Last Episode Ever of Revision3′s InDigital Online Today
I’m really sad about this.
InDigital was a fantastic program on Revision3 — one of its best. It was geeky, relaxed, and, above all, really fun to watch.
Hahn Choi, co-host and co-creator of the show, says in this episode that it’s ending because he was told by Revision3 to either relocate from L.A. to San Francisco, or end the show.
And he chose the latter.
Far be it from me to question Revision3′s decisions, but this seems a little like what G4TV did to their TechTV hosts, which has led to a network that’s more a horrible parody of real content than it is something decent to watch. But I’ll leave the ranting to others.
Co-host Jessica Corbin will be moving on to host, along with Patrick Norton, Revision3′s new show Tekzilla. Wil Wheaton is plenty busy aside from his webTV responsibilities (he’s got a new book coming out, and he’s a professional voice actor and blogger), but he’ll be contributing to Tekzilla, too.
InDigital leaves a huge gap at Rev3. No other program deals with consumer electronics like it did, and certainly not with the sense of style and humor that the InDigital team did (and certainly not with the hilarity that Wil brought).
I’m going to take my own advice and keep this post short, but you should all do yourselves a favor and check out InDigital’s last episode. I know that when you’re done you’ll go back through and watch the old ones, too.
Sad, sad, sad.. but I’m sure Hahn will be on to bigger and better things in no time.
And Boo to Rev3 for not working harder to accommodate Hahn. Whether they realize it or not, they lost a huge talent.
That last episode was epic; I’ll be archiving it for sure.
Couldn’t agree more. I just don’t see how Patrick Norton and Jessica Corbin can bring the same chemistry that InDigital’s trio did. But I hope to be pleasantly surprised, and I’ll certainly be reviewing the first episode when it comes out.
“There was a lot more to the story than just moving to San Francisco. The way the offer was presented left me no other choice, but decline. If moving was it, I would have considered it for more than the 15 seconds.” – Hahn Choi
So it wasn’t about moving.
http://revision3.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208011&postcount=5
also a good read…
http://revision3.com/forum/showpost.php?p=207959&postcount=1
Yeah, my article was written based on the facts that Hahn stated in the episode which, it’s now turned out, weren’t exactly the whole story.
I’ve sinced linked to Jim Louderback’s response, and I may be writing a follow-up piece in the coming days once everything’s settled down.
Thanks for your comment and those links.
Yeah, I am sad about this too. I’m posting on every relevant thread on the Rev3 forums. I know I (we) can’t change anything about this, but hopefully they will realize next time they cancel something that the community is what counts, and what we think matters.
I mean, how hard would it be for Rev3 to say/ask: “Hey, we are thinking of cancelling NotMtv, cause of low downloads, How passionate are the fans, and would those who never watched it give it a chance, and then post here if we should can it or not?”
They don’t do this, which is odd, considering the whole thing was created by Kevin Rose, who lives and dies by “community driven” websites.
Great point, Joel. It’s annoying that they’re taking a very traditional TV approach to it. They should give the users a chance to rally, and if it still doesn’t pan out, well, at least we were warned.