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Facebook has kicked its push for TV-like shows into high gear and is aiming to premiere its slate of programming in mid-June, multiple people familiar with the plans told Business Insider.
Facebook plans to have about two dozen shows for this initial push and has greenlit multiple shows for production, according to people familiar with the discussions. They said the social network had been looking for shows in two distinct tiers: a marquee tier for a few longer, big-budget shows that would feel at home on TV, and a lower tier for shorter, less expensive shows of about five to 10 minutes that would refresh every 24 hours.
[...] Facebook sees high-quality, scripted video as an important feature to retain users, particularly a younger demographic that is increasingly flocking to rival Snapchat, as well as a means to rake in brand advertising dollars traditionally reserved for traditional TV.
Whether Facebook's users will embrace such programming is unclear. The short video clips that autoplay in Facebook's News Feed have been a success for most publishers, but there's no guarantee that consumers will begin to think of Facebook as a destination for watching longer-form shows.
Facebook declined to comment for this story.
Source: Facebook wants to launch its big attack on TV next month — here's what we know
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 07 2017, @12:36AM (11 children)
Facebook is just about the lowest common denominator already. Let them jump into TV programming, and they'll find that LCD very quickly. If you think about it, Facebook's direction shows you who and what Zuck is. The English would call him "common", I believe. Here in the states, he's just a redneck. His creation appeals to the lowest levels because it was created by "one of them".
What really sucks about Facebook is, it permeates the internet. I recently liked and followed something in that cesspool, because that's the only way you get updates on it. No RSS feed, no email subscription - if you want to keep up, then you follow them on Facebook. Which reminded me that I've fallen behind on poisoning the well on Facefook, so I spent an hour feeding it bullshit information.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday May 07 2017, @12:44AM (1 child)
Maybe you could write a bot that does the facebook RSS/SMTP/NNTP/Fidonet thing?
But which also feeds the facebookfarm with completely meaningless postings at the same time? :-)
There has been some projects like this in the past. But Facebook actively shuts them down or out once it becomes public knowledge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @02:31AM
Maybe you could write a bot that does the facebook RSS/SMTP/NNTP/Fidonet thing?
But which also feeds the facebookfarm with completely meaningless postings
The Soylent version seems to be working flawlessly! Oh, wait, Runaway is a bot? A Trumpbot! That would make so much sense! And if Steve Bannon were to create such a bot, it would no doubt be exactly like Runaway! It WOULD be Runaway!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @12:55AM (2 children)
What really sucks about Facebook is, it permeates the internet. I recently liked and followed something in that cesspool, because that's the only way you get updates on it. No RSS feed, no email subscription - if you want to keep up, then you follow them on Facebook.
Thanks for reminding us that you're too old to figure out how to use a bookmark and too senile to remember to check it periodically.
Which reminded me that I've fallen behind on poisoning the well on Facefook, so I spent an hour feeding it bullshit information.
That's right old man, keep up with the kiddies, you worthless fucker.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:29AM
You know what your shrink said about projecting. You prefer your children nude and spread out on satin sheets, while others of us like them sauteed, and served between two slices of wheat bread.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @04:39AM
One sign of a progressive: "If you don't do things the way I do them, you're an idiot!"
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:02AM (3 children)
Let's cheer him on. Dickheads like him with lots of money and few brains always get the Democratic nomination.
Somebody like him gets the ticket (and he will, with a Chelsea/Zuckerburg ticket with either he or she running for prez/vice prez) and it will eliminate the Dems from the next 1 or 2 elections to come.
Zuck! Zuck! Zuck! Jews! Jews! Jews!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:24AM (2 children)
Sounds like a plan. But, you've overlooked something. The Repugnacians don't seem to have anyone better to offer. Let's keep in mind that the Trumpster beat out 16 of the Republican's best. Like him or not, I think we all recognize that Trump really isn't a statesman or anything of sort.
If we really want the Dems to run some ass-clown like Zuck, then we better get to work promoting some third parties, because the other side only has more ass-clowns to offer. Maybe their makeup is a little less tacky, but they are still ass-clowns.
BTW - which Chelsea are you talking about? I can see Zuck doing a three-way with both of the Chelseas.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @05:25AM (1 child)
What? Did you just call her by her legal name?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 07 2017, @05:45AM
Not exactly. I made a passing reference to the name used by the masses, which are eaten up with some kind of mass hysteria. It's not a "her", and legalities be damned, it's name is Bradley Manning. And that 3-way I mentioned? You can imagine any appendage in any orifice, it doesn't matter, it's all the same.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday May 07 2017, @01:36AM (1 child)
This. Netflix has some pretty good shows but I don't subscribe to them. FB collects all the personal information they can about me, I will always avoid them like the plague. Netflix isn't worth the $15/month they want anymore, even though they don't collect personal info. For Netflix I get the seasons from the library, I have 7 days to watch a handful of episodes. For free.
I was one of the original Netflix subscribers. I remember the days when you could say "I mailed it" and they would send the next movie without waiting for one to show up. I was also part of the problem. We had a table by the front door outgoing mail went out on. The movie got knocked to the floor. Did the "I mailed it", got the "Um, it's been a month dude", then found the dropped movie. Not saying I'm the reason, but they dropped the "I mailed it" soon after. Dang.
Sometime between 2008, when I got divorced, and 2012, when I re-subscribed, Netflix went streaming. And they streamed nothing I wanted to pay $15/month to watch. Sorry Netflix, love what you're doing but as long as I can wait a year and get the DVD's for free for a week from the library, nope
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Sunday May 07 2017, @05:14PM
With streaming you don't have to return any DVDs : )
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