Comments on: YouNewsTV now on 50 station sites http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/21/younewstv-now-on-50-stations-sites/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rob http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/21/younewstv-now-on-50-stations-sites/#comment-704984 Rob Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:09:05 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/21/younewstv-now-on-50-stations-sites/#comment-704984 The thing that strikes me about it is that it is still the old "send us your content" mantra. Several of the sites I looked at in the past that have it use that canned phrase with the follow-up "and we may broadcast your (whatever) on the air". The YouNewsTV widget isn't a community building block as much as its a platform for generating story leads for broadcast. Maybe if it was organized in such a way that it gave people more incentive or more share of voice somehow it might be a better tool for community building but right now it's just 'Give us your content so we can put it on the TV'. Packaged as is I agree with Don that there are much better things I could think of doing with that $24K. The thing that strikes me about it is that it is still the old “send us your content” mantra. Several of the sites I looked at in the past that have it use that canned phrase with the follow-up “and we may broadcast your (whatever) on the air”.

The YouNewsTV widget isn’t a community building block as much as its a platform for generating story leads for broadcast.

Maybe if it was organized in such a way that it gave people more incentive or more share of voice somehow it might be a better tool for community building but right now it’s just ‘Give us your content so we can put it on the TV’. Packaged as is I agree with Don that there are much better things I could think of doing with that $24K.

]]> By: Don Day http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/21/younewstv-now-on-50-stations-sites/#comment-704514 Don Day Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:00:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/21/younewstv-now-on-50-stations-sites/#comment-704514 Wow. $2k a month? The examples of YNTV I've seen have almost no CGM clips in them. That's $24,000 a year I could generally put to better use... Wow. $2k a month? The examples of YNTV I’ve seen have almost no CGM clips in them. That’s $24,000 a year I could generally put to better use…

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