After a couple of years in service, Splashcast finally decided to to discontinue their user generated content product as of February 11. Tom Turnbull writes on the startup blog:
"All successful startup companies must focus. SplashCast is no different. Therefore, we have decided to discontinue our user generated content product as of February 11. We want to give our loyal (and brilliantly creative) users a chance to find other services that meet their needs.
This is a tough decision for us. I personally enjoy checking out our user generated channels. There is some truly amazing content, from hilarious to moving."
"All successful startup companies must focus. SplashCast is no different. Therefore, we have decided to discontinue our user generated content product as of February 11. We want to give our loyal (and brilliantly creative) users a chance to find other services that meet their needs.
This is a tough decision for us. I personally enjoy checking out our user generated channels. There is some truly amazing content, from hilarious to moving."
I also read here that the user base of their premium video applications is about 100 times larger than their UGC user base including several of the largest brand advertisers who are lining up to sponsor Splashcast's primetime TV and music apps.
Obviously, some people are not very happy about this decision as you can read in Splashcast blog's comments section.
Erwin Blom: "Strange, I’d say you wouldn’t be where you are now without the user generated channels. They helped spreading your word. And now the word is out, you don’t need them anymore? Strange."
Chris Brennan: "You are turning your back on the very people that helped you broadcast your brand to the world. You have an amazing product but you are making a very poor business decision. If the option were given to me, I personally would have registered for a paid version. However, you have given no us no option. I used to be a raving fan of Splashcast. Please reconsider your decision. Thank you."
Now, we will have to find an alternative solution. Is there a way to download the files (shows) as a whole, instead of redoing the whole thing using another presentation tool?
Erwin Blom: "Strange, I’d say you wouldn’t be where you are now without the user generated channels. They helped spreading your word. And now the word is out, you don’t need them anymore? Strange."
Chris Brennan: "You are turning your back on the very people that helped you broadcast your brand to the world. You have an amazing product but you are making a very poor business decision. If the option were given to me, I personally would have registered for a paid version. However, you have given no us no option. I used to be a raving fan of Splashcast. Please reconsider your decision. Thank you."
Now, we will have to find an alternative solution. Is there a way to download the files (shows) as a whole, instead of redoing the whole thing using another presentation tool?
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