Webcams. You know, the little cameras, costing as little as $20--and included in Macs--are changing the Cable Game. Webcams are turning every cable channel into cable channels, plural.
Soon enough, every cable channel will have its TV outlet, and then another outlet--or outlets, into near-infinity--on YouTube. Oprah Winfrey recently established her channel, and she could easily have a dozen more. I mean, why not? Because YouTube is free, to you and me, and even to Oprah. The key, of course, to a successful "Net channel" is having good content--something that people want to see.
And now I see that Fox News is joining the Web Cable Game, with "The Fox & Friends After the Show Show." Here's the way co-hostAlisyn Camerota describes the new web-programming on her blog:
This morning we start a new feature that will reveal what really goes on behind-the-scenes here when the show ends. Our cameras will keep rolling live for the next five minutes and capture all the things we do once we let our hair down. Gretchen, Brian, Steve and I have no idea what we’ll say or do, though if it’s a typical day, you can bet they’ll be some loud music playing and possibly some dancing. We don’t really have a “plan” or “vision” yet for the after-show. Some days we’ll stay on the couch to continue chatting with a guest, some days we’ll eat our breakfast. So, you’ll be watching a concept-in-progress.
If you missed the show today, make sure you don’t miss it tomorrow … to check it out the After the Show Show tomorrow, at 9 a.m. ET click here and watch it live! If you can’t catch it then, check back here on my blog later in the day and we’ll have a link to the video. Let me know what you think of the unvarnished us!
It's all an experiment, of course, and nobody knows how it will turn out. But as noted, the key variable is finding people and programs that people want to watch. And that's always been a Fox News strong suit.
