May 30, 2007
ABC launches user-generated video show
Variety reports on ABC News' user-generated video show.
"Hour long "i-Caught" will get a six-week run on the network starting Aug. 6 with an eye toward a mid season return if it performs as well as the network hopes.
Amateur video will form the basis of the show's segments, but ABC News correspondents will build news stories and features around video captured on cell phones or digicams and uploaded to a companion Web site.
Much will depend on what rolls in, but Sloan said ABC News journalists also will shoot segments on video getting viral play on other sites.
The networks have tried various concepts to marry a television show with the viral appeal of YouTube-fueled clip culture.
Al Gore-backed Current TV allows amateurs to upload material for broadcast. Warner Bros. and AOL are producing the syndicated "TMZ," based on the Web site.
CNN recognized the value of cell-phone video early on and set up i-Report, inviting users to upload video. A student at Virginia Tech used the service to upload the only live footage of the campus shooting rampage in April."
Related:
-- USA Networks, Fox and NBC 's new user generated shows
-- Current Mobile TV requesting citizen cellphone videos
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