Comments on: FOX Business launches online and on TV http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gorman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525653 Gorman Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:56:45 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525653 Holy crap... didn't even realize that was Flash. Wow... for three stationary boxes. Holy crap… didn’t even realize that was Flash. Wow… for three stationary boxes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525378 Anonymous Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:18:26 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525378 Charles, their use of Flash isn't just bad for old browsers. It's bad design. They don't gain functionality by making story links Flash instead of, well, links. Google only thinks the site has nine pages, among them: terms of use, copyright policy, FAQ. FBN has essentially isolated itself from the rest of the Internet. Charles, their use of Flash isn’t just bad for old browsers. It’s bad design. They don’t gain functionality by making story links Flash instead of, well, links. Google only thinks the site has nine pages, among them: terms of use, copyright policy, FAQ. FBN has essentially isolated itself from the rest of the Internet.

]]> By: Charles http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525341 Charles Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:10:33 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525341 Site's coming through fine for me... The design is great, for now. After a couple years, when they add more programs and talent, they'll need to expand the site. (And add show pages for individual programs!) As long as your flash player works good, then it's a fine site to visit. But if you ever are going to surf the web on an older computer/browser, then maybe just RSS the site's news instead. Site’s coming through fine for me… The design is great, for now. After a couple years, when they add more programs and talent, they’ll need to expand the site. (And add show pages for individual programs!) As long as your flash player works good, then it’s a fine site to visit. But if you ever are going to surf the web on an older computer/browser, then maybe just RSS the site’s news instead.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525229 Anonymous Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:37:19 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525229 I'm also having trouble getting the site to load. Just keep refreshing and it comes through eventually. I’m also having trouble getting the site to load. Just keep refreshing and it comes through eventually.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525227 Anonymous Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:35:38 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525227 Hate the giant Flash triptych of stories. Both because it's a classic example of pointless, indefensible Flash use, and because only one of the stories changed all day. Hate the giant Flash triptych of stories. Both because it’s a classic example of pointless, indefensible Flash use, and because only one of the stories changed all day.

]]> By: News Consumer http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525169 News Consumer Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:56:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525169 First impressions: 1. What's with all the sexy female anchors and commentator/analysts? Some may be qualified, but come on, it looks a bit suspicious. 2. They all shout, just like on Fox News. Annoying. 3. The sets are too flashy/shiny. It's distracting. 5. They occasionally paused to explain some of the technical business jargon (like what an ADR was) Nice - this makes business news more accessable. For this net to work I think they should go after the aspirational middle-class, folks that want to be rich but aren't quite sure how to get there. First impressions:
1. What’s with all the sexy female anchors and commentator/analysts? Some may be qualified, but come on, it looks a bit suspicious.
2. They all shout, just like on Fox News. Annoying.
3. The sets are too flashy/shiny. It’s distracting.
5. They occasionally paused to explain some of the technical business jargon (like what an ADR was) Nice - this makes business news more accessable.
For this net to work I think they should go after the aspirational middle-class, folks that want to be rich but aren’t quite sure how to get there.

]]> By: Gorman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525082 Gorman Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525082 A purely superficial look at their homepage: Above the fold... I kinda like. Below the fold... Another three-equal-column nightmare. And thats *with* the tab box. The eyes glaze over and the will to live shrivels up and blows away. A purely superficial look at their homepage: Above the fold… I kinda like. Below the fold… Another three-equal-column nightmare. And thats *with* the tab box. The eyes glaze over and the will to live shrivels up and blows away.

]]> By: Randy Hoffman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525081 Randy Hoffman Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525081 After 25 years in television and being part of multiple teams that launched multiple programs one fact is not debatable: You can never judge the longevity or the quality of a program based on its launch. And let's keep in mind this perspective - what is the most-watched business program on television? The Nightly Business Report on public television. After 25 years in television and being part of multiple teams that launched multiple programs one fact is not debatable: You can never judge the longevity or the quality of a program based on its launch. And let’s keep in mind this perspective - what is the most-watched business program on television? The Nightly Business Report on public television.

]]> By: Greg http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525005 Greg Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:25:17 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525005 People are worried that Fox Business will top CNBC? Come on, this is horrible. One segment I was watching had an author talk about how Starbucks saved his life. CNBC was talking about the housing bubble. Seriously? SERIOUSLY!!! Plus, not to mention Fox Business thinks Clear Channel is a Las Vegas casino. CCU = Circus Circus. People are worried that Fox Business will top CNBC? Come on, this is horrible. One segment I was watching had an author talk about how Starbucks saved his life. CNBC was talking about the housing bubble. Seriously? SERIOUSLY!!! Plus, not to mention Fox Business thinks Clear Channel is a Las Vegas casino. CCU = Circus Circus.

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525000 tdc Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:16:20 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-525000 nah, everybody these days has a frickin' website. even the pizza joint at the corner (and their pizza stinks!). somebody will figure out they can gain that little advantage (just like the jousting around who was first to have a youtube channel) and move the needle. 6 months max. nah, everybody these days has a frickin’ website. even the pizza joint at the corner (and their pizza stinks!).

somebody will figure out they can gain that little advantage (just like the jousting around who was first to have a youtube channel) and move the needle.

6 months max.

]]> By: Z http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524987 Z Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524987 Six months? It took years before the corporate folks stopped calling them "Web thingys" or "Web place" "Sites" will endure much longer. Six months? It took years before the corporate folks stopped calling them “Web thingys” or “Web place”

“Sites” will endure much longer.

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524959 tdc Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:09:47 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524959 i'd say we're down to less than 6 months now until someone like takes the lead and quits calling these things 'SITES'. i mean corporately. why let it be like youtube and, like the posting below reads, everyone else then falls all over themselves to say "ME TOO!"? i’d say we’re down to less than 6 months now until someone like takes the lead and quits calling these things ‘SITES’.

i mean corporately.

why let it be like youtube and, like the posting below reads, everyone else then falls all over themselves to say “ME TOO!”?

]]> By: Brink http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524921 Brink Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:26:15 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/15/fox-business-launches/#comment-524921 Hasn't everyone gotten the memo yet? The one that says, "Only losers make their we video players autostart with sound full?" Hasn’t everyone gotten the memo yet? The one that says, “Only losers make their we video players autostart with sound full?”

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