[wos] Camcorder Revolution panel

[Janko Roettgers]

A few words regarding the camcorder revolution panel - I think
inviting Al Goure is kind of funny, but not very realistic. Also,
it would probably make much more sense to ask someone to
come who actually has something to say about the day to day
operations of Current TV.

Same goes for Doctorow and the PCF. He's on their board, but
of course this is more a way of showing support and giving
the projct access and credibility when it comes to funding and
things like that. I'd propose to instead invite Tiffiny Cheng,
Nicholas Reville or Holmes Wilson, since they have founded
PCF (as well as Downhill Battle) and started the whole
Democracy Plaer project. I've done an interview with Holmes
Wilson back in December, and I think one of the three would
be a great addition to WOS. Here's the interview in German:

http://www.lowpass.cc/index.php?itemid=219

Also, what's really missing from the panel are independent
content producers / video bloggers that make use of RSS
and possibly Bittorrent to get their programming out there.
Green.tv looks nice, but they are essentially an advertising
production company that produces Flash-based video
wile being funded by the United nations. That doesn't really
look like a revolution to me.

If you look at something like Ask a Ninja, The Revision3
shows or even Toni Mahoni of Spreeblick fame, then you
start to get an idea of why this could truly be revolutionary.
Rocketboom of course would have been a great candidate
as well, since they are the only video podcast who is being
watched by thousands of Tivo users directly on their TV,
bypassing the traditional gatekeepers - but they seem to be
in quite a mess right now, so it might be a little risky to invite
them.

Conculsion: Fewer stars, more interesting content producers,
bigger focus on RSS and downloads as opposed to Flash -
and you got yourself a promising panel.



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          Janko Roettgers
Journalist - Los Angeles
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janko.roettgers at web.de
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