Comments on: ManiaTV Shuts Down http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JerryW. http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469187 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:10:53 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469187 aimless/lost with no direction home.

]]> By: Webisodes are Dead, Long Live Webisodes! « @ the intersection http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469186 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:11:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469186 [...] where some have already started questioning the long-term viability of webisodes, as the likes of ManiaTV (an early entrant in the space) and the aforementioned 60Frames have already shut down this year [...]

]]> By: Former ManiaTV Owner Tries for a Do-Over http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469185 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:28:39 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469185 [...] lower-tier celebs like Tom Green and Dave Navarro but never really caught on with audiences and shut down in March after it failed to find a [...]

]]> By: Ripe Digital Shuts Down: Report http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469184 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:24:52 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469184 [...] to fail this year. Other casualties in the online video world that shut down recently include ManiaTV and [...]

]]> By: Kurt Patino http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469183 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:08:06 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469183 When you’re producing high quality content, it’s always going to cost money, so you need to keep overhead low, and spend your dollars on the content and the marketing. Salaries shouldn’t be high, period, until the company turns a profit. We’re trying our best with our horror web series, “Soul Fire Rising,” (www.soulfirerising.com) and we’re hoping it finds the right audience to help us grow bigger, but we are completely independent. No venture capital. It’s all coming out of my partners and my bank account.

]]> By: JerryW. http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469182 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:44:32 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469182 Nothing creative came from them for 3 years. I can see the same old thing anywhere and in HD

]]> By: Abilio http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469181 Sat, 30 May 2009 16:46:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469181 my mistake : dave navarro’s

]]> By: Abilio http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469180 Sat, 30 May 2009 16:46:03 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469180 Were can i see the episodes from davemavarro’s spread tv?

can anyone tell me.. i really wanted to see it..

thanks

]]> By: matt http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469179 Tue, 26 May 2009 01:37:56 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469179 Wow, funny how everyone who worked for them,as I did, notes their incompetence. That and they still owe me money. Glad to see them go.

]]> By: Dallas Bagley http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469178 Wed, 20 May 2009 19:58:17 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469178 i shot a pilot for mania tv back in 06. sad to see them go.

]]> By: 60Frames Suspends Operations http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469177 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:01:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469177 [...] is just the latest casualty of the great web video shakeout of ‘09. Already this year ManiaTV shut down, HBO Labs was sold off to Break and Disney’s Stage 9 laid off most of its [...]

]]> By: Slick http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469176 Mon, 04 May 2009 18:14:54 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469176 I worked at mania for a long time and I have to say that while the business itself was questionable, it was the people that made it worth me staying nearly two years. While they were task masters and I felt like a slave, I am also sorry that they collapsed cause there were so many good people there.

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469175 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:05:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469175 Couple years back Mania offered me a producing salary of an astonishing 30K + “stock options” to come work with them. I laughed hard at that one. What kind of tv network develops 2-3 shows around Dave Navarro anyway? Nobody gives a rat’s ass about Dave Navvarro…

]]> By: jojo20 http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469174 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:34:43 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469174 Wasn’t he supposed to just be the interim CEO after he stabbed Massey in the back and convinced the board to oust him? What ever happened to them hiring a real CEO? At least Massey had the initial idea and vision. Heck, if Massey was so dumb why did they keep all the main manager pieces he brought in, even after the move to LA? He brought them in, not Hoskins. All Hoskins did was alienate them. Getting rid of Richard only helped to burn any bridges they could have used in LA. He would have been an asset after the moved to LA since he knew so many people in the industry, and once Clemente left you knew it was time to eject.

]]> By: TSM11 http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469173 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:58:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469173 I’m surprised it lasted this long. Incompetence at the top level was astonishing. They spent millions developing the application in several different technologies. At one point, they scrapped a 90% complete platform to switch from cutting edge Java technology to … wait for it … .NET!

Hoskins was nearly impossible to work with. I have no idea who decided to put him at the helm, but they obviously liked his “no BS” style, despite a glaring lack of intellect. He was far more consumed with “getting the next win”, which typically culmated as bowling over smart engineers with good ideas, yelling maniacally at meetings, pushing around nerdy hardware tech-types, or other detrimental frat/jock type behavior.

Exactly the personality type that you DON’T want babysitting your business investment.

Monday-morning quarterbacking here, by a former 2 year employee.

]]> By: Oakside2004 http://gigaom.com/video/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469172 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:26:17 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2009/03/02/maniatv-shuts-down/#comment-469172 “HOSKINS” Oh yeah, wifey was there…like it or not. You know, just “helping” around the workplace. Anytime the “spouse” is enlisted to facilitate events, decorate the office or otherwise get involved with day to day work activities, trust me HUGE RED FLAG. No idea if she was on the payroll but it wouldn’t surprise me.

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