{"id":946,"date":"2008-08-19T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T05:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=946"},"modified":"2008-08-19T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T05:26:14","slug":"youtube-an-mtv-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/19\/youtube-an-mtv-replacement","title":{"rendered":"YouTube, an MTV replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think YouTube has arrived. MTV, Channel V, and the rest should start worrying. Why?<\/p>\n

I have Channel V and MTV on cable TV. I mostly use cable for the news channels, and music, but lately, these music channels are showing more and more “reality TV” shows, news features and other garbage. Yes, Punkd\/Jackass is funny (as is the one where a bunch of guys go on dates, do stupid things for cash), but the whole purpose of a music channel is to show me music videos… <\/p>\n

I notice that in the States, there’s VH1, which seems to be mostly music centric. VH1 is interesting as a channel… every music video they have, tacks on a little advert for Rhapsody<\/a>. I’ve never had the privilege of trying Rhapsody, because they’re US only, but its a smart move.<\/p>\n

Now why has YouTube arrived for me? Shitty consumer DSL link (1mbps\/512kbps) is allowing me to stream music videos in realtime. If I tether a PC to the TV (MythTV maybe? Apple TV?) I’ve got an MTV replacement right there.<\/p>\n

Playlist creation is something I think can be improved with YouTube. Maybe a mechanism to cache FLV files locally afterward (does Squid do this?), so that eventually I build up a music video library all thanks to YouTube.<\/p>\n

All in all, ways to make cable TV more and more irrelevant (for example, I haven’t bothered with HBO after Sex & The City ended).<\/p>\n

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Good times ahead. Maybe I should just build that Myth box… Wonder how current Mikal+Stewart’s MythTV book still is… (and if there’s coverage on building your MTV killer).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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