Gone are the times where Main Stream Media (MSM) only could dictate what was good and what was not. Blogging and citizen journalism have brought a totally new culture of participation. But what about TV which is considered the most influential means of media which is still mainly in the clutches of overpaid and overhyped programme directors? Maybe no longer.
A “Democracy Player” is about to launch today:
“… with the upcoming launch of Democracy Player, the final component of an open video access and publishing platform that truly allows anyone (on Macs and PCs) to view, vote, subscribe, show, share, publish and distribute video-based content online at no cost at all.”
That sounds really exciting, add some Skype-like functionality to that, then the barrier between individual 1:1 or 1 to few towards one to many and many to many-communication would ultimately get blurred.
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Oh yes, here comes consumer empowerment! It will be interesting to see where/how new business models (and pricing) would eventually develop and mature in this market. Will the ballgame evolve into something which is more sophisticated than the basic(modern) business model it is now or will it change completely resulting to more pressure on media (content) companies whilst delivering more profit (mind you – huge investments) for the technology companies. Will there be another bubble?
Oh my mind is suddenly very active…
Got to go and change Milla’s nappy…;-)