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October 19, 2004
Could we have social video editing?
Posted by Kevin Marks
Mark Cuban has some ideas for improving TiVos. However, only one of them is slightly social.
Last week I did a little experiment - I took David Weinberger's presidential debate irc chat heckling and combined it with an mp3, giving a recorded social interaction.
This reminded me of an idea I had while watching the Olympics on TiVo. TiVo collects data on which programs have been watched, which bits were fast-forwarded, and which were played more than once or in slow motion.
Imagine if it took the Olympics, or a baseball or football game, or presidential debate, and collated everyone's replay speeds, and then offered up various highlights packages- the most viewed 5 minutes; most viewed hour and so on. This would naturally edit out all commercials, and the commentators padding, and show which parts people as a whole found interesting.
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1. Brian M. Dennis on October 19, 2004 4:13 PM writes...
Why would it necessarily edit out all commercials? I think a select few really good ones might make the cut for a period of time, e.g. the iPod U2 commercial. Just bein contrarian.
Permalink to Comment2. Kevin Marks on October 19, 2004 7:02 PM writes...
Indeed - it would provide a powerful incentive for advertisers to make compelling rather than annoying commercials, which would work better than Mark's idea of putting a banner up.
When TiVo announced the most-viewed parts of the SuperBowl the year before last, it was the Britney Spears Pepsi ads that won.
Permalink to CommentNo prizes for guessing which bit topped the rankings this year.
3. th0m on October 21, 2004 3:51 PM writes...
I would highly recommend the blogs "unmediated" and "momentshowing" ... Those guys are following these trends closely.
Permalink to Comment4. Kirsten on October 25, 2004 1:47 PM writes...
Just think of the TiVo warfare that would result if presidential debate videos could be socially edited for newstime viewing! Scores of supporters for each candidate might coordinate their efforts and flood the servers by repeatedly zeroing in on the one really goofy expression on their opponent's face, or a stuttered sentence, and fast-forwarding any controversial or embarrassing moments from their own candidate.
Part of me protests that this selective editing of reality would be heavily biased; but on the other hand, how would that be much different from the current system? At least a greater number of people would be making the editing decisions.
Permalink to Comment5. joe on October 25, 2004 4:36 PM writes...
I'd rather see all of the funny bush/kerry videos on the internet. They are as full of the same BS as the rest of them.
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