- Webisode
A webisode is an episode of a
television show that airs initially as anInternet download or stream as opposed to first airing on broadcast orcable television . The word itself is aportmanteau formed by the words 'web' and 'episode'.A webisode is simply a web episode – collectively it is part of a
web series , a form of new media that characteristically features a dramatic, serial storyline, where the primary method of viewership is streaming online over the Internet. Where there is no "set" standard for length, most webisodes are relatively short, ranging from 4-15 minutes in length.Etymology
Origins:
* 1998-99: First public use of the word Webisode, attributed to
Stan Lee Media in the marketing and promotion of the 7th Portal online superhero series created byJesse Stagg and Steven Salim.* 1996: Earlier usage by the textually-based
seaQuest 2047 to describe their periodic publications, beginning circa 1996.* 1995: Created by the first Internet serialized fiction called
The Spot created byScott Zakarin It was used to describe the series. Derivational words also created at the time: Webisodic.ee also
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List of Internet television series
*Vlog
*Webcast
*World Wide Web *
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