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How an Online-Only TV Series Stays Successful

Posted by timothy on from the roll-enough-dies dept.

ChronoDragon writes "The Wall Street Journal points out that it is possible to make a successful web series without the backing of a studio. With the release of a music video, Do you Wanna Date My Avatar, and the start of Season of 3, the web series The Guild is ready for even more success. The Guild, created by Felicia Day (Doctor Horrible), is a low-budget comedy series about a group of MMORPG gamers and their interactions both online and off. While there are a lot of references that will be instantly recognized by gamers, the show is still very accessible to non-gamers."

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  1. Felicia Day in Blizzcon feed by SydShamino · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you have access to the Blizzcon feed via DirectTV or the internet, there is an extensive interview with Felicia Day and accompanying video regarding the background, making, and future of the Guild.

    It's around 5:45 PM in the Saturday feed. It's in a filler time that many people who bought the package might not have watched.

    Alas for the majority of us, she talks about how so much of the needed resources are loaned to her from friends and other kind people who want her to succeed. While that's all well and good, that can't be counted on as a viable business model. (Almost any business can be profitable if it can acquire most or all of its resources for free and convert them into a product to sell.)

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  2. answer: it doesn't. by martas · · Score: 1, Informative

    *opens -1:Flamebait umbrella*

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  3. Re:Tiny budgets help a lot by geekoid · · Score: 2, Informative

    ", you wouldn't get shows like Star Trek, "
    haha. star trek had almost no budget. In fact one episode had a props budget of less then a dollar.

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  4. obligatory redhead quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFjePdOpK8

    "Felicia Day from "THE GUILD" gets asked about her carpet @ Blizzcon 2009 (UNEDITED)!"

  5. Re:Tiny budgets help a lot by bertoelcon · · Score: 4, Informative

    As am american I think Dr. Who props were inventive as hell and the show is awesome, and I thought it had like 0 funding too.

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  6. Re:Tiny budgets help a lot by PylonHead · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to this site:

    http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/TOS_Season_1

    Production for the initial season of Star Trek cost almost US$200,000 per episode.

    That would be the equivalent of $1,322,201 per episode in today's dollars.

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