Cuban's Call For New Content
Internet pioneer and billionaire Mark Cuban made an all-call on his blog Monday for new show ideas for HDNet, the high-definition cable television network he owns. Cuban testified last week at a House Energy and Commerce Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee hearing on the future of video.
"One of the fun things at HDNet is listening to or reading pitch ideas for new shows. One of the most irritating and time wasting jobs at HDNet is listening to or reading pitch ideas for new shows," Cuban wrote. Most of the time the idea is a derivative of something that already exists "or something so obvious it's an insult that they are pitching it."
No cooking, pimp or poker shows, Cuban insisted. Anything involving sports or a deck of cards will be deleted, he added. But how about a reality show documenting the daily lives of a group of hard-working tech policy journalists in Washington? I know a very talented, capable cast that is ready for their close-up.
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