With the Internet setup, you find your own sponsors, you don’t have to worry about a network picking up the show.
You have managed to build a large following already, and really don’t need a network telling you what you need, or have to do, or how long a show need to be to fit into a specified amount of time. If you want to go on vacation tomorrow, you can be free to do it, and still come back with no stress.

TV would be dead if the current TV shows were available on line, and be able to watch on demand. The problem currently is the video quality is generally low grade. Even the major networks that air their shows on the net, still haven’t got it yet. iTunes video format is probably the best available currently, but I don’t want to pay for a commercial free episode. Therefore I don’t mind the commercials.

My point is that as the bandwidth gets better, and more and more quality content comes along, TV as we know it will change big time.

If you look at it. The Cable companies are like sorta like iTunes, but with limited categories. Depending on what you subscribe to, you can get more viewing options.

To me if a network want to air a podcast, or series of podcasts, that puts you in control, and not the other way round.

Best advice is to ask David Marks.

Thorny question, particularly in the context of a “happy, content life” – classic ‘old media’ vs. ‘mew media’. There have been some fascinating discussions on this very issue over on the TwIM podcast hosted by Daisy Whitney. You might want to follow her on Twitter if you’re not already.

A critical consideration is how much control you’re willing to give up for incremental market share, what it does to your CPM, and what you can agree is the value to the TV producer (and to you) of making content with high production values, targeted at a focused loyal audience, available to them.

Excepting ‘Wood Talk Online’, which is reminiscent of a chat with friends sitting around a table with a beer on a Saturday afternoon (Good Thing), yours is essentially visually focused content (just search for anything ‘woodworking’ on audible.com if you doubt that.)

As such, before focusing too heavily on casting a wider (but unfocused) net, and the loss of control that entails, I’d suggest looking for the small investments you can make that would give you the biggest improvements in the production value of your current offering – perhaps a consideration as you rebuild the shop after your recent move.

Rick

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