BuzzMachine: TV's exploding before our very eyes. Can't wait.

Explode your TV

: TV is about to explode, just as publishing is exploding thanks to the web and weblogs.

Many elements are coming together that will mean the barrier to entry to TV is dropped to the ground. Anybody can produce TV. Anybody can distribute TV. And TV will thus be able to serve any interest. Just as you no longer need a printing press to publish, you no longer need a tower (or cable or satellite) to broadcast.

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For example, you could with one camera person and one host and a little editing create a house remake show like the ones my wife and I now love to watch. You could create local shows about sports or politics. You could review movies. You could test drive cars or gadgets. You could teach people how to use, oh, PowerPoint. Or you could create source material: Tape the board of ed meeting and put it online. And then you can distribute it. And then you can get people to watch it.

Here's how it comes together:

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[BuzzMachine]

Some interesting tools to look into here.

My wife has been producing some simple videos from still pics and DV video for family and church events. The stuff you can do on a $500 computer is pretty amazing. The problem, as I see it, is that it's very very time consuming. A citizen-reporter can do it but those of us with jobs that require well north of 50 hours a week plus commute time really don't have the hours and hours it takes to assemble raw footage into something that tells a story.