I don’t know if we’re seeing so much of a fall of Viacom than a refocus on their business model. The cable/subscriber model as it currently is will be completely different in 2020 than it is now thanks in part to the growth of households with broadband access as well as increasing speeds across the board (one day, the US will be as fast as Latvia or the Czech Republic) unless Big Internet (the future Big Cable/Baby Bells) continues to stymie access to the internet, and Big Media either has to evolve or die.
Companies like Time Warner focus more on content than outlets while still making/maintaining outlets. Viacom’s library is pretty narrow beyond the Paramount film slate and the Nickelodeon/MTV Networks library, but it’s apparent they’re looking to increase their place on the pop cultural market online.
The network model is dying, but I doubt they’ll just fade into the ether. It’ll take a lot more than that to get rid of the channels that built an industry.
Oh, Boy… Have I got some incriminating evidence for you, boy!
Exhibit A: Dan Schnider!
Let’s take a look at his creative thought process.
The Amanda Show: Let’s give the most annoying kid on All That her own show!
Drake and Josh: Let’s give the most annoying kids on The Amanda Show their own show!
iCarly: Let’s give the meanest kid on Drake and Josh her own show.
Sam and Cat: Let’s give the meanest character on iCarly her own show! (and just slap the most annoying kid from VicTORIous in there somewhere… I dont really give a shit…)
While The Amanda Show and Drake and Josh did overcome my expectations, and iCarly did have a few good episodes here and there. (one of those good episodes will act as an alegory for a future piece of evidence) Sam and Cat is a show PIEGUYRULZ would call a ‘ScumBob Show’ and Henry Danger, I’ll tell you how they came up with Henry Danger!
Henry Danger: Let’s give the worst character trait shown in Sam and Kat it’s own show!
Just watch the show and see for yourself, dude, It ain’t pretty!
I don’t know if we’re seeing so much of a fall of Viacom than a refocus on their business model. The cable/subscriber model as it currently is will be completely different in 2020 than it is now thanks in part to the growth of households with broadband access as well as increasing speeds across the board (one day, the US will be as fast as Latvia or the Czech Republic) unless Big Internet (the future Big Cable/Baby Bells) continues to stymie access to the internet, and Big Media either has to evolve or die.
Companies like Time Warner focus more on content than outlets while still making/maintaining outlets. Viacom’s library is pretty narrow beyond the Paramount film slate and the Nickelodeon/MTV Networks library, but it’s apparent they’re looking to increase their place on the pop cultural market online.
The network model is dying, but I doubt they’ll just fade into the ether. It’ll take a lot more than that to get rid of the channels that built an industry.
Oh, On the Contrary, Viacom’s a repeating Pattern of Blandness, Failure and downright contempt for the human being.
For an Example, Let’s take a look into the creative process of Dan Schnider
The Amanda Show: Let’s take the most annoying kid on All That and give her a show.
Drake and Josh: Let’s take the most annoying kids on The Amanda Show and give them a show.
iCarly: Let’s take the most annoying kid on Drake and Josh and give her a show!
Sam and Cat: Let’s take the most annoying kid on iCarly and give her a show!
Although Amanda Show and Drake and Josh did overcome our doubts and become really good shows and iCarly did have it’s moments here and there, Sam and Cat was absolute garbage, plain and simple. Just look at the episode #SuperPsycho for corn’s sake!
And just look at how they’ve been doing franchises! You can take a wild guess as to what these film franchises have in common.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Shia LeBouf)
The Star Trek 2009 Reboot (Brainless CGI Action Scenes and Female Objectification)
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Franchise (Megan Fox)
That’s right, they’re all elements from the Transformers Movie Franchise! Thank you Michael Bay, for proving my point!
I think TV might be the only business which identifies a demand from their core customer base then does everything it can to quash that demand and drive the customers away.
Which is why I only watch Toonami
I have just come up with An idea for the next season of Red vs. Blue… Wonderland!
So I got the new Super Smash Bros today..
in-fraging-credible… I actually want to see this in Red vs. Blue! Make it Happen, Rooster Teeth!
So, right now, the Avatar/LOK fandom is furious at Nickeloeon
But I think that multiple people can agree that Nickelodeon as a studio has gone down a slippery slope in the past few years.
And do you know what’s interesting about that?
Nickelodeon is a young studio.
In fact, out of the three…
I think this track is a fitting tune for Nick’s situation.
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I have spent a brief time among the dev team of a fangame by the name of Super Smash Bros. Crusade. And here are the Things I want in the game.
Game Modes
Characters
And those are just the ones I suggested on the Boards before I got Banned in just under two weeks! Wait till I unload everything else!
Well, That’ll make for an interesting comic