Comments on: ‘KARE OnLIVE’ dead

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:58:59 +0000

The show still exists, as KARE 11 News at 4:00. The name was changed from OnLIVE due to copyright issues. You can chat and watch live feeds during commercials, etc.

By: Amy Wood

Amy Wood — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:59:05 +0000

We actually launched this concept of a platform where they can talk amongst themselves. I’m pioneering live chat with my audience in a chat room during my entire solo anchored 10pm show. You can read more about it on my blog and check it out through the links. I also do twitter fed into my facebook and myspace pages to keep folks updated on what I’ve got going on in my blogs and live chat.
It’s working well. We’re getting new folks in every night. I do it during my 10, but almost half stay through the top of the 11, or thru the whole 11pm show too. The instant reactions to stories is amazing!

By: David Johnson

David Johnson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:39:54 +0000

there are amazing ways to do this, but the key to being successful is understanding the participatory incentive. television is inherently passive or a background activity. i think the game concept is clearly apt, also could be commercially driven by a live auction concept.

in terms of fostering dialogue, call-in shows are far more interactive than much of what i’ve seen since mtv first started running chat crawls during their afternoon video countdown shows in the 90s.

so far, this is where radio broadcasters seem to be leading the edge, adopting ustream.tv and other platforms to extend their conversations.

perhaps instead of shouting at the screen, the successful model may be a platform where watchers can talk amongst themselves.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:21:03 +0000

I think it could work in the morning (many people have computers in their kitchens to check work e-mail). An interactive afternoon show could also work, but it would have to have a game element. I think people will play games online during the day as they watch TV.

Getting e-mails from viewers and sharing them on TV does not really equal interactivity, in my mind. Can viewers/online readers help drive the content? Shape the show? Play along or against contestants? Vote for their favorites? That’s interactivity.

I’ve tried using Twitter on the anchor desk before during breaks. It was fun — but not really additive in any way.

By: Hussman

Hussman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:45:15 +0000

Just waving my wank in the dark on this one, but it seems to me that a show would have to be pretty damn good to be interactive as it happens, especially for stay-at-home Moms. A TV show forces you to watch if you want to participate. Radio programs do not. You can multitask during a radio call-in show. TV? Not so much.

By: Rico Suave

Rico Suave — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:26:07 +0000

If KSTP brought back Steve and Sharon for “Good Company,” then we’d be all set.