People are YouTubing to find a video before visiting the original site
YouTube is becoming the Google of video. People are "YouTubing" to find video before visiting the originating site, and many bloggers, and news services, IBLNEWS among thousands of them, are embedding YouTube players on their sites.
Let's say that you are searching a clip of Comedy Central, you go their website, but no luck. In case you found a desired clip, there's no functionality to embed the player on the site. So YouTube is the answer. (By the way, one of week's most watched video was Addicted to YouTube, over 327,000 views).
PBS will sell downloadable video in Google and Open Media Network
PBS has decided to put some shows for sale in Google Video. Basically, they are offering award-winning and kids intended programming. For example, Nova is selling for $7.99 a pop, but Antique Roadshow and Arthur episodes are selling for $1.99 each. “We’ve received significant viewer feedback this year, requesting that we offer our television content in downloadable formats,” explained PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger.
Also PBS hopes that programs downloaded through Google Video will carry a spot encouraging viewers to become members of their local PBS station. Besides Google Video, PBS has announced that it has teamed with the Open Media Network to sell downloads.
Anti-MySpace bill approved to protect minors from sexual predators
Public schools and libraries in the U.S. House will be required soon to forbid minors from accessing social networking sites like MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, which has become a haven for online sexual predators who use it as their own virtual hunting ground.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved this week a bill that would effectively require that chat room and social networking site be rendered inaccessible to minors.
Post video comments on any video clip, the latest feature
The user video site Grouper.com has just added a feature that allows people to post video comments on clips using their webcams. Experts consider that this is a natural evolution for comments.
Another coming idea is the sharing functionality. Many sites defend the philosophy that clips should be played everywhere. Grouper allows any clip to be downloaded to desktop, iPod o PSP, as well as to publish them to MySpace, Friendster, Blogger, Wordpress, and any website.
This site, which is competing in the newly sector of sites dedicated to host user-uploaded video, is trying to distinguish itself from market leader YouTube.
Ways to save streaming video from the Internet
Feel frustrated when trying to save videos on the Internet? A CNet.com freelance writes an insider secret article about capturing streaming video, take a look.
The end of the TV as we know it: A future industry perspective, by IBM
We are attending to the end of TV as we know it. "Today, audiences are becoming increasingly fragmented, splicing their time among myriad media choices, channels and platforms. For the last few decades, consumer have migrated to more specialized, niche content via cable and multichannel offerings. Now, with the growing availability of on demand, self-programming and search features, some experiencers are moving beyond niche to individualized viewing. With increasing competition from convergence players in TV, telecommunications and the Internet, the industry is confronting unparalleled complexity, dynamic change and pressure to innovate", says a study done by IBM Institute for Business ("The end of TV as we know it: A future industry perspective").
"Our analysis indicates that market evolution hinges on two key market drivers: openness of access channels and levels of consumer involvement with media. For the next 5-7 years there will be change on both fronts -but not uniformly", IBM adds.
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