The sheer numbers of incredibly talented and creative artists in the entertainment industry, across every discipline, who seek to find an audience for their creative work, via Network distribution, will never, ever, squeeze through the dime-sized pipeline into traditional Hollywood. This massive group of talent knows this, and they remain undaunted in the pursuit of their craft. Why? Because they can. And they should. And they are. In fact, they’ve blasted the pipeline wide open. The days of waiting for the call-back are over. Time is money. And everybody wants to work. The top tools of the trade are now easily affordable. The democracy and efficiency of the Internet makes it all possible. Hello! The Internet is THE distribution channel. And remember, there is no monopoly on creativity, and no shortage of Talent. Above all else, this enormous talent pool is working together to create programming, outside the traditional Network model, for distribution to entertainment consumers hungry to discover something other than the same-old. And remember, traditional Hollywood can’t absorb all this talent. It just can’t. It’s not their model. It’s not their thing! Hulu is traditional Hollywood now, and all that comes with it. I think that’s cool. I wish them well. But there’s a massive new movement underway. It’s Web TV. Not TV. We’ve had that! Really, what’s all the excitement about? Everybody knew that traditional TV was going to have to make the move to the Internet. So, as I see it, on the transaction side, the real story is the “partnership.” A partnership! And on the strategic side, the real story is Web TV, not TV on the Web.

David S. Samuels
CEO, KoldCast TV