The San Francisco Chronicle has an insightful article on the progression of Current TV, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt's television station centered on the idea of user-submitted content. As you probably know, Current is similar to YouTube, with the main difference being that Current's medium is television, whereas YouTube = internet. The idea behind Current was introduced a whole year before the word YouTube was even coined, and the station was immediately ridiculted for its so-called "user-submitted content" piddlepaddle. How quickly the tables have turned. Anyway, Current's pace certainly hasn't slowed, as there are plans to expand the channel's availablitiy and online offerings. Additionally, other television stations are following the lead and starting to adapt user-submitted goodies into their programming. Surprising? Not really.(via CinemaTech)
