An UndoTV Update
In a matter of hours, DNS should be resolving for UndoTV.com. Before you rush the site (as I’m sure you will), please note that we’re only letting vetted talent in at first. Submit your email address to be added to the queue for invitation codes – which will start going out mid-November. You’ll see our temporary “about” page soon enough, but here’s what Leo and I have written:
Today, the idea of a tech-centric TV network has disappeared from the minds of Hollywood’s elite. Par for the course! Passionate communities are often kept an arm’s length away from their favorite broadcasted content in traditional media circles.
It’s time to undo that way of thinking, don’t you think?
TechTV alumni just wanted a place where we could all come together and funnel our independent efforts. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” keeps ringing through my head – not just our existing content, but NEW stuff (and NEW faces) as well. Leo Laporte and I have done our best to set the stage for UndoTV.
The blogger Steve Borsch commented in a previous thread: “So, who decides what gets ‘on’ UndoTV? Who the talent is? What emerges?” The UndoTV talent base is starting with the former ZDTV / TechTV staff, previous show guests, and vetted friends. Without a base of quality content, we’d be nothing more than a video portal clone.
Everybody is welcome here – and everybody retains 100% ownership of their own content.
The community (you) will determine the direction of our efforts. Certainly, some former TechTV talent has gone on to do fantastic productions far outside the realm of the tech industry. Everybody is welcome to help us undo the idea of television – helping reinvent the way community can influence the active development of a site, its content, and its superstars.
You are tomorrow’s network. You control the horizontal – and the vertical, too. As such, we only want to see your own creations here. If you want to upload someone else’s content, please do so elsewhere? It’s the community’s job to keep this community clean, cool, and collected. We hope you take that responsibility to heart.
Expect, in short time, new features and functionality, new ways to interact, and new ways to find a passionate audience for your own talents.
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Shifter911 - MySpace Blog
December 13th, 2006
at 6:17pm
careerbuilder.com and monster.com If you liked Tech TV you should read about undotv. You’ll find some familiar faces and theme’s behind the project and I expect they will be a hit. You can find more here. If you know anything about irc try this internet baised search engine. Rank 12 PvP 6 months ago. PollPub.com VoteShould I return to Warcraft? Yes. No. After the expansion comes out. What is this nonsense you babble of?
pmeme - tracking people making news - following people in the blogosphere
October 17th, 2006
at 3:14pm
An UndoTV Update (Chris Pirillo) TechTV reborn… UndoTV launched (digg / Technology)
Bankrate Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript - Chassidy blog
April 28th, 2007
at 10:08am
and interviews archived and pushed out to all these video networks (and on our own site) within a relatively short amount of time. Yeah, I’ve really been liking live lately. Really. tv show, video, video recording Related Content: UndoTV Party An UndoTV Update TechTV = UndoTV World’s Highest Linux Distribution OPEN: The Small Business Network? TV Didn’t Want Call for Help: Do You? The Lab Launches with Leo Laporte Bijan Yaminafshar on Linksys Network Optimizer
WSJB
October 17th, 2006
at 11:01am
s been seeing the growth of everything touched by that one-man media machine (Leo Laporte) as well as the acceptance and embrace of the value Chris Pirillo is bringing to techdom (e.g., Gnomedex). Reading Chris’s blog this morning led me to an update post about UndoTV where he asked readers NOT to slam the site until the DNS was propagated. I waited awhile and headed on over to check it out. Imagine my surprise to see this under the “About UndoTV” link:
Media Fling
December 13th, 2006
at 2:43pm
meaningful interaction with viewers would have been to listen to them before destroying what was possibly the best geek-oriented network on television (can you tell I’m bitter?) with mediocrity and tripe that is G4. Personally, I’ll keep waiting for UndoTV
News
June 8th, 2008
at 3:14pm
PSP on the HDTV: Component AV Cable (43) iPhone and iPod Video and Audio Cable for TV (31) YouTube is Television (3) Beauty and the Geek Video (25) Letter from a Disgruntled TechTV/G4 Viewer (21) Windows Vista TV Commercials (37)An UndoTV Update (16)
Connecting the Dots
October 18th, 2006
at 4:15am
been seeing the growth of everything touched by that one-man media machine (Leo Laporte) as well as the acceptance and embrace of the value Chris Pirillo is bringing to techdom (e.g., Gnomedex). Reading Chris’s blog this morning led me to an update post about UndoTV where he asked readers NOT to slam the site until the DNS was propagated. I waited awhile and headed on over to check it out. Imagine my surprise to see this under the “About UndoTV” link:
UndoTV Update « Schwegler Romp
October 16th, 2006
at 6:09pm
[...] read more | digg story [...]
Mike Beckham
October 16th, 2006
at 8:15pm
Looks great Chris. Though when you click home or the logo it goes to home.htm which is an error. Anyways good luck!
Chris L.
October 17th, 2006
at 10:07am
Great to see the site up and running. Cant wait till things get going tho.
great work guys! ;)
Frank Tisellano
October 17th, 2006
at 3:04pm
Hey Chris! Long time fan. I am infinitely excited for this. Ever since Comcast took over, I’ve been in serious TechTV withdrawal. Nothing beats you on Call for Help (no offense to Leo–I do love him also). Good luck with everything. I’ll be checking my email even more obsessively now hoping for an invitation.
William
October 18th, 2006
at 1:50pm
queue for invitation codes -
Stewtopia » Links for Tuesday, October 17, 2006
October 18th, 2006
at 3:27pm
[...] UndoTV launches…kinda Looks like Chris Pirillo and Leo Laporte are getting the band back together for one more show…or an online revival of the TechTV gang of old. The site also looks to be a hub for getting other folks involved uploading their own reviews and tech related content. Looks interesting, although, this could just be a channel on YouTube, so I’ll be curious to see how they differentiate the product. [...]
UndoTV.com - Revision3 Forums
October 19th, 2006
at 9:44pm
[...] Are you living under a rock since getting your Mac?? UndoTV is the collaboration between Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo, attempting to bring together a number of TechTV/ZD alumni together for video netcasting. It has been discussed on TWiT, as well as in Chris’ Blog. To be honest it sounds like a competitor to Revision3, but at this stage of the IPTV game, competition is good right? Especially if it is tech content, and aimed at the people who are early adopters. It raises an interesting question though – are groups like Revision3, DL.tv, and UndoTV aiming to become the online equivalent of a TV network, or are they aiming to be a production house … __________________ The Trash Heap has spoken! Nyeah! Hi, my name is TokenUser. Welcome to Revision3. [...]
DeadDude
November 1st, 2006
at 9:48pm
KICK ASS!!!! I hope I can say that….
Chris, I’ve had a man-crush on you from day one… In a totally non-gay way, if you know what I mean.
You are my idol… and it’s about time you got to do what I think you do best.
I *really* miss the crew from TechTV… Leo, where for art thou?
:)
I just hope that this is gonna be a free site for viewers… it looks like it, but I can’t find that kind of info….
OnSight Media Blog » UndoTV
December 3rd, 2006
at 11:54am
[...] About UndoTV UndoTV Update [...]
East Meets West - Podcast » East Meets West 55
January 29th, 2007
at 11:59pm
[...] I was wondering if you guys had heard anything about UndoTV. When you go to undotv.com, you get the impression that UndoTV has evolved into something other than what Chris Pirillo originally envisioned. [...]
Connecting the Dots: Podcasting
February 14th, 2007
at 1:39am
[...] What a delight it’s been seeing the growth of everything touched by that one-man media machine (Leo Laporte) as well as the acceptance and embrace of the value Chris Pirillo is bringing to techdom (e.g., Gnomedex). Reading Chris’s blog this morning led me to an update post about UndoTV where he asked readers NOT to slam the site until the DNS was propagated. I waited awhile and headed on over to check it out. [...]