The Industry Standard - Overlay.TV comes out of beta on or before June 30 - Comments

Well, Overlay TV remained in

David Kuan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:44:58 -0400

Well, Overlay TV remained in Beta as of July 1.

Another good catch ... I've

Ian Lamont — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:20:48 -0400

Another good catch ... I've changed the posted closing date to June 26, as was originally intended.

Mmmm, at least one of the

Bradley Baker — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:38 -0400

Mmmm, at least one of the dates is wrong.

"before July 1, 2008. This prediction will close approximately one week before the judgement date,"

The posted closing date is May 26th, which on MY calendar isn't "approximately one week" before July 1. :)

I don't know which of the three is incorrect (May 26, 1 week, or July 1), but at least one of them has to be.

Good catch, Bradley. The

Ian Lamont — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:59:12 -0400

Good catch, Bradley. The date is correct but I removed the "SceneCaster" reference.

Might want to check the text

Bradley Baker — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:46:29 -0400

Might want to check the text and dates here. This looks like a bunch was borrowed from the SceneCaster prediction and not correctly modified.

Overlay.TV comes out of beta on or before June 30

The Standard — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:32:07 -0400

Update on September 4, 2008: Overlay.tv came out of beta today.

Judgment on July 1, 2008: As predicted by the community, Overlay.TV did not come out of beta status by the end of June, 2008. Judged at S$0. -- The Industry Standard

Original Prediction: Overlay.TV's interactive media platform is a complex application, but there will be a lot of pressure to bring it out of beta sooner rather than later.

That pressure is the current economic malaise, and the prospect of an advertising downturn if the pain progresses. Overlay.TV needs to officially bring the platform out of beta within the next few months in order to sign up more clients and show that it's a viable production environment for marketing campaigns.

The criteria for determining this prediction are either a formal announcement by Overlay.TV management, or the "beta" graphic permanently disappears from the front-page logo before July 1, 2008.

This prediction will close approximately one week before the judgement date, or when an announcement is made, or when the beta logo disappears, whichever comes first. (Note: This prediction is part of The Industry Standard special feature, Opinion: 10 'Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail. To see the related article, click here. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, click here.)