I started getting interested with this stuff back when I first started watching Pure Pwnage. The concept of downloadable content by people for people intrigued me. Once I started researching it, there seemed like a lot of info on it starting pouring in through tech news sites like slashdot and digg.

I've been following an OSS project based on this idea by the Participatory Culture Foundation with this idea:
http://www.participatoryculture.org/

And now it seems like a lot of people - particularly tech people, like ex-TechTV staff - are jumping on this. I think most people see it as the next logical step from podcasting. The technology is at the right point, too, for it to jump right in - BitTorrent continues to grow in popularity, and I think people want to see it put to use legitimately.

So what do you think about all this? Are you interested in free amateur web shows? I think TV sucks outside of a few shows, and after watching great web shows like thebroken and Pure Pwnage (and tonight, the premiere of Systm - check it out), I really want to see people releasing special interest programs like that.