The Future of TV? Inside the Venice Project Beta

By leelefever on January 12, 2007 - 1:36pm.

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The Venice Project (TVP) is a new online video application from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis - the team who brought us Skype, which was sold to eBay for over two billion dollars in 2005. So, not only does the team have resources, but an amazing track record. This time, they are focused on merging the best of TV and the Internet. From what I’ve seen so far in the beta, they are off to an amazing start. I’ve only been playing for a day or so but I want to tell you about my first-blush experience. I do not certify accuracy at this early stage.

Getting Started

Family Guy Blog

By leelefever on April 29, 2005 - 9:14am.

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Chris pointed me to the Family Guy Blog and my first thought was, oh man, this may suck. The Family Guy is such a clever and painfully funny show, I had low expectations for how it would translate to the blog world. Would it be Stewie's character? Would it be another crappy character blog?

From what I've seen so far, they've done it right. I'm impressed. In Channel 9 fashion, the blog offers a view into the production of the show and the people behind it. It has RSS, comments and all.

Jeopardy Champ Ken Jennings Falls

By leelefever on November 30, 2004 - 9:21pm.

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A while back I posted about Ken Jennings, the record breaking Jeopardy game show champ. The post was Jeopardy and the Power of Engagement, and was about how the effect of Jeopardy's change in policy that allowed champions to keep winning instead stopping after 5 wins. (This was back when he had only won a paltry $231,000).

My point at the time was that Ken's streak was engaging- his winning streak made me want to keep watching Jeopardy. I felt a connection to this guy and the change in policy enabled that to happen.

My bet was that the longer he won, the more people would tune into Jeopardy, proving that the change in policy was a good one. I doubt they counted on someone like Ken.

Jeopardy and the Power of Engagement

By leelefever on June 10, 2004 - 10:23pm.

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OK, So I'll be back in 213.5 hours...

For those of you that may not be aware, the television game show Jeopardy changed it's policy recently. For as long as I can remember, a player could only win 5 times in a row. Once they won five times, they got the money and a trip back for the tournament of champions.

This policy changed recently. Now, a player can win, and keep on winning until they lose. This is pertinent today because the current player has won seven shows in a row and racked up a record $231,000.

Teens Are Using the Web more than TV

By leelefever on July 24, 2003 - 11:27am.

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Study: Internet tops TV in battle for teens' time

I have a couple of nephews that have grown up wired. They've been using instant messaging for years and now one of them is planning to start a photo blog.

If you think online communication/social software is growing now- wait until these kids start making business decisions.

I thought this quote from a teen was key: