Comments on: It’s Reader Feedback Time! (Pretty Please)

By: Stew

Stew — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:57:08 +0000

I don't even remember when or where I found you guys. But I'm an rss addicted reader. If I had one criticism it would be the sheer volume of posts. I can't keep up. But I have a ton of feeds too.

Really enjoy the site.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:14:32 +0000

Thanks andy, we just modified the format of the NTV Station Today post for tonight's edition -- hopefully it works better for you.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:16:49 +0000

Good team good mix good style improved design
Newteevee Station will be very good in the long run. Adding thumbnail teasers in the NTV Station Today section to illustrate the subjects you cover would be nice. Or just replace the black area of the repeated Station logo with a changing thumb. I know black is stylish but here it's like a signpost signalling me "dont't read - dont't watch - move on!"
Consider adding a 3 to 7 days short stickypost at the top of the articles section. It could link to the most discussed article (or important poll like this one) as soon as it moves to the second page.
Congratulations and thanks

By: neal page

neal page — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:04:20 +0000

Liz,
NTV is a must read in this space, one of the top blogs/news sites I/we at Inlet follow. I think the content you cover is spot-on; however, enhancements might include a bit more of the business dynamics affecting new media companies and technologies, and the shifting economics as internet “tv” breaks (and enhanced) traditional revenue models. Topics on the economic motivators that drive deployment are important as this industry goes mainstream.

Style, design, and length of coverage is perfect in my opinion. We read lots of other sites…. one group that may be less well known but i find full of insights is The Diffusion Group, who publishes both reasearch and a newsletter that are worthy of mention. http://www.tdgresearch.com/

By: Jeremy Campbell

Jeremy Campbell — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:17:04 +0000

I'm a big fan of NewTeeVee. What I would like to see more of is a weekly summary of smaller online video players that have a unique spin on the industry, and are starting to get traction.

It seems like most of the coverage is on the big players with YouTube, Veoh, and other big players that have received millions in VC funding getting most of the attention. By focusing on some smaller companies, your content could have more exclusives not found on other blogs.

I'm a dedicated reader/viewer on a daily basis, and that will never change. Great job overall everyone at NTV!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:40:54 +0000

I'm using Google Reader, should the video embeds work with google?

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:33:00 +0000

Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback. We have a couple nice actionable items in there that I will try to get implemented ASAP: fewer story breaks and RSS feeds for comments.

For NTV Station, it seems clear that the idea and design are a bit murkier than we thought. We are trying over there to surface and review noteworthy video. The basic idea is that lots of people like watching online video but don't care about the business. Do you guys have any suggestions about better serving that need? And is there a way we could better present/link to those stories on NewTeeVee?

By: Alec McNayr

Alec McNayr — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:09:01 +0000

Love your site: it is--by far--the best new media entertainment/tech news source online.

Your snark-to-fact ratio is right on, and I enjoy both the day-to-day news and "where is this whole damn thing going?" types of stories.

I wish there was more activity in the comments, but I guess you can't force it. Perhaps you could run a series that encourages responses to questions... and then engage the people with the most thoughtful responses for future posts (either in a mini-interview or a guest post).

As for the Station, I feel as though it is confusing in two ways: the context and the UI:

NTV Station UI: It's difficult to navigate for the full experience of any particular video; it seems like there is a video-only page, a review page, a user-generated review page, and a place for comments. Surely these could be combined into one page/post.

NTV Station Context: I guess I'm not sure who this list is for (and therefore don't know if it's for me). Is it an examination of popular online content? Is it just fun stuff? An excuse to see indie projects? Is it for producers or marketers or tech enthusiasts? Perhaps an easily-scannable rundown of the clip's significance at the top would help. Then I can choose whether or not to read the 5-6 paragraph review.

Last thing: I'd love to see more live events in Los Angeles. NATPE TV Fest and the New Media Expo (in Vegas) are great events, but I feel NTV has a closer connection to the kinds of people I'd like to meet.

By: gerald

gerald — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:06:38 +0000

I can’t believe you guys didn’t have a thing to say about the launch of Zipityzap. The first internet television service that works with a wireless remote control and nada? Especially now that new flat screen TVs come with PC and/or s-video inputs? You can tie your PC to your TV with $16 worth of cables (http://www.svideo.com/prosvideo6.html) and watch all kinds of great programming – FREE! Never mind that this is cheap alternative entertainment for 64 million basic cable subscribers. You guys are asleep at the wheel.

Regarding your questions:
(1) Content – I’m interested in technology, business and how industries are changing. I’d like to see a detailed analysis of all the many ways you can connect your PC to your TV, cost, services, etc.
(2) Style – nice.
(3) Design – your site was unavailable for a day or two a few weeks ago. “Internet Explorer could not open this page” or something like that.
(4) NewTeeVee Station – there’s lots of services for finding internet videos (Veoh, Joost, etc.). I’m more interested in finding internet television CHANNELS, not 5 minute video clips. With all of the great niche programming coming out, there will someday be an internet television channel for every interest.
(5) I read every blog that discusses internet television.

By: Menlow

Menlow — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:23:37 +0000

If you follow the blogs Nalts mentions in his post you're likely to see many of the same stories repeated over and over again. Though I always appreciate NTV's take on the stories of the day, I have to agree with Frank; I would love to see smaller, less corporate videos being covered more. I love discovering new film makers and companies on this site, and while established talents are news worthy as well, this space is equally important for the little guy.