Comments on: This Just In Will Go Offline at HBO http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/ NewTeeVee Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fox Quietly Launches Stealth Web Video Studio, 15 Gigs http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-265448 Fox Quietly Launches Stealth Web Video Studio, 15 Gigs Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:23:21 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-265448 <p>[...] other current efforts, as well as the many discontinued similar projects: SuperDeluxe, Runawaybox, ThisJustIn and [...]</p> [...] other current efforts, as well as the many discontinued similar projects: SuperDeluxe, Runawaybox, ThisJustIn and [...]

]]> By: Geeks meme » Break Acquires HBOlab http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-258333 Geeks meme » Break Acquires HBOlab Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:31:44 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-258333 <p>[...] drain. Another HBO-spawned web comedy site — ThisJustIn, a joint venture with AOL — was simply shut down in 2007. It was actually in the same Santa Monica office space as HBOlab. Turner’s [...]</p> [...] drain. Another HBO-spawned web comedy site — ThisJustIn, a joint venture with AOL — was simply shut down in 2007. It was actually in the same Santa Monica office space as HBOlab. Turner’s [...]

]]> By: Break Acquires HBOlab http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-258325 Break Acquires HBOlab Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:24:33 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-258325 <p>[...] drain. Another HBO-spawned web comedy site — ThisJustIn, a joint venture with AOL — was simply shut down in 2007. It was actually in the same Santa Monica office space as HBOlab. Turner’s [...]</p> [...] drain. Another HBO-spawned web comedy site — ThisJustIn, a joint venture with AOL — was simply shut down in 2007. It was actually in the same Santa Monica office space as HBOlab. Turner’s [...]

]]> By: 5 Questions for ViaParaLionMGM « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-236534 5 Questions for ViaParaLionMGM « NewTeeVee Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:23:54 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-236534 <p>[...] will this new venture avoid the online mistakes made by other pay networks? HBO’s strategy has been haphazard, and Showtime primarily uses the web for promotion. What is the venture’s [...]</p> [...] will this new venture avoid the online mistakes made by other pay networks? HBO’s strategy has been haphazard, and Showtime primarily uses the web for promotion. What is the venture’s [...]

]]> By: Joost Launches: Video Interview With Mike Volpi « The-social-network.info’s Weblog http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-119172 Joost Launches: Video Interview With Mike Volpi « The-social-network.info’s Weblog Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:59:50 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-119172 <p>[...] platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who’ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a [...]</p> [...] platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who’ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a [...]

]]> By: Joost Launches: Video Interview With Mike Volpi « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-118964 Joost Launches: Video Interview With Mike Volpi « NewTeeVee Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:28 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-118964 <p>[...] platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who’ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a [...]</p> [...] platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who’ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a [...]

]]> By: Goodnight Burbank Creator Launches Teen Show « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-118935 Goodnight Burbank Creator Launches Teen Show « NewTeeVee Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:39:31 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-118935 <p>[...] Goodnight Burbank Creator Launches Teen Show Hayden Black, creator and star of nightly news satire Goodnight Burbank, has developed a wildly divergent series called Abigail’s “X-Rated” Teen Diary. This is the show we reported Black was developing for HBO, but the current incarnation does not appear to be affiliated with HBO. Update: Black explains in the comments that the show was to be part of HBO’s now defunct “This Just In” site, but it’s now independent because the site was discontinued. [...]</p> [...] Goodnight Burbank Creator Launches Teen Show Hayden Black, creator and star of nightly news satire Goodnight Burbank, has developed a wildly divergent series called Abigail’s “X-Rated” Teen Diary. This is the show we reported Black was developing for HBO, but the current incarnation does not appear to be affiliated with HBO. Update: Black explains in the comments that the show was to be part of HBO’s now defunct “This Just In” site, but it’s now independent because the site was discontinued. [...]

]]> By: ohigotchya http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-56756 ohigotchya Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:38:38 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-56756 <p>Alright, alright. thisjustin.com collapsed.</p> <p>You're right. There wasn't much heart in it. The problem HBO has is that it is terrifically afraid of putting it's artsy-billionaire brand on anything web-like (and especially grainy) in quality. Also, AOL, the sinking ship that it is, is chock full of 45 year old females who log in to read gossip and play Slingo until the broadband cows come home. So when AOL puts a thisjustin.com link on its main comedy page, it's ushering tens of thousands of viewers.... who don't exactly relate to the humor.</p> <p>comedic math lesson: comedy sites + the internet = a younger, male dominate demographic.</p> <p>mathewingram.com says it should adopt NBC's mantra "nobodycomeshere.com", but it really should be "getting huge funneled audience traffic from the wrong highway.com" (i dont know if that domain will fit)</p> <p>the site itself registers at around 45-50 thousand in an alexa ranking.. and thats been in the past 5 months since its birth. come on, guys, give a site like this some time! the beauty of start ups with no corporate overhead means going on for YEARS with a little funding and not bowing to any pressure peer networks or shareholders. If this had more time, I wouldn't be surprised if this thing took off better.</p> <p>granted the quality of humor was a bit off par, but TJI really had no idea what the mission was from the beginning. it's leadership was backwards and was it going to be a replication of The Onion? Just what we need.</p> <p>It's better to experiment and fail than not experiment at all. Because the only fools bigger in this case are the networks that don't try anything.</p> Alright, alright. thisjustin.com collapsed.

You’re right. There wasn’t much heart in it. The problem HBO has is that it is terrifically afraid of putting it’s artsy-billionaire brand on anything web-like (and especially grainy) in quality. Also, AOL, the sinking ship that it is, is chock full of 45 year old females who log in to read gossip and play Slingo until the broadband cows come home. So when AOL puts a thisjustin.com link on its main comedy page, it’s ushering tens of thousands of viewers…. who don’t exactly relate to the humor.

comedic math lesson:
comedy sites + the internet = a younger, male dominate demographic.

mathewingram.com says it should adopt NBC’s mantra “nobodycomeshere.com”, but it really should be “getting huge funneled audience traffic from the wrong highway.com” (i dont know if that domain will fit)

the site itself registers at around 45-50 thousand in an alexa ranking.. and thats been in the past 5 months since its birth. come on, guys, give a site like this some time! the beauty of start ups with no corporate overhead means going on for YEARS with a little funding and not bowing to any pressure peer networks or shareholders. If this had more time, I wouldn’t be surprised if this thing took off better.

granted the quality of humor was a bit off par, but TJI really had no idea what the mission was from the beginning. it’s leadership was backwards and was it going to be a replication of The Onion? Just what we need.

It’s better to experiment and fail than not experiment at all. Because the only fools bigger in this case are the networks that don’t try anything.

]]> By: This Just In: We’re just not that funny » mathewingram.com/work http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-56499 This Just In: We’re just not that funny » mathewingram.com/work Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:45:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/07/26/this-just-in-will-go-offline-at-hbo/#comment-56499 <p>[...] appraisals of this turkey come from a commenter on the TechCrunch post about it and from Om Malik at NewTeeVee. At TechCrunch, Ian Bell says: “Unfortunately this goes to show that you can’t just slap a [...]</p> [...] appraisals of this turkey come from a commenter on the TechCrunch post about it and from Om Malik at NewTeeVee. At TechCrunch, Ian Bell says: “Unfortunately this goes to show that you can’t just slap a [...]

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