By Joyce Schwarz, bestselling author & emerging media & entertainment consultant & launch specialist.
Would a combo of youtube.com & twitter.com form a dynamic mass media duo that could just be one of the answers for next-generation television? Here's why I believe it could be a killer app. What should we call it "twittertube"?
Twitter & YOUTUBE = beyond Teletext?
WHY COMBO TWITTER & YOUTUBE? because it provides a main stream media option for Youtube on international TV. Sure CNN and FOX TV and other networks are using Twitter.com but what if it were real-time like something called teletext long popular in Europe.
*If you're wondering what teletext is -- here is the wikipedia definition and here is a quick screengrab of a screen. Teletext - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the Teletext system as a whole. For the UK company whose Teletext services are also branded as "Teletext", see Teletext Ltd. For the ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext - 100k - Cached
example of Spain's teletext with primitive imagery system. AND IF YOU SEE THE LATEST PHILIPS TV you'll see that the dual screen allows teletext and TV simultaneously -- why not twitter and tv simultaneoursly too?
WHY NOT TV THAT SHOWS TWITTER AND TV SIMULTANEOUSLY and channel that shows YOUTUBE & twitter simultaneously real time (okay delay it for those blipsters ouot there)
Run the channel 24/7 on satellite or terrestial TV and feature several tracks --a) music video, b) politics c) Comedy (with big name comedians) etc.
From Youtube to Twitter, millions head to Internet for latest on ...
www.topix.com/business/social-software/2009/05/from-youtube-to-twitter-
AND SO IT GOES -- looks like Verizon may be doing something just like I'm taling about ??Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Coming to FiOS TVTwitter and Facebook are both part of a widget platform that Verizon is opening up ... social features, at some point built directly into television sets. ...newteevee.com/2009/03/14/twitter-facebook-youtube-coming-to-fios-tv/ - 33k - Cached -
FUTURE OF MEDIA PANEL @ DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD MAY 7
For more information on the Future of Media, don't forget to attend the panel on just that Joyce Schwarz moderates @ Digital Hollywood on May 7, 2009 --if you'd like a comp ticket to that panel, please email joycecom (at) aol.com or twitter @joycecom
DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD PANEL ON THE FUTURE OF MEDIA & ADVERTISING!
Thursday, May 7th 12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Track III: The Broadband Platform – PC, Mobile, TV and Advertising The Web, Social Media and Advertising: Transforming and Disassembling the World of Traditional Media and CommunicationsChange and innovation is at the core of our industry. There is no turning back the clock. Traditional media now works with and embraces that change. There is a continual, if uneasy partnership between traditional media and the new technologies, but it continues as a powerful force forward nonetheless. Between the power of the web, social media and new forms of commerce, the entire daily life of the consumer, vis a vis the entertainment, communications and commerce experience is forever altered. The partnership between the traditional media and new media has created a new and interesting era in the relationship between the innovator and the established system – one that is open and generally encourages and rewards change.
Rebecca Weeks Watson, Director, Business Development, Real Girls Media
Deborah Perry Piscione, co-founder and CEO, BettyConfidential.com
Maura Welch, Director of Marketing, WeeWorld
Vik Jain, co-founder and President/COO, Musicane
Mitchell Linden, Senior Vice-President, Strategy, Reality Digital
Amra Tareen, CEO, allvoices
William A. Alena, VP, Advertising and Business Development, MyYearbook
Joyce Schwarz, JCOM Emerging Entertainment Marketing, Moderator