This is an important moment for citizen's media. Rocketboom, a daily video weblog produced by individuals, is now available on TiVo as part of the TiVo Video Download Trial. Here's how TiVo describes the program...
Rocketboom differs from a regular TV program in many important ways. Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs. Also, Rocketboom is distributed online, all around the world and on demand, and thus has a much larger potential audience than any TV broadcast. However, Rocketboom spends $0 on promotion, relying entirely on word-of-mouth, and close to $0 on distribution because bandwidth costs and space are so inexpensive.
The next American Idol is not going to come from what we call the small screen (TV) - but the wifi-connected RSS-enabled one!
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