Comments on: Strike Bumps Online Video Numbers?

By: 45% Will Watch Less TV If Strike Continues « NewTeeVee

45% Will Watch Less TV If Strike Continues « NewTeeVee — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:02:40 +0000

[...] the wealthy studios, but if their viewers desert them the balance of power could change. It may be hard to measure viewers moving online as show after show runs out of new episodes, but “there’s only a finite amount of [...]

By: Online Video Continues To Look Up « Kent’s Official Blog

Online Video Continues To Look Up « Kent’s Official Blog — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:12:42 +0000

[...] with Liz, it’s hard to know the exact effect the strike is having on driving the short term growth of [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:50:31 +0000

I would love to know if there’s been a bump specifically for scripted serial content online, or if people are just killing time elsewhere (internet as opposed to TV). As the producer of a scripted half hour internet sitcom (‘Space Wasters’) I hope for the former, but fear the latter is more likely.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:23:13 +0000

Frank — I am looking at that question too, will post when I have info from a few more of the analytics firms. Their estimates are always so different, so I want to talk to a few of them before calling it a trend.

By: James Gardiner

James Gardiner — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:50:24 +0000

I would attribute it a little to the strike. Mailny because of the amount of media attention which mateialized this option in the minds of the consumer. Ie if they get bored with TV, which happens even normally, going to the web is more likely to be what pops into their minds.

And secondly, I may be in Australia, but there has definatly been a reasonable drop back in new show content. Probably trying to stretch it out in some ways.

James

By: Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:39:28 +0000

We’ve seen growth too, but i don’t attribute it to the strike. It is just a general trend – we didn’t see some huge bump all of a sudden, but did experience 10X growth over the course of 2007.

Also, I would like to know – did abc.com, nbc.com, etc get a bump in the same time period too?

By: Bill G

Bill G — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:08:47 +0000

I highly doubt the strike is the reason for that growth.

The lack of scripted shows from the writer's strike is just now beginning to bite. By mid-February the strike effects will be in full force.

But you ask a Nielsen analyst why something happens and is it any surprise the answer has something to do with TV?