Two Minute Television

The aptly named company, "Two Minute Television Network" has just produced the U.S.'s first successful two minute television program. The show, a reality program called "Genius" may soon be available on cellphones everywhere, along with other two-minute productions. The basic idea for the show is a girls against boys competition to see who can best market a selected product. The team that best impresses the judges gets ten seconds to plug a product or idea of their own.

Regarding this release, the artist in me says "Wow! A brand new art form, a brand new way to communicate, this is going to be great". The cynic in me says "Woohoo! Finally, they've come up with a medium that lets them get rid of all that annoying plot and dialogue, which ruins so much of television by frequently being of very low quality."

All in all, two minute television sounds like an excellent idea for cellphones-- anything longer would cause a lot of squinting and possibly eyestrain. I wonder what other impact this new technology will have on our society. For example, it seems very likely to me that in the future, I might hear the following spoken aloud "Dude, what happened in the last episode of 'Genius'? I sneezed and totally missed the whole thing."

posted by: TechDiva