Internet Video Takes a Leap

Television has always been the logical home of the TV Series.

Not anymore.

There is a new "TV Series" in the works that is for the internet only.

Who else but Google and what else but short, funny cartoons?

Industry leader Google and Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane are going injury compensation claim produce a series of short, animated comedy sketches made specifically for the Internet. These two-minute-and-under cartoons will be distributed over the net specifically to carry Google ads. This is a brand new direction for the industry and helps further morph TV and Internet video into one entertainment medium.

Calling it the "Google Cartoon Network," plans are to create and distribute 50 animated shorts of Seth McFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. If a viewer over the internet wants to watch the show, all he has to do is watch a few Google ads along with it. Reminds you of regular TV, doesn't it?

Best known as the edgy comic-producer of shows on Comedy Central, Seth McFarlane says he likes the creative freedom of the internet. His most popular work, Family Guy has come under repeated FCC criticism and fines for its raunchiness. He won't need to worry about that since the series is for the internet only.

One of the biggest differences between this and a standard TV series is show length. No thirty minutes shows for the Internet video crowd, research shows their attention spans demand something two-minutes or less.

McFarlane says people can expect his new adventures in internet video to be similar to the one-frame cartoons you might see in The New Yorker Magazine, only edgier. Simple, quick and to-the-point. Get to the ads.

No word yet on exactly how much it will cost to buy Google ads on this new series, but rates are expected to be significantly higher than standard Google AdSense.

So, do you think this will be a hit? Will these comedy shorts become a popular and profitable way to reach people? If I were a betting gal, I'd say yes, no doubt about it.

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