Comments on: Di Bona Returns to Well with Reality.tv http://gigaom.com/video/di-bona-returns-to-well-with-realitytv/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David http://gigaom.com/video/di-bona-returns-to-well-with-realitytv/#comment-454259 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:57:07 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/?p=3078#comment-454259 I don’t know if this will work – part of the appeal of reality shows is social; they are frequently dissected around the office watercooler… With few exceptions, online video viewing is far too fragmented to cross over to the extent that it could encourage (and benefit from) this activity.

Moreover, you could argue that an accompanying part of their appeal is some strange combination of personal and communal support, schadenfreude and/or envy, an effect that probably increases as more people tune in and participate. To see someone embarrass himself or succeed against all odds in front of 50,000 YouTube viewers might not be comparable to seeing the same thing take place in front of 10 million viewers.

]]> By: Tim Street http://gigaom.com/video/di-bona-returns-to-well-with-realitytv/#comment-454258 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:17:10 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/?p=3078#comment-454258 As long as content is emotionally compelling there will always be a market for it.

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