7 Simple Ideas Network TV Could (and Should) Grab from YouTube

amp160YouTube is like IKEAamp8212get in and there are so many fun things to look at itamp8217s hard to get out Click from one video to another one channel leading to a whole new bunch of videos and before you know it youamp8217ve forgotten to turn on the TVSites like YouTube Vimeo Veoh and other usergenerated online video viewing spots have a lot to teach broadcast television networksamp8212if the stubborn programmers would only pay attention Here are seven simple ways TV could improve immediately with the influence of YouTube1amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Watch what YouTube users are watching What are the hot videos this week Besides the clips of TV showsAmerican Idol Britainamp8217s Got Talent the National Spelling Beeamp8212youamp8217ll find some hilarious amateur oddities Like amp8220Potter Puppet Palsamp8221 a series of allpuppet versions of Harry Potter stories rewritten with a little winkwink action and some nods to Austin Powers And amp8220Checking in with Conchitaamp8221 a video featuring a tiny whitenaped amp8220mangabeyamp8221 tiny monkey at the London Zoo Thereamp8217s a whole series of videos about Conchita watched by hundreds of thousands of YouTube viewers Conchitaamp8217s bioflicks are consistently at the top of YouTubeamp8217s amp8220mostwatchedamp8221 amp1602amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Kitties are the bomb Ever see the videos about Sparta the Mean Kitty Cat owner and filmmaker Cory Williams launched his SMP Films channel via YouTube with a silly song about his devious kitten To date nearly 10 million viewers have watched Cory and Sparta romping in a series of videos Theyamp8217re cute theyamp8217re funny and theyamp8217re fresh Sounds like a show right Also some 4 million have watched an animated short called amp8220Simonamp8217s Cat Let Me Inamp8221 below from a British cartoonist named Simon Tofield His series of amp8216toons are as deviously funny as early episodes of The Simpsons3amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Find the gems online and put them on TV right away 10 MPH Segway Across the USA is a 93minute indie film available in its entirety on YouTube Two software geeks got on Segways and hit the road in 2007 The film documents the journey Coulda shoulda been a TV series4amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Personal experiences with a twist are fascinatingamp160Some of the best finds on usergenerated video sites are the short films of seemingly ordinary people just talking to the camera about serious stuff that might make some other people squirm Like ToryMagoo44 a former Scientologist who posts 10minute monologues almost daily revealing the strange inner workings of the cultlike religion for which she worked in public relations for many years Tory Christman is what YouTube is all about one face one camera one fascinating message She should be on the big boxamp1605amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Think The Hills but with personality amp8220Authentic Pinkyamp8221 is a 20yearold homegirl in Brooklyn who points her pink camera at a mirror and talks about her life Sheamp8217s chronicled her romances the goingson of her girlfriends her hopes for marriage and a move out of Brooklyn Sometimes she sings along with her favorite tunes Something about Pinky screams for an MTV series She has 10 times the personality of Tila Tequila and 1000 times more than Lauren Conrad and the SoCal fembotsamp1606amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Take a chance on some nobodies with a good idea and a lot of heart These four guys set out two years ago in a Winnebago to cross off 100 things they wanted to do before they die Their videos on YouTube show their progress and how random strangers help them Some of their goals No 38 meet the Stanley Cup No 22 meet a beautiful girl and give her a kiss Why isnamp8217t THIS a show Produced by Oprahamp1607amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Feelgoods feel good YouTube and other sites are loaded with little stories that inspire and enlighten They39re just begging to be discovered and appreciated Like this video amp8220Where in Heaven is Mozartamp8221 that shows a little girl playing her violin in exotic spots around the world She gave a concert in the Sahara She rode on a camel and played for 60 Berber kidsamp160who had no running water and had never seen a violin amp8220The beauty that we are seeing and the kindness of people everywhere makes this world seem like heavenamp8221 wrote her parents on the YouTube blurb amp8220This experience has been a great gift to us and we would like to share some of it with you Enjoyamp8221 We did and we bet TV viewers would too

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