(Cross-posted at Dailykos, MyDD, My Left Wing and Political Cortex)
I just wanted to let everyone know about UpstartTV, our new scoop powered web community. Our goal is to use the democratic nature of scoop to give independent writers, actors, and producers the same opportunity to thrive that sites like Dailykos, MyDD and Booman Tribune have given to bloggers.
Instead of creating a “liberal” TV network, we believe that the way to combat the problems with the mainstream video media is to create high-quality, competitive video online. This will keep the overhead low and allow decisions to be made democratically by the community at large. And without the restrictions of having to work though a traditional TV network, we can create shows that cater to smaller, more dedicated audiences.
Soon enough people will have so many ways to find and view video other than cable that we will be able to compete on an even(or close to) digital playing field with anything else out there.
We also have a financial plan that will allow popular contributors to make a living off their work. We want our content to be as good as it can be. We want it to compete with the best TV has to offer, and we will work with our contributors to make that happen.
Please come and check out the site. We are still working out some bugs and some layout issues, and we are in an idea sharing pre-video phase, but any help or feedback from people, especially members of other scoop communities would be outstanding.
