Comments on: ABC: Original Online Shows Not Our Thing

By: Trenches’s 3-Year Quest Toward Crackle Distribution

Trenches’s 3-Year Quest Toward Crackle Distribution — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:02:59 +0000

[...] Post-production wasn’t completed until January 2008, at which point the WGA strike had weakened big media, and the market was changing due to an already-crumbling economy. Not only could Stage 9 not find a sponsor to support the show, but its plan for Trenches had always been to distribute it via ABC.com — which was ruled out when ABC announced that they would no longer be doing original content. [...]

By: EQAL Foregoes Originals, Gets Cookin’ with Paula Deen

EQAL Foregoes Originals, Gets Cookin’ with Paula Deen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:30:41 +0000

[...] desire for a known brand is something we’ve heard before. ABC abandoned original online content in favor of creating off-shoots of established TV shows like Ugly [...]

By: Are Film Schools Preparing Students for Careers in New Media? « Mrmattenlow.com

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:03:02 +0000

[...] * I could, and may, write a whole other post about ABC’s stance on original web content. Until then, NewTeeVee has you covered. [...]

By: What Will the Upfronts Bring for Web Video?

What Will the Upfronts Bring for Web Video? — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:41:55 +0000

[...] from the ground up. ABC all but shuttered its digital content creation studio Stage 9 and found its biggest success with an Ugly Betty online spin-off. The SciFi Channel says it has some original web content in [...]

By: Ugly Betty’s Mode After Hours: A Missed Opportunity - NewTeeVee Station

Ugly Betty’s Mode After Hours: A Missed Opportunity - NewTeeVee Station — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:39:33 +0000

[...] first season of Mode After Hours, according to Alexis Rapo of ABC.com at NewTeeVee Live, racked up 8.5 million views last September, and there’s no reason to think that this new run of episodes won’t be just as [...]

By: Ugly Betty’s Mode After Hours: A Missed Opportunity

Ugly Betty’s Mode After Hours: A Missed Opportunity — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:32:58 +0000

By: Stage 9 Laying Off Staff, Being Folded Into ABC.com | Viral Video Maker

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:25:04 +0000

[...] seem to have ABC’s full confidence. During a talk at NewTeeVee Live last November, Alexis Rapo, who runs ABC.com, said the site’s biggest web success was not with original content like [...]

By: Stage 9 Laying Off Staff, Being Folded Into ABC.com « NewTeeVee

Stage 9 Laying Off Staff, Being Folded Into ABC.com « NewTeeVee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:27:53 +0000

By: HipMojo.com » The Wisdom of Not Following The Crowd

HipMojo.com » The Wisdom of Not Following The Crowd — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:47:42 +0000

[...] GigaOM reported that ABC doesn’t actually distribute its own online video [...]