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December 22, 2006

Variety: Business biggies wade warily into Web

Variety: Business biggies wade warily into Web

'Most fundamental, of course, is the question of whether there's room for a new video site to succeed on the Net, even with the backing of big media players.

"They're probably a year too late," said Jeff Pulver, founder and chairman of Pulver.com, a New York company that organizes a conference called Video on the Net. "The networks know they have to do something. They have good intentions, and big brand names, but at the end of the day, these joint ventures never deliver on their promise."

Jeff Jarvis...points out that...."You can't advertise it on TV, because the person who's watching TV is 59½ years old," he argued. "That's not the demographic you want to attract."'


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