Comments on: Bob Johnson’s Newest Venture: Urban Television with an Interactive Twist

By: Rowdy Orbit: Original Webisodes for People of Color « Black Web 2.0

Rowdy Orbit: Original Webisodes for People of Color « Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:37:53 +0000

[...] by Markus Robinson November 30, 2009 View commentsComments It didn’t take Essence, BET, or Bob Johnson entering the market for us to realize that original black video content was a hot segment of the [...]

By: Bob Johnson Speaks on Urban Television (Part 1) | Black Web 2.0

Bob Johnson Speaks on Urban Television (Part 1) | Black Web 2.0 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:02:12 +0000

[...] BET founder and entrepreneur, Bob Johnson to discuss a range of topics including his latest venture Urban Television. Bob and I talked about the fundamental differences between BET and Urban Television, in [...]

By: Candy2

Candy2 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:08:37 +0000

I think BJ is a monster to the Black community. He took and took then left BET with strippers and r rated videos. The generation that watched BET at that time are messed up. Then he left the channel to his ex-mistress, this is madness. Now he wants to come back and finish off the dirty work. He should have thought about maybe “I want to come back to black people ' when he turned his back on Black people during the elections. Where's Hiliary now, kissing Barack 's behind. Your next BOB!

By: Candy2

Candy2 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:08:37 +0000

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:24:00 +0000

Very interesting, I am glad to see it won’t another pure content-play.
@Kamau @Markus I am hopping the programming won’t be solely on the “highest bidder” especially since there is an online component to this venture. It would make sense to bridge the gap by allowing their audience online to help determine the programming versus solely on who has the most capital. While I think Bob Johnson and his team can launch a successful broadcast channel I am not sure if I can say the same for an online component to support this effort, especially if there is some UGC involved. They have had UGC initiatives in the past but haven’t proved success in that area just yet.

By: Markus

Markus — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:08 +0000

@Kamau I think you may be right about the highest bidders. Instead of the best shows showing during “primetime” hours, it will be the shows with the most capital. The ultimate question is how they use the internet to capture eyeballs, that could be the great equalizer.

By: Kamau

Kamau — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:08:20 +0000

I think this is a good business model if it can last but in respect to all the tommin’ Mr. Johnson did for Clinton I have a feeling the highest bidders for programs on his station will be no different than the programs on BET. Unless people like Bill Cosby, Oprah, Danny Glover, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Harry Belafonte, Black Family Channel producers, and etc sign on and help with the programming. Though that’s unlikely. With this biz model the producers will have a very large say so and we have remember it is young white middle class Americans who determine, through financial support, what “urban” programming is successful and what is not successful.