Anything is better than what we’ve got now with the MSM.

Don’t jump on me too quickly here, I am as big a fan as anyone of the whole narrowcasting-podcasting-niche audience media revolution as anyone working in Media 0.1, but it would be a little more helpful if the comparison of one person media guerillas versus network megaplexes was more apples-to-apples when it comes to comparing overall scope.

Personally, I think people who insist on “broadcast quality” are aiming too low…

1. Samson C01U USB Mic

2. Snowball

i tried the samson at CES and it worked great from my PowerBook. Daniel McVicar uses the Snowball.

Union Dude would: show-up around 10am, sit in the crew van for 2 hours, set-up for about 2 hours, record you for half an hour, then go have lunch at Hooters for the rest of the day. Oh yeah, then send a bill, through some big-a network of course, for at least $1,200. worth of his priceless service.

Great post. I’m glad to see you making your own video. Keep doing it. I’ll check around on how to record good sound directly into your mac….I know it’s possible.

There is a different level of audience expectation at play here.

No one expects a homemade video on YouTube to look and sound decent. They expect it to be crappy.

Nobody who watches CBS expects to see crappy production values. They expect — and get — the best possible video and audio and editing and makeup and what have you.

It’s like comparing McDonald’s with a fancy steak restaurant. Both have their place — it depends on what you want to eat for that particular meal.

In my business, I deal with people all the time who say “I can write” or “Joe over there has graphics software on his computer so he can do the layout” or “Sally in HR has a camera and she can take the pictures.” And typically, they get what they “pay” for … mediocre writing and design and horrible photography.

Sometimes, that’s all they need. But when they need something better, they ought to use professionals who know what they are doing.

You’re repeating a very famous observation by Margaret Thatcher, after the BBC came to interview her at 10 Downing Street. A quarter of a century ahead of her time, as usual.

Read and article where Mark Cuban said “anyone who invests in YouTube is an Idiot” — that kinda sums up the attitude of BIG verse small. There is a place for everything - including user generated content - blogs are not newspapers or magazines; vlogs are not TV programs or movies; but that does not diminish their impact or importance.

The example of technology implemented for video production is exactly the same for most other businesses - the barriers to entry (from a monetary standpoint) are being taken down - once that happens, then it become about the quality of “content” or customer service or some other aspect of a business.

You can now submit the video you made for freeSpeech from home at SayItToKatie.com.

I took your suggestion from the Video on the Net conference and set up a page to show people how they can submit their own free speech to Katie. Even though CBS News has no mechanism for allowing people to submit their free speech, we can do it ourselves.

We can even take it one step further because all the submissions are public, allowing for a conversation to take place based on the free speech submissions.

It’s a whole new world and this is just one small example of a way to open up the conversation.
–Steve

I’m not sold on the idea of using the “TV” label to point to Amanda’s products. Could she (and others) grab the label and redefine it - Perhaps. Could it cause confusion or somehow make what she does seem less appealing to some (especially the younger audience) - YES.

Changing the definition is probably something that has to be done gradually - TV still means “traditional” content, creation, and distribution mechanisms to most people. I suppose she could start with something like “Video blogging, the evolution of TV” or “customized TV” or “what TV could be”. But then you have to wonder, what is really the benefit, to her and the medium, of calling her product TV?

Ironically, the rivalry you mention is bidirectional! No one wants their shiny new cool thing called by an old “stodgy” name - and there may be some good reasons for that!