Nearly missed this one. The Robert Scoble run FastCompany.TV has launched with more Scoble, more often. In the intro video above Scoble explains what he has planned for the site, complete with a beach scene that is straight out of a daytime soap opera.
The site has launched with two shows, Scobleizer TV, Scoble’s own show that was previously with Podtech, and “FastCompany Live,” live video shot from cell phones Qik style.
So far Scoble hasn’t cried in any of the videos I’ve watched; perhaps in future episodes they’ll place puppies and kittens on the beach to get the tears happening, or maybe baby seals to keep with the nautical theme.
See our previous coverage of FastCompany.tv here and here.
Update: Here’s what made Scoble cry, his video of the WorldWide Telescope project. The light show starts about a quarter of the way in:
I will be watching the DeWolfe interview later tonight.
“So far Scoble hasn’t cried in any of the videos I’ve watched”
Scoble’s faux tears could win an emmy, even in the midst of a writers strike.
Duncan — you wouldn’t have missed it if you read my twitter msgs from 5:30am or my post
I tried to twitter DM you too but twitter dun busted so I gave up. I thought you would be interested in it…
Allen
I was on a flight to Vegas for Mix (roughly 14 hours MLB-LAX then another 4 hours stuffing around with the transfer + flight), apol that I missed it. Not long back online.
He is horrible on camera. Just horrible.
aah – what a flight! hope you enjoy Mix! Not Mixx but Mix.
well at least you will be getting some good feedburner cash for another pointless post.
He’s great on camera! Not everyone would have the courage to broadcast themselves live in a wet suit.
Terrible…that video was absolutely terrible.
You have to wonder why Scoble chooses to shoot on crappy mobile phones when there are plenty of small, inexpensive, hard-drive based HD cameras on the market. Is he short of cash or just trying to be GenY-ish?
I enjoy watchying Scoble push forward… consider me a fan.
Why do people watch Scoble? He’s inarticulate, geeky, fanboy-driven and has terrible taste. I’d rather watch tired-eyed Arrington give it up on a couch interview.
#9 @Chris
The cell video is ‘live’ (his Nokia N95 via Qik.com), which has only been possible since … last November I believe. As far as I know, you can’t broadcast ‘live’ from a hard-drive based HD video cam – at least not while you’re mobile, via WiFi/Cell tower connections. If so, I’d love to know about it.
I’ve been waiting for an update on fastcompany.tv or rather scobleizertv. I had made a post earlier today on fastcompany.tv about Robert Welcoming me to the site and his long drawn out explanation of what he had planned.
I made a note that I wasn’t impressed and it would take a lot more for me to come back to the website.
Scoble seems to be micro-monitoring posts as it was only (5) minutes before he posted a comment to my comment. In it he describes the “Must See” videos then a description of other content.
So I took the time to watch what he had described in so many words as a must see video (John Kao – “Innovator”). I think Corey’s post describes it best “He is horrible on camera. Just horrible.”
Not to mention no visual display of how long the video is (…felt like days); crappy up-close shots of Roberts face…nobody needs to see Robert Scobles face that close-up. Information pollution the way I see it.
Ah ok. But whats the point of ‘LIVE’ video – only a select few people would ever see it ‘LIVE’ and then it’d most likely be archived for viewing by the ‘rest of us’. Seems like a lot of messing about for a small impact and in the end you end p with shit video. If the whole premise of the site is to produce and deploy quality video programming then surely using mobile phones for the task is a bit of an ‘under-kill’ (is that a word?). Or am I missing the point?
Chris your right; moreover Scoble knows it’s crappy video, he states that it is not of high quality and can be tough to watch in his Welcome Video.
So my question is: If you know it’s crappy video and that it’s tough to watch, why make the cell phone videos so long?
Much ado about nothing.
This doesn’t sound like a very well thought through project. I also found the welcome video excruciating to watch. Scoble really has a great head for radio and comes across very amateur hour on video. I would have thought that the viewing audience would be more interested in the content of his videos than of Scoble himself. This wil be interesting to watch (in the sense of seeing how long it lasts).
fastcompany.tv is down
Doubt I’ll be back…
that video was boring, he doesn’t have pulling power – i don’t know, maybe he should hire a professional speaker
The schedule of his upcoming live shows should get listed on NowHound. SO anyone can find them and tune in real time..It’s just as easy to list them right at the last minute.
Viva Live!
Slightly better than watching those late night get rich buying foreclosure infomercials on cable.
Wow … I like the quality. Let’s hope the content follows.
Oh wow, that’s brutal. Scoble’s like that leftover food that you put in the fridge 8 months ago, and now it smells so bad that you’re afraid to throw it out because you know it’s going to smell so bad, so you just leave it there. That’s why he’s still on the internet.
who is this monkey? he’s not doing anything new, where does he get the funding from to do this crap?
No offense but to me Scoble is the Perez Hilton of the tech world.
Who likes this Scobble dork? Just amazing this guy gets any positive press.