C-SPAN To Launch User Generated Video Site
Public interest TV station C-SPAN and online media storage provider StreamLoad have announced that the two companies will collaborate on a new user submitted video site set to launch later this month and called ViewFinder.
Will user submitted video sent to C-SPAN be interesting? Will a large number of people submit video? It’s a fascinating gamble. Could it be more obvious that old media is looking to incorporate new media, instead of battening down the hatches and rambling on about “objectivity?” I hope both of these mainstream news experiments with user submitted video are successful and we get to enjoy the benefits of both old media and new media.
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Daily Show to Open Web Video Archive
Viacom is set to unveil a new site that will include 13,000 video clips of its popular "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," representing every minute of the show since its 1999 inception.. wOOt!
To prepare for the site launch, 16 Comedy Central writers and video encoders have worked two shifts
UNESCO to Launch India Web Video Guide
UNESCO New Delhi will introduce an innovative web video encyclopedia site of India. Announcing the agreement, Minja Yang, Director of the UNESCO New Delhi Office, explained that one of the key mandates is to safeguard and promote the wealth of the world's cultural diversity. "India is a vast country with
Another TV Guide for the Web
Red Herring article about yet another wannabe TV Guide for internet video - Divvio
Divvio, a startup based in Menlo Park, California, is offering to connect fans of Internet video and audio with the right content. On Monday, Divvio will launch what it calls a “personal guide to the Internet for
Ustream and Wired Sitting in a Tree
Wired just loves to carve an angle don't they..
"Ustream.tv has opened up the format to allow anyone to quickly and easily start broadcasting video live. This is huge. Right now—today—anyone can launch a live Internet television network, complete with scheduled shows, all using the Ustream platform (which is, for now,
News Corp. and NBC Universal Wanna Hulu You
While you might be excused for thinking that Hulu is a developer focused on delivering complete end-to-end solutions within the wimax technology or an interior district of Terengganu, Malaysia.. it's the new official name for that long-awaited joint venture video portal from News Corp. and NBC Universal.
According to this post
Reuters Flash Video Channel for Affiliate Network
Create a more compelling user experience by adding Reuters video to your site. Their news video player has up to 20 of the latest breaking stories from around the world is updated throughout the day so the content’s always fresh. The player is Windows and Macintosh compatible and takes just a
Yahoo!Tube Coming Soon..
Yahoo! presented its business strategy to analysts yesterday and gave the world a sneak peek [webcast] at what’s to come. The new video site includes videos from around the web and a few from Yahoo! users as well. The top navigation bar references “My Studio” which could be a
Gotuit Media: Hot Flash – Cool Content
TechCrunch posted a positive review on Gotuit Media:
Boston based Gotuit Media launched Gotuit late Sunday evening. Gotuit offers users on-demand free premium content like music videos, sports clips and short films. Find what you want, click it and watch it immediately.
See, for example, the music section. At launch they have
Video: Who owns Facebook and its 500 million users?
The ubiquitous social networking site recently hit the half-billion membership mark, but with this milestone come more legal troubles over the ownership of the site. CNBC’s Scott Cohn reports. (Today Show)
VideoBloom Offers Tracking VIEW Index
By using a methodology that analyzes in fine detail 17 key Web site variables, the VideoBloom VIEW Index tracks, for example: placement of video within the Web site, the Web video formats used, the uses of online videos, and if there is an Internet video center. VideoBloom VIEW then offers