A lot of our activities these days are focused on the American market. I mainly watch american online shows, and I was in a meeting couple of days ago, where some participants said that there is no real European online video industry.
As a person who lived in Germany for couple of years, it seemed extremely odd to me – and Mike Arrington came to the rescue, with his post today, where he mentioned the fact that 45% of Europeans watch online videos.
Next month we will be at Podcamp Europe, and meet all the great guys that are building this amazing industry there.
In the mean time – can anyone recommend good European online shows for me?
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The problem is that most of the big name innovators are in Silicon Valley http://valleywag.com – Amazon, eBay, Google, Tivo, Apple, iPod, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and on and on. Skype came from Europe but who would know that on the street. Skype is now in Silicon Valley. A lot comes out of the Boston area and Boston is #2 for venture capital but the general public has not heard of Bay Networks, Ascend, NMS, Sonus, Akamai, or BrightCove. They have heard of Flash but not Abode.