{"id":48444,"date":"2015-01-06T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=48444"},"modified":"2015-01-07T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:05:36","slug":"if-a-pair-of-20-something-lip-syncing-comedians-can-have-30-million-subscribers-what-might-that-mean-for-master-teachersprofessorstrainers-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/01\/06\/if-a-pair-of-20-something-lip-syncing-comedians-can-have-30-million-subscribers-what-might-that-mean-for-master-teachersprofessorstrainers-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"If a pair of 20-something lip-syncing comedians can have ~30 million subscribers, what might that mean for master teachers\/professors\/trainers in the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/21\/business\/youtubes-chief-hitting-a-new-play-button.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>YouTube\u2019s Chief, Hitting a New \u2018Play\u2019 Button<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from nytimes.com by Jonathan Mahler<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-para-count=\"328\" data-total-count=\"986\">At one point, the moderator asked Ms. Wojcicki if she thought cable television would still be around in 10 years. She paused for a moment before answering, with a bit of a sly smile, \u201cMaybe.\u201d The crowd laughed, even though just about everyone in the packed auditorium knew she was only half-joking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-para-count=\"328\" data-total-count=\"986\">If cable TV is gone in a decade, Ms. Wojcicki and the global digital video empire over which she presides will be one of the main causes. YouTube, founded in 2005 as a do-it-yourself platform for video hobbyists \u2014 its original motto was \u201cBroadcast Yourself\u201d \u2014 now produces more hit programming than any Hollywood studio.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-2\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-para-count=\"611\" data-total-count=\"1597\"><strong><a title=\"Its YouTube channel.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/smosh\" target=\"_blank\">Smosh<\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">, a pair of 20-something lip-syncing comedians, have roughly 30 million subscribers to their various YouTube channels.<\/span> <a title=\"YouTube channel.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PewDiePie\" target=\"_blank\">PewDiePie,<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">a 24-year-old Swede who provides humorous commentary while he plays video games, has a following of similar size.<\/span><\/strong> The list goes on and on. For the sake of perspective, successful network television shows like \u201cNCIS: New Orleans\u201d or \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d average a little more than half that in weekly viewership. The 46-year-old Ms. Wojcicki \u2014 who will soon give birth to her fifth child \u2014 has quietly become one of the most powerful media executives in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"611\" data-total-count=\"1597\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30701\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg\" alt=\"The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart\/Connected TV\" width=\"616\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg 616w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadbandtvnews.com\/2015\/01\/07\/smart-tv-alliance-serves-58-million-tv-sets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Smart TV Alliance serves 58 million TV sets<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from broadbandtvnews.com by\u00a0<span class=\"entry-author\"><span class=\"entry-author\"> by Robert Briel<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span>The Smart TV Alliance development platform is now compatible with one-third of the global smart TV market. <span id=\"more-112911\"><\/span>App developers who use the Alliance\u2019s common developer portal can reach 58 million smart TVs in a single, integrated process. The brands served include LG Electronics, Panasonic, TP Vision and Toshiba<span class=\"entry-author\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3040397\/app-economy\/roku-connected-televisions-and-the-future-of-the-smart-tv-wars\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Roku-Connected Televisions And The Future Of The Smart TV Wars<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from fastcompany.com by Chris Gayomali<br \/>\n<em>At CES, Roku announced new partnerships that will cram its platform inside more televisions. Built-in is the new box.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/digital\/news\/netflix-launches-smart-tv-seal-of-approval-program-1201392701\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Netflix Launches Smart TV Seal of Approval Program<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from variety.com by Todd Spangler<br \/>\n<em>Sony, LG, Sharp, Vizo and makers of Roku TVs are expected to be first certified under &#8216;Netflix Recommended TV&#8217; program<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Excerpt:<br \/>\n<\/em>Netflix\u00a0\u2014\u00a0in a smart bid to get its brand affixed onto smart TVs\u00a0\u2014 has announced the \u201cNetflix Recommended TV\u201d certification program under which it will give the thumbs up\u00a0to Internet-connected television sets that deliver the best possible video-streaming experience for its service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"variety-content-wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">As you can see, BBBBBIIIIIGGGGG players are getting into this game.\u00a0 And there will be BBBBBIIIIIGGGGG opportunities that open up via what occurs in our living rooms. Such affordances won&#8217;t be limited to the future of entertainment only.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube\u2019s Chief, Hitting a New \u2018Play\u2019 Button &#8212; from nytimes.com by Jonathan Mahler Excerpt (emphasis DSC): At one point, the moderator asked Ms. Wojcicki if she thought cable television would still be around in 10 years. She paused for a moment before answering, with a bit of a sly smile, \u201cMaybe.\u201d The crowd laughed, even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,394,433,498,31,112,200,72,286,18,343,32,141,37,36,35,95,63,545,3,373,419,55,46,102,7,510,559,15,408,505,23,239,62,133,166,205,466,118,206,518,49,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-attention","category-communications","category-communities-of-practice","category-convergence","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-daniel-s-christian","category-digital-learning","category-digital-storytelling","category-education","category-education-technology","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-global-globalization","category-google","category-heutagogy","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-internet","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-learning-hubs","category-lifelong-learning","category-mediafilm","category-mooc-massive-open-online-course","category-multimedia","category-new-business-models","category-online-learning","category-online-media","category-social-learning-networks","category-telepresence","category-television","category-training-corporate-universities","category-trends","category-tvs","category-web-based-collaboration","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48444"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48485,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48444\/revisions\/48485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}