The Lab With Leo- Episode 1

Passionate communities are often kept an arm's length away from traditional media broadcasts. The future of television is omnidirectional. "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is just as true today as when the phrase was originally coined. Former ZDTV and TechTV staff continue to produce content independent of the network dial. Indeed, the Internet has become the world's television, radio, newspaper, and magazine network -- with little to no barriers to entry. Given that anybody can and will produce something worth sharing, that's precisely what happens. But without a base of quality content, without a way to make connections between related content and active community members, a site is nothing more than a mundane portal. Network alumni were looking for a way to bring everyone together again (community and talent, virtually). Leo and I saw the PikSpot platform as a fantastic starting point for such efforts -- and through a loosely democratic process, the network's alumni dubbed the effort "UndoTV." UndoTV.com is using PikSpot to keep everybody connected. Upon this platform: Content is organized within groups. A new group can be setup in minutes. Members can publish text, audio, video, pictures and flash postings Content is rated and vetted by the community. This rating process helps the community maintain content relevance There's a "balance of power" foundation in place: Members can add tags, time markers, report problems, rate content Abuse at all levels is managed within the system Collaborative content is indexed: Add time markers to audio / video content which also become discussion points for comments Add tags to other members content. We just wanted to bring everybody together again - while still retaining our independence. It's our hope that the community will embrace and extend the idea of UndoTV (and that the PikSpot platform will continue to evolve to meet our needs). RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: http://www.pikspot.com - Your social content platform http://www.undotv.com - Reunion for TechTV Alumni and fans

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: TheLabWithLeo

Length: 08:00
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