The Online Video Underground – Content Actually Worth Watching

People are saying the broadcasters are in trouble, that the future consumers of video entertainment will turn to the Internet, and turn the TV off. I don’t buy it, at least not yet. There is a saying: “content is king”.

Right now the quality content is not online; it’s still in the kung-fu grip of traditional broadcasters. Sure you can see hundreds of clips online of people blowing things up, getting hit in the groin, or building epic Slip N’ Slides, but no one would ever waste their time watching if it wasn’t free, and they weren’t at work, bored.

There are, however, a few bright spots in the online video wasteland. These sites tend to be less popular than Youtube, and a lot edgier. Here is a small sampling of the online video underground:

www.heavy.com – Heavy has been around for a while, and features both original and third party content.

www.metacafe.com- They claim to have the very best video content on the web, a claim many would agree with.

www.vbs.tv – This is a site from the people at Vice, and is sure to generate a solid cult following.