techno.blog("Dion") » writers strike http://almaer.com/blog blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The television flip of 2008 http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008 http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:00:36 +0000 dion http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008 2004

“Oh man, the only content online is silly crud on YouTube of guys getting hit in the balls. Where is the quality of something like The West Wing?”

2008

“Oh man, the only content on network TV is silly reality crud. Where is the creativity of something like Ze Frank.”

With the writers strike we are seeing more and more reality shows on TV to fill the gap. On the other side of the coin we see investors grabbing the writers to get them building content online. As writers get success they can bypass the middle man, or, they can then sell back to the networks from a more powerful position.

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