by ryandvm 17y ago

In other news: Dan Rather offered a job at Daily Kos. Get serious.

ibsulon 17y ago

Well, he did get offered a position at HDNet, which may have a smaller viewership...

mbreese 17y ago

This actually isn't too far from the truth. He did take a job with HDNet, which I don't think at the time had a news division. HDNet is the TV version of a startup, so how is starting a new IPTV nightly show at Revision3 that much different? Link: http://www.hd.net/danrather http://www.hd.net/danrather

ryandvm 17y ago
My point is that Revision3 is kidding themselves if they think someone with 5 million daily viewers would consider moving to a network with 5 million views per month. Internet TV will surely replace broadcast TV, but it won't be today and it won't be Conan O'Brian. Of course Revision 3 knows this. It's just a clever PR stunt.
- mbreese 17y ago
  I agree that it's all just a PR stunt. I don't think that any IPTV company could seriously claim the ability to provide enough daily viewers to support a show like Conan's. I suspect that even Fox will have issues getting a show like Conan's up and running. There are too many affiliate issues to start something like that up quickly. Perhaps by the fall, but then again, maybe not. Fox hasn't had the best record with late night programming. If Fox doesn't pan out, he may end up looking at a basic or premium (showtime) cable offering anyway. If that's the case, the required number of viewers goes down significantly. But, the more I think about it, I think it just might be crazy enough to work. But it would require a big push from IPTV hardware companies to get going. Instead, I think a more likely scenario would be a traditional show with a bigger online presence. Something similar to the way the Daily Show will put up interviews that run long on their website. Perhaps a small-ish 30-60 minute show that broadcasts normally, with extra content online. Maybe even an entire web-only show once a week. But anything like this would require a big commitment by the host, and I don't know if Conan is enough of a geek to commit to something this risky just for the sake of pushing IPTV.
- bmelton 17y ago
  What was the subscriber base of satellite radio before Howard Stern left for it?