Comments on: MTV on the defensive: Feeling the Wrath of online videos. http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: JON http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3328 JON Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:18:18 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3328 ok... so i definitely agree.... mtv blows... it's not music television anymore, any time i want to see a music video from mtv i have to go to their website and i rarely do that cuz of all the stupid advertising and it takes forever just to get to the band you want... YouTube is a plus, and Launch is good too haha but as for music on tv... fuse has my vote.. but they are even sellin out a lot.. i remember when they used to be my escape for rock videos... that's turnin into a joke nowadays... 17 and can't remember the last time i turned mtv on and saw an actual good music video. i'm with ya andy... c ya at school tomorrow ok… so i definitely agree…. mtv blows… it’s not music television anymore, any time i want to see a music video from mtv i have to go to their website and i rarely do that cuz of all the stupid advertising and it takes forever just to get to the band you want… YouTube is a plus, and Launch is good too haha but as for music on tv… fuse has my vote.. but they are even sellin out a lot.. i remember when they used to be my escape for rock videos… that’s turnin into a joke nowadays… 17 and can’t remember the last time i turned mtv on and saw an actual good music video. i’m with ya andy… c ya at school tomorrow

]]> By: Andy http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3306 Andy Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:13:17 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3306 MTV. I dont even know where to begin. I agree with Saverio in the sense that e-videos are definetly bigger than TV videos, but I dont even see MTV in the picture. I'm 17 years old. MTV goes for my age group, but I cant remember the last time that I watched a video on MTV or on MTV.com. YouTube and Launch(yahoo) are the only 2 places that I ever watcha music video. In my opinion, I think that if MTV expanded their horizons of music more that they would increase their audience. Pop and Rap are not the only styles of music out there and most of what they show isnt good music anyway. They definetly have some stepping up to do especially if they want to get my crowd into them. MTV. I dont even know where to begin. I agree with Saverio in the sense that e-videos are definetly bigger than TV videos, but I dont even see MTV in the picture. I’m 17 years old. MTV goes for my age group, but I cant remember the last time that I watched a video on MTV or on MTV.com. YouTube and Launch(yahoo) are the only 2 places that I ever watcha music video.

In my opinion, I think that if MTV expanded their horizons of music more that they would increase their audience. Pop and Rap are not the only styles of music out there and most of what they show isnt good music anyway.

They definetly have some stepping up to do especially if they want to get my crowd into them.

]]> By: Saverio http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3034 Saverio Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:13:34 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/08/29/mtv-on-the-defensive-feeling-the-wrath-of-online-videos/#comment-3034 Last time I checked, MTV can give a damn about music videos. I doubt they even care about a loss of market share in the music video section. However, if they were losing market share in cheap/teen/low production cost/crappy reality TV then they would probably be nervous, because that for them would equal serious advertising dollars. Secondly, I don't think it is viable to even waste time on music videos on TV anymore. I think it worked well before the internet and high speed ISPs, but times have changed. Why sit around and sit through commercials when you have any music video at the tip of your fingers. Not only that but it is very likely that a band or song may not even show up on the show your watching. Video killed the radio star, and the internet killed the video star. Just a sign of time changing, and MTV was actually smart enough to hedge their bets with reality TV. Last time I checked, MTV can give a damn about music videos. I doubt they even care about a loss of market share in the music video section. However, if they were losing market share in cheap/teen/low production cost/crappy reality TV then they would probably be nervous, because that for them would equal serious advertising dollars.
Secondly, I don’t think it is viable to even waste time on music videos on TV anymore. I think it worked well before the internet and high speed ISPs, but times have changed. Why sit around and sit through commercials when you have any music video at the tip of your fingers. Not only that but it is very likely that a band or song may not even show up on the show your watching. Video killed the radio star, and the internet killed the video star. Just a sign of time changing, and MTV was actually smart enough to hedge their bets with reality TV.

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