His E! show just ended and now TV Week reports that he’ll go to subscription video-on-demand. Cable is dying to increase VOD and teach viewers to use it; like satellite, they are using Howard to build a business. (Thanks Joner.)
12 responses to “Speaking of Howard….”
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I LOVE VIDEO ON DEMAND! Seriously. As an Adelphia (soon to be comcast/time warner) subscriber, there’s nothing better for the boob tube than digital cable with on-demand programming and a pvr. The idea of having to wait until a specific time in order to watch something now seems patently absurd.
If MTV/VH1 doesn’t create a total on-demand network, they’re stupid. Imagine watching the videos you want, when you want.
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I predict that Stern’s audience will shrink to nothing when he’s exclusively on uncensored media. His appeal is skirting close to the edge, and without that edge he has no edge.
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as usual richard is clueless and his opinions are based in nothingness. stern is the #1 morning man across the country whose popularity has only increased, and while at E! he was the #1, 2, 3 and 4 rated show even though he was blurred, censored, and edited (words that were heard on radio during the day were bleeped on cable tv at 1am – wtf).
with that said, as much as i love howard, i cant see myself paying for the tv show – for many reasons. unless they could figure out a way to charge less than $1 an episode, how could anyone rationalize spending more money for the stern show than they do for 5 channels of HBO or one hardcore channel like PlayboyTV?
hopefully this is just a ruse to help stern negotiate a Showtime or Cinemax who could use his increasing popularity to get back into competing with HBO.
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tony pierce is a Great American, so I hesitate to contradict him.
I’ll simply observe he reaches the same conclusion I do, by different means: Stern’s 15 minutes are at 14:51 and counting.
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Howard is a talented radio guy – make no mistake about that. And his style as a “shock jock” defined the genre for a generation. “King of All Radio?” You bet. “King of All Media?” Well…
His original (and pretty funny) syndicated show fizzled pretty quickly and when Mel Karmazin brought him onto CBS to do damage to SNL, it fluttered as well. I’m not so sure being the top 4 shows on the “E!” Network (pixilated boobs or not) will qualify anyone for the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. That distinction is more like a .290 hitter in Double A ball.
I’m not so sure he made a lot of money for stockholders, but there’s no doubt he helped Karmazin and himself to a lot of Infinity dough. And now
Sirius wants a piece of the Mel and Howard show. Good for them.tony won’t pay (underscoring Richard’s point – that must kill him); I doubt Howard’s (20+ years) of 15 minutes are up. But radio’s biggest star years ago was a ventriloquist — proving ANYTHING can happen in that medium.
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Let the record show that Howard, who is Paris Hilton’s father, ripped off his radio schtick from Alex Bennett.
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Howard Stern started out daring, intelligent and just plain terrific. Me and all my pals used to love listening to him on his morning radio show (K-ROK) in New York back in the late eighties. The guy spoke his mind and there was no question that he was very clever. I listened to him again some years later and was stunned at the change. Success really went to that guy’s head. He gave free rein to the most perverted aspects of his character. Once intelligent commentary and a really sharp wit had degenerated into adolescent probes into people’s private lives and private parts. It was hard not to feel embarassed for him.
Then one sleepless Saturday night while flipping through channels, I came across his TV show. Christ! He’d brought up from Philadelphia a cock-sucking porno queen and in order to pay for her trip she had to give a blowjob to a man of unusual size under Howard’s watchful eye. The conversation he had with this person was mind-numbingly stupid, but one thing was for sure, Howard was obviously a fan of her ‘work’.
Watch whatever you like, but I’ve completely lost the considerable respect I used to have for Howard Stern.
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Howard Stern's 15 minutes are almost up?!?!?! Preposterous. We're talking about a guy with 8 Million listeners who has been the #1 show on radio for 2 decades. Yeah, his run is almost over. Good one.
I will be shocked if his show winds up on VOD. His show is perfect for an HBO, Cinemax, or Showtime series. PERFECT. I'm sure it just depends on the terms of the deal, both money and freedom.
I'm only a moderate fan of the show, couldn't really listen to it except on part of my commute here in Syracuse until our local station 95X took him off and made national news doing it. But I WILL be subscribing to Sirrius come Jan. 1 2006, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
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Good for you! Personally, I'd die first.
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Would you even call it 15 minutes? Howard Stern has amassed a radio career in the public view for decades, much longer than most. Using the term “15 minutes” is just terrible.
