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SxSW Day 3: The TV/Web Merger

Posted by Darren Wood / March 16, 2011 12:20 pm 
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Photo Credit: Richard Tseng

Today: two online media moguls. Well, as impressive as that might seem, I suppose, as the group had little knowledge of either party. Chris Hardwick of the Nerdist and Felicia Day of The Guild acclaim both made appearances in my schedule.

Most saw Felicia Day, she was one of the keynote speakers, the one for the day. Besides being the the subject of many a guys dream, she has a perspective of media distribution that may elude to the future of tv and the industry. Felicia is writer, director, and actor in the web show The Guild, she spoke on how she built the show using a meager budget that afforded her a camera and utilized her own house as the set. The Guild is an example of the self-publishing movement the Internet brings – and seeing the show itself caters to online gaming geeks, it would poised for success. The show is now in its fourth season, but has gained a bit more gravity now that it has a couple of sponsors that helps bring a higher level of production to the modest web show.

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