Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by far33d » Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 5:49 PM UTC

Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin
sfgate.com

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

#2

Post by far33d » Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 5:50 PM UTC

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by danielha » Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 6:31 PM UTC

far33d wrote: post #2

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

Yup, they know what they're doing. This is actually a pretty good writeup, even if it sits on the "He's Asian-American!" angle a little too long.

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by RyanGWU82 » Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 6:37 PM UTC

far33d wrote: post #2

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

I'm sure they did a hardcore PR push to coincide with their launch. The real question is how much attention they'll have 60, 90, or 120 days out.

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by danielha » Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 6:40 PM UTC

More justin.tv blog coverage for today:

http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2007/03/are_you_watchin.html

http://valleywag.com/tech/justin.tv/hes-just-a-camboy-so-why-cant-i-stop-watching-247327.php

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by whacked_new » Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 3:41 AM UTC

RyanGWU82 wrote: post #4

far33d wrote: post #2

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

I'm sure they did a hardcore PR push to coincide with their launch. The real question is how much attention they'll have 60, 90, or 120 days out.

From my severely uneducated impression of TV shows, I find it very interesting I haven't seen any popular reality TV show in Asia. In USA and every other channel seemed to be a reality TV show of some sort. Even if it's not 24/7 reality, it's always about being off the set and appearing unscripted. I wonder if audiences in Asia simply don't find reality TV interesting; in connection I am interested in the expandability of this market beyond what we currently see, plus perhaps a few more well-executed internet personalities, following Justin (also recall lonelygirl15). They sure seem like an impressive team, but I sure don't seem like the target audience.

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by jsjenkins168 » Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 4:23 PM UTC

RyanGWU82 wrote: post #4

far33d wrote: post #2

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

I'm sure they did a hardcore PR push to coincide with their launch. The real question is how much attention they'll have 60, 90, or 120 days out.

I'm also curious if the interest can be maintained long term. I don't really see it being able to scale much but I could be wrong.

I think its safe to say that this is just the beginning for Justin.tv. A lot more press coverage will come they have fantastic momentum right now.

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by joshuaHatfield » Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 5:48 PM UTC

RyanGWU82 wrote: post #4

far33d wrote: post #2

wow. this is a serious amount of [non-blog] press for 9 days out.

I'm sure they did a hardcore PR push to coincide with their launch. The real question is how much attention they'll have 60, 90, or 120 days out.

Well, since he's eventually going to push the mobile broadcast technology to the users, the real question is, how can you continue to receive attention until the release of this platform?

Re: Man with a Cam: SFGate on Justin

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Post by zkinion » Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 6:50 PM UTC

Nice. It was fun hanging out with them. It was like a whole other startup school, by watching them work.