The Mike Abundo Effect

Blame it all on streaming Desperate Housewives. A new study shows that online video is becoming less and less the exclusive reserve of tech-happy young guys. The number of women streaming video online jumped 9% between December 2007 and June 2008. The number of people 55 and older jumped 6% within that same period.

I’m tempted to resent this influx of uncultured newbie mouse potatoes, but I won’t. Unlike in television, where good shows constantly get killed because they’re just not “mainstream” enough, the economic efficiencies of online video allow for all kinds. Welcome to the YouTube Nation, oldies and girlies. Enjoy your streaming Oprah. Read the rest of this entry »

Every good show has an outtake reel. Filipina YouTube comedienne Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito puts up so much content, she could fill a whole new YouTube channel with bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage. In fact, that’s exactly what she just did.

The abundance of storage space on DVDs gave rise to bonus features. Now the abundance of storage space on the Web gives rise to bonus channels.