Should the quality of Web TV be just like the quality of traditional television? Please share your thoughts.

According to Dina Kaplan, the Co-founder of blip.tv, “Content [Web TV] that does well shouldn’t just look like television production made with less money.”

She went on to say that people should not embrace Web TV as a last resort to not having the budget for traditional TV. There is actually a big difference between the two and each option has its own advantages and disadvantages.

For instance, Web TV has more freedom than traditional television has. (Kevin Pollak addressed this aspect in an interview here.) Traditional television, on the other hand, typically has more resources than Web productions have.

But again, these advantages and disadvantages are a result of the differences between the two offerings. For example, both Web TV and traditional TV serve two completely different audiences.  Web TV shows serve a very specific audience and can establish personal connections with its viewers.

Fans that watch Web shows have the ability to write comments that provide immediate influence on the plot of a series. However, by the time a traditional television show reaches its audience, the next several shows have already been filmed.

Because traditional television and Web TV are so different, Kaplan said they “should look different.”

“I think we’ll see over the next year Web shows really emerge as their own form of media… and it will look, act, feel, smell very different from television,” she added.

Do you agree with her and believe that Web TV will evolve into its own form of media within the next year?

Of course, we’re guessing Dina got that spunk during her brief stint as a Kentuckian. She tells me she was a TV reporter at WAVE3 News in Louisville for three years (Louisville, by the way, is only really in Kentucky on Derby Day – we don’t care much for red birds and figure them Louisvillians can just be Hoosiers the rest of the time).

We caught up with Dina at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo to chat with her about her company. Blip.tv bills itself on its webpage as a video-sharing site. But it’s no YouTube, says Kaplan. Blip.tv hosts web video shows, not just “one-off” amateur videos, and helps promote and monetize them.

“You should have to worry about creativity. We’ll take care of the servers, the software, the workflow, the advertising and the distribution,” reads the About blip.tv page.

Kaplan also said the company just signed a deal with Akimbo to make Blip.tv content available on television through its remote-controlled, Internet-connected RCA Akimbo Player. Sounds like the Internet on your TV is pretty much here.

Unfortunately, Dina just informed me, Amanda Congdon blew straight by Kentucky while we were in California. Too bad for Amanda. Kentucky is only like the most beautiful dang-ol’ place in the world! And we can prove it. Stop and smell the goldenrod, it’ll be worth your while.

Watch the WebProNews Video interview with Dina Kaplan.

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