.tv Fast Company Mag Facts;

[TLDnetworks]

Just a few interesting facts from the new Fast Company I thought was appropriate for TVers. Entertainment/Niche Entertainment.


Eighteen Billion - Number of Videos streamed online in 2005.
There were Nine Billion in 2004 and 285 million in 1998.

50+% of films submitted to Sundance that are shot in digital.

"If you can impose digital cinema and all its benifits, and attract 5% more customers to fill some of those empty seats, that's a $3 billion to $4 billion opportunity." - Bud Mayo, President of AccessIT

Visits to YouTube .com rose 170% from Nov. 05 to Feb. 06.

$585,000 - Cost of a High-Def video camera in 1984 (in 2006 dollars). Cost today for the equivelent; under $6,000.

 

[SKG]

"Eighteen Billion - Number of Videos streamed online in 2005.
There were Nine Billion in 2004 and 285 million in 1998."


That is a huge surge!

 

[TLDnetworks]

The jist of my posting this info has to do with the fact that small companies & individuals alike have the ability to create a niche for their "productions". Independant film makers, producers, tv stations, etc. is on a dramatic rise while the cost of equipment and cost of bringing to market is falling rapidly.

All this should create a bright future for the intuitive nature of the TV namespace and those that have initiated development of these "channels". Speculation with GOOD names should also pay off. I believe the newcomers (not the deep pocket big corps)to the space will often CREATE their own branded name vs. using a generic keyword due to the high cost of registration and renewals (and speculator prices). The second wave may be the big corps with the higher budgets, and with that would follow the "capturing" of generic keywords.

 

[antonis12]

The jist of my posting this info has to do with the fact that small companies & individuals alike have the ability to create a niche for their "productions". Independant film makers, producers, tv stations, etc. is on a dramatic rise while the cost of equipment and cost of bringing to market is falling rapidly.

All this should create a bright future for the intuitive nature of the TV namespace and those that have initiated development of these "channels". Speculation with GOOD names should also pay off. I believe the newcomers (not the deep pocket big corps)to the space will often CREATE their own branded name vs. using a generic keyword due to the high cost of registration and renewals (and speculator prices). The second wave may be the big corps with the higher budgets, and with that would follow the "capturing" of generic keywords.

I mean, for video-based activities, I can only see .com and .tv being plausible extensions.