NBBC Joins The Deadpool
Duncan Riley
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NBBC, a video aggregation service launched by NBC last September has joined the TechCrunch Deadpool.
The remains of NBBC will be merged into the NBC/ News Corp joint venture first announced in March.
The new service, dubbed Clown Co by some has long been discussed but to date is yet to appear. Strangely, News Corp recently launched MySpace TV, a YouTube competitor in its own right that will compete directly with the NBC/ News Corp joint venture.
In an interview with MediaPost, George Kliavkoff, NBCU’s chief digital officer justified the closure of NBBC as a step towards strengthening the NBC/ News Corp joint venture : “we saw that “NewSite” could use NBBC’s resources, so last Friday afternoon we agreed to contribute it to the NewSite effort.”
The closure of NBBC and the transfer of IP and talent does not extend to existing agreements. Over 150 partners of NBBC, including Hearst, A&E Television Networks, The Horror Channel, Vibe Media Group, CNET Networks and Forbes.com will be required to negotiate new contracts with the new service.
Another one bites the dust
RIP
No surprise here.
yeah - heh I never heard of the site/
- They could have atleast advertised it on the TV
Why is everybody launching startups, social networks and video services like crazy? The fact that these things are enjoying attention doesn’t mean that everybody can manage to do it, right!
@5
True. But atleast people give it a try right.
I’ve been consulting with NBBC. It’s kind of a nightmare being in the meetings. None of the senior executive team have any clue as to how to build a video portal, or how to build a cohesive development team. None of them have a clear vision - its ridiculous. They expect to compete with the likes of Youtube and Google, and there is much talk of building the killer experience, yet they can’t even put out a ’standard’ product that just works.
Natural selection at work here, survival of the fittest. I expect Revver, and maybe Blinx to follow in NBBC’s footsteps shortly.
With so many video sharing sites, I am sure we will see many more close over the next year or so.
Honestly I am very happy that the big companies can’t get it right. That leaves more room for new and creative ideas to take root in small niche sites.
Power to the people!
By the way, there is a reason that so many people are launching social networks. They are one of the first applications that really takes advantage of the internet for what it is, instead of just recreating some previous broadcast style technology from before. Additionally their viral nature and the abundance of free/cheap technologies for publishing them (ning) will ensure that this is only the beginning.
Some people predict, and I would agree, that the future of all websites is social networking. Meaning that all sites will incorporate these social aspects or they will perish. This is most likely true since the defining factor of a successful website is not the technology but the community built around it.
There is nothing new. There are lot of websites out there who want to compete with youtube.
Tim makes a very good point!
I know everyone hates those assholes at Joost but at least they thought through what an on-line video experience should be…while NBBC was probably plagued by Jeff Zucker asking how he could upload home videos of his kids…Does anyone really think Clown Co will make a dent in the universe (thing will be closed in six months)…