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> There are no profitable 30minute episodic videos on youtube that aren't pirated. I'm not sure what you mean by this sentence. Are you really suggesting that
by jkrems 11y ago
> There are no profitable 30minute episodic videos on youtube that aren't pirated.
I'm not sure what you mean by this sentence. Are you really suggesting that there aren't people / companies that make money with longform, original Youtube content? Or are you missing a "high quality scripted fiction" in there?
If not, here are a couple of episode lengths of shows I watch on regular basis:
* TableTop: 30-45min
* Day9TV: 90min (!)
* Nobbel87 lore videos: 20-30min
Niche content? Yes. But in all three cases it's their primary occupation. So those are profitable, longform Youtube videos. And they are far from the only ones.
- KaiserPro 11y agoWe are talking about killing traditional TV. None of this competes with traditional TV. The thing that is killing traditional TV is netflix and the like. Its not even the case that Tv series start on youtube and graduate to TV/netflix. The personalities do, but I'm struggling for a show that has. Not even "zoella" has managed it. the most she's managed is an advert.
- jkrems 11y agoOf course this replaces traditional TV. The time I spend watching TableTop I might have spend watching a traditional game show a decade ago. I talk with other people about what happened in the latest episodes. Those shows don't fill a vacuum - they replace something else. And that something is a certain part of traditional TV. You are right that content produced for Youtube does not in general replace scripted drama/comedy. But that is only a tiny part of traditional TV.