Brian BoyerFor no reason remembering the months I spent, a decade ago, trying to persuade NPR brass that there was a tremendous opportunity to beat the cable news people to making quality stuff for smart TVs
TBH that window is still open, IMO, but it’ll be a slog
Our little Roku app for Tiny Desk concerts was a thing of beauty, enjoyed by hundreds
Sure, YouTube works as an alternative distribution technique today but we’re one billionaire heel turn from an indie media apocalypse.
Bee Cat@brianboyer Preach! I was working on a set-top product down the street at WaPo around then. I still think there’s an unrealized opportunity there. Smart TVs always felt like the natural hardware for video podcasts. I’d much rather have a feed-native “vod-catcher” UX on my TV than the current Roku app-silo experience.
YouTube is the 800 lb gorilla, but I wonder whether the right alliance of hardware manufacturers, creators & payment rails could build something more open less platform-dependent
YouTube is the 800 lb gorilla, but I wonder whether the right alliance of hardware manufacturers, creators & payment rails could build something more open less platform-dependent
@BCatEARTH Folks have been brewing alternative platforms, and we desperately need them! But in my dream, everyone owns their distribution architecture, and doesn’t rely on a platform. FWIW, I believed before, and still believe, that even a simple audio app would work on TVs. Just put the damned weather and traffic on-screen