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User generated content has bottle
Great reminder of some of the video gems to be found in user generated content, starring a highly creative street performer in Germany using a combination of skis and bottles filled to various levels…
BBC News video embed trial
Interesting to see that BBC News is trialing the use of a Flash player which will allow users to embed video clips into their web pages (T&Cs plus code for the video below here). So, in the spirit of a trial, let’s give it a go using a report on the current UK alternatives to … Continue reading
Social nicheworking
Another oh-so-handy reference list from the recently list obsessed Mashable, profiling the increasing ‘How to’ video niche. While YouTube and its many clones try to be all things to all people, these How To sites are proving that there is a market for niche video communities. The best of these sites are more focused, easier … Continue reading
The global talent show
Every now and then you stumble upon (literally) a piece of content on YouTube whereby the term ‘user-generated content’ just doesn’t cut it. Step forward OneManSho, who manages to cram an incredible 200 impressions into just over a quarter of an hour. What’s even more impressive, is that most of them are actualy pretty good. … Continue reading
Pimp My Blog
MTV parent Viacom is allowing web users to embed videos from a number of MTV sites, including Pimp My Ride, into their web spaces. This comes at a time when Viacom requested the removal of 100k+ clips from YouTube. While this move shows Viacom’s desire to control the source of their content on the web, … Continue reading
Joost Box
Could Joost be the future of television? This venture, formerly known as the Venice Project has Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström behind it. These are the people who brought you Kazaa and then Skype. Read more here.
Banging the DRM
After Bill Gates’ explained his view on DRM to a group of bloggers, Steve Jobs has set out his vision for a DRMless world. At first sight it might seem that they’re both saying the same thing – i.e. that as content distributors, they perceive DRM to be an impediment to progress and not in … Continue reading
GoogleTube not coming soon
Google have used their blog to reveal more about the proposed direction and integration of YouTube and Google Video. Far from killing the golden goose that is YouTube’s audience, YouTube is to remain its own identity, but with increasing use of Google’s monetisation tools. YouTube delivers the traffic, Google monetises it. Naturally, Google Video will … Continue reading
Hey!
Another online conversion tool has launched – Hey!Watch. Unlike Zamzar, this tool is video only, but they’ve used RSS and a RESTful API to provide automation capability.
