So it is tough to see him end the incredibly successful MacroTwits Hour on StockTwits.TV.  He has dedicated no end of effort, insight and care bringing these programs to our community and we will miss him. Fortunately, he will pop up from time to time on StockTwitsTV in the future and we will let you know when he does.

Thanks Gregor for the unparalleled goodness you have brought to the airwaves. We will miss you bud!

Here is Gregor’s final MacroTwits:

I chatted via Skype with @IndianaGrainCo last night.  We discussed the commodities markets including the grains sell off, sector rotation within a bull market and much more.  He’s a great interview and you can watch here:

You can watch here:

We’ve added an embed of the most recent episode to each of the show pages on our website.

Making our content accessible is our top priority, and we think that delivering video when a user visits a show page like Gregor’s (shown above) is a huge step towards that goal.

Also note that the video player comes along with an embed tool, allowing you to embed a StockTwitsTV show on your site.

While we’ve always had StockTwitsTV shows available via iTunes, it was long overdue for us to accomodate on-the-go users looking to catch up on the most recent shows.

Yesterday we launched  v1 of our new mobile site, currently optimized for Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.  Simply point Safari (or your mobile browser) to http://stocktwits.tv to stream iPhone optimized video files.

And, best of all, you can now add StockTwitsTV to your iOS browser by selecting ‘Add to Home Screen’ in the + menu of Safari:

We would love to hear from Android users on the mobile accessibility of http://stocktwits.tv – please drop us a line on Twitter.

Enjoy!

Our goal is to make our programming as accessible as possible to our viewers.

While we are constantly working to improve the consistency and quality of our fragile live-streaming systems, the user experience on our website (http://stocktwits.tv) is an equally critical element in viewing our programming.

Please don’t hesitate to leave feedback on what you think is great… or not so great about our new website.

I started using the program my first semester of film school at NYU, when non-linear video editing was just beginning the incredible trend of accessibility to non-professionals we’ve seen over the past decade.

Flashing back to the early 2000′s, Final Cut was a competitor to Avid, a mammoth software company that completely dominated the professional industry.  Mainly because of Final Cut’s more visual, mouse-based format for editing, the program was viewed as unprofessional, and its users thought of as amateur.

However, fundamental change was in the works.  The amateurs, working from home, suddenly were allowed to participate in the upper ranks of content production and distribution thanks to the internet and cheap camera technology.  Final Cut allowed these early adopters to create new, bold styles of filmmaking with help from the intuitive system Apple created for video editing.

The tipping point came a few years ago when Final Cut penetrated Hollywood.  Academy-award-winning filmmakers like the Coen Brothers were using Final Cut to rough cut their films themselves when previously they had no option but to submit to a darkened editing room at a production facility.

Not only did Final Cut penetrate the upper-reaches of the industry, but its more modern workflow became industry standard.

Avid fought back, creating “Express” versions of their software and lowering the sticker price for the “pro-sumer” category.  Today, Avid and Final Cut are both heavyweights in their industry.  But ask a professional editor in 2001 whether they would consider using Final Cut, and their answer would be drastically different than today.

I bring up this story with Stocktwits in mind — a modern and intuitive system for consuming real-time financial data.

It will be interesting to ask the haters what they think in 5-10 years.

Don’t worry — we’ve got your back.

Every show will be available On Demand shortly after the live broadcast.

And to make things even simpler, you can access on demand videos right from the day’s schedule.  Just hover over the listing and a Play button will appear if the video is available.

We’ll make sure the video is available just a few minutes after the show has aired.

Hope you enjoy!