Comments on: First 12 minutes of NBC’s “Gemini Division” http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/first-12-minutes-of-nbcs-gemini-division/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:31:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim Todd http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/first-12-minutes-of-nbcs-gemini-division/#comment-2169 Tim Todd Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:13:14 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=751#comment-2169 I like it! Curious, where did you find the NBC embed codes? That is cool. I like it! Curious, where did you find the NBC embed codes? That is cool.

]]> By: Deleted: The Game http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/first-12-minutes-of-nbcs-gemini-division/#comment-2168 Deleted: The Game Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/?p=751#comment-2168 Its so important for the interactive TV genre that Gemini Division puts on a good showing. This is the kind of innovative product that exploits the interactivity of the internet and changes the lean back viewing experience of traditional TV into something far more engaging. Its success would bring much needed attention to the indie interactive web scene. Signing Rosario Dawson is a great choice, a neo sci-fi plot is a great choice, the one gripe I have though is geo-blocking the show limiting it only to a US audience, I think its a cop out and a failure to fully embrace the internet. NBC, why get only half pregnant?! In mitigation, I suppose with a huge marketing budget, Gemini Division does not have to rely on viral distribution like indies do. And it probably has found revenues in international distribution. $1.75M is HUGE for the web TV world but my hope is that a nice chunk of that is allocated to marketing (and you can count Rosario’s paycheck in that) to bring attention to the nascent interactive web series genre … indies like ours will gladly ride this coat tail. Its so important for the interactive TV genre that Gemini Division puts on a good showing. This is the kind of innovative product that exploits the interactivity of the internet and changes the lean back viewing experience of traditional TV into something far more engaging. Its success would bring much needed attention to the indie interactive web scene.

Signing Rosario Dawson is a great choice, a neo sci-fi plot is a great choice, the one gripe I have though is geo-blocking the show limiting it only to a US audience, I think its a cop out and a failure to fully embrace the internet. NBC, why get only half pregnant?! In mitigation, I suppose with a huge marketing budget, Gemini Division does not have to rely on viral distribution like indies do. And it probably has found revenues in international distribution.

$1.75M is HUGE for the web TV world but my hope is that a nice chunk of that is allocated to marketing (and you can count Rosario’s paycheck in that) to bring attention to the nascent interactive web series genre … indies like ours will gladly ride this coat tail.

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