eric rochow

Our friends at nextnewnetworks have rolled out their first niche programs. I checked out FastLaneDaily, and found it interesting that a brief commercial runs about 2/3 of the way thru the 3 1/2 minute show. And the commercial wasn’t very disruptive either, short and sweet, and most important, relevant to the viewers. ( it was [...]

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Bob Tedeschi writes in today’s NY Times about how online video creators like myself are being courted by websites who want these creator’s video content on their sites.
I can attest its a bit weird, and flattering to say the least.
No one would mistake the Ask a Jew guy for Lonelygirl15, but these days YouTube contributor [...]

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Yet another comment on something Chris Brogan talked about a few days ago. His post “Your show is NOT the money maker” speaks to why / how podcaster / new media shows can make money. So I thought I’d do my take on this.
First off, I don’t consider gardenfork.tv a podcast. I call it an [...]

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I was just talking to Verizon about their new FIOS service yesterday and then I read this entry by Tom Evslin about how much bandwidth is needed for TV on the Net.
I need a bigger pipe than I currently have in my office to upload the gardenfork.tv shows, but does the average person need fiber [...]

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This was brought to my attention by Chris Brogan. Bum Rush the Charts is a campaign by podcasters to show their influence to the traditional media by calling on their readers to buy one song from iTunes: Mine Again, by Black Lab, this March 22
On March 22nd, 2007 we are going to strike fear into [...]

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I’ve gotten letter like these at my office for what seems like forever. Poorly written photocopied letters asking you to help someone transfer some money, which they will share with you. But first, as a sign of trust, you must put up some of your money, by wiring it to them.
This scam moved onto [...]

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Testament to what can be done in this new media age, Rocketboom, the daily slightly tech oriented news show, created by Andrew Baron, made some nice coin last year:
I sat down with my accountant last week (I’m trying to get used to the fact that I actually have an accountant!), and for the entire period [...]

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In our stats for Jan. 2007, we see 7002 visits to gardenfork.tv, and almost 700 of those staying over an hour. wow.

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