On Tuesday, AOL performed a TV Network-like Upfront presentation that officially launches them into the world of broadcasting. They will be creating some new shows that will be unlike anything we have ever experienced. Not sure if they will be good...but they will be different.
Many of the programs skirt the line between interactive gaming and nonscripted programming; they can be categorized as either reality television with consumer participation or an online game with video components. (Via Variety)
One of the most ambitious TV-style programs is "iLand," an online community in which players compete for dominance of a group.
Series, which is produced by Endemol USA and set to air in the second quarter of 2008, will eventually spill into the real world as contestants move to an island and try to assert power there; those competitions, hosted by thesp Brooke Burns, will be broadcast online.
Sounds like an "Un-Survivor"...very cool.
Now that devices like Apple's iTV are bringing web video into the living room easily, the TV landscape is becoming very foggy and AOL is clearly setting themselves up to take the early lead in this race.
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