Tubecast - Kicked Back TV Development

On a slow news day I stumbled across a great find at the Museum of modern betas (MOMB). Tubecaset.tv is an Internet video/TV startup in alpha testing. This sexy little development essentially grabs content from other sites like YouTube and my old buddy Dmitry at Veoh and layers an user interface atop the content. The simplicity and elegance of the site are quite grabbing, and best of all anyone can enjoy it now.

From a writer's perspective I was excited that I had perhaps lucked up for our readers and found something overlooked by everyone. Not surprisingly, Michael and TC skipped over it in late August and did a nice review there. I agree with Michael's assessment that Joost and other Web TV will eventually have to incorporate simple video aspects like this to be feasible in the short to medium term. The quality of video at Tubecast is not HD my any means, but it is quick and very entertaining.

The service operates like normal network TV except that users can skip ahead and change channels. Content ranges from music videos to animated shorts and a lot in between so far. Being browser based adds a lot of simplicity and kicked back vegging. Straight up presented content is not for every occasion but channel surfing Tubecast made a part time viewer out of me.

So, if you are in the mood for some nice video with no hassles, check out Tubecast and also consider that it is still in alpha testing. The site's blog is pretty interesting and sort of reveals the progress the developers have made. A horde of flash and other programming gurus have contributed to this laid back development and everything about the service reflects their "coach potato" approach to some fine work.