Comments on: NBC purge of SNL-YouTube clips http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:40:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: oldmancoyote http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1339 oldmancoyote Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:43:31 +0000 http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1339 studio 60's a good show. when it's actually on. so is tina fey's show, 30 rock. but i agree with you about the value of free advertising. i think nbc's being somewhat short-sighted. snl has some unique challenges, in that they are in a terrible time slot and basically require a loyal following, on top of big name guest hosts to draw in new viewers, to get ratings. they've done a poor job keeping the loyal following b/c of the turnover in cast members and the content has been poor. letting youtube carry their snl material allows new cast members and new characters to build a buzz and hopefully convince people to watch more regularly. trying to create an alternative to youtube for that purpose just doesn't seem smart. but what do i know, right? studio 60’s a good show. when it’s actually on. so is tina fey’s show, 30 rock.

but i agree with you about the value of free advertising. i think nbc’s being somewhat short-sighted. snl has some unique challenges, in that they are in a terrible time slot and basically require a loyal following, on top of big name guest hosts to draw in new viewers, to get ratings. they’ve done a poor job keeping the loyal following b/c of the turnover in cast members and the content has been poor.

letting youtube carry their snl material allows new cast members and new characters to build a buzz and hopefully convince people to watch more regularly.

trying to create an alternative to youtube for that purpose just doesn’t seem smart. but what do i know, right?

]]> By: elyzabethe http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1330 elyzabethe Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:03:37 +0000 http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1330 do you watch Studio 60? do you watch Studio 60?

]]> By: erinelizabeth http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1318 erinelizabeth Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:35:57 +0000 http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1318 I have a feeling that they'll make money with the "new venture," and not with YouTube. Not, I'm guessing, to make it that profitable. I think they'd get more by keeping it on the highest-trafficked of all video websites, YouTube, where people are going to be posting SNL rip-off anyways. Sometimes free exposure is worth more than money. But for anyone who's watched even one minute of one Studio 60 episode, you know that all networks care about is cash. Right, Aaron Sorkin? I have a feeling that they’ll make money with the “new venture,” and not with YouTube. Not, I’m guessing, to make it that profitable. I think they’d get more by keeping it on the highest-trafficked of all video websites, YouTube, where people are going to be posting SNL rip-off anyways. Sometimes free exposure is worth more than money. But for anyone who’s watched even one minute of one Studio 60 episode, you know that all networks care about is cash. Right, Aaron Sorkin?

]]> By: hitchhiker http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1306 hitchhiker Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:14:59 +0000 http://yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/nbc-purge-of-snl-youtube-clips/#comment-1306 I never understand all these shady business deals, but maybe Google just didn't want to "team up" with NBC, so NBC decided that YouTube had to remove all of their proprietary content. I never understand all these shady business deals, but maybe Google just didn’t want to “team up” with NBC, so NBC decided that YouTube had to remove all of their proprietary content.

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