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Podshow on Tivo and now with more VC money?

September 21, 2007 |

TechCrunch reports that the infamous purveyor of podcasts, podshow.com, is now featured on Tivo.

Nothing special here - it will just introduce more people to the fact that a lot of stuff on podshow isn’t worth watching.

What about this, though:

We’ve also heard rumors that Podshow may announce a new round of funding next week alongside the TiVo announcement. There is no confirmation at this stage and we are waiting on a response from Podshow.

Really makes you a) wonder what the hell Podshow does with all that VC money (besides paying for Adam Curry’s first class tickets and ganja) and b) what those VCs who fund this venture smoke.

But seriously, if this rumor turns out to be true, then Podshow has received quite a lot of VC money in the last two years and, assuming that the VCs are looking for a pretty high return, I just have to wonder if they are completely delusional about Podshow’s potential.

Do you know anybody who goes to podshow are watches any of their shows?

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  1. Shaun O'Rourke on September 22, 2007 9:15 pm

    I was very disappointed to find out the show I co-created and co-produce for the Podshow Network was being passed over by Tivo. “Port City PD” was originally pitched with all of the rest of the shows now currently showing up on Podshow’s Tivo page, but Tivo is only accepting content, get this podcasters…that are rated “G” or “PG” only due to the FCC.

    First let me say that our show pushes the limits, but we do nothing you wouldn’t see on Network television. Shows like “The Sheild” and “CSI” are more violent and gruesome than our show. We are guilty of dropping the “F-Bomb” from time to time, but that’s all. Remember in 1993 when “NYPD Blue” showed bare breasts in the pilot episode, and Dennis Franz’s butt in the shower. We don’t even come close, unless you count the rated “G” Christian Coalition, I mean Cali Lewis, describing our show on “Geek Brief” in her mind as “Kinda reminds me of a porno”. I guess she has never watched shows like “The Sheild”, “NYPD Blue”, “CSI”, “24″, because they all remind me or porno…….what a joke.

    The cast and crew have worked so hard for almost two years to bring the first full production series that in my mind crushes the likes of “Lonelygirl15″ to the internet. Our show is not just sitting in front of a camera like a news anchor and reading from other people’s bloggs. Now that we are in season two filming in “HD” we are being passed over for now. By the way, “Port City PD” Season 2 looks great on a HD Tv or any Tv for that matter. Tivo’s loss for now.

    So be excited for Podshow and the Tivo venture, but expect documentaries and news type shows for your entertainment. So to all podcasters out there make sure you censor yourselves if you want to be on Tivo.

    This doesn’t sound like “Independent Media” to me.

    Shaun O’Rourke
    Co-Creator and Co-Producer
    “Port City PD”

    http://www.portcitypd.podshow.com

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