Regarding the recent news of Google/Viacom and Fox’s move to sell video online, Catherine Holahan of Business Week Online writes: …The deals show just how far the online video industry has come in the past year—and are a harbinger of where it’s headed in a hurry. In a matter of months, many online video sites…
(This blog traffic thing is so mercurial).
You’re either Republican or Democrat. Prolife or Prochoice. But where are you on the DRM issue? For or against. Some background in case you haven’t made up your mind (courtesy of Wikipedia): Pro-DRM: creators of digital works should have the power to control the distribution or replication of copies of their works, and to assign…
The week of July 4th was the worst week for television ratings in “recorded history.” (via System Video Blog). The weird thing about this story is I’m having trouble finding it validated on Reuters, Google News, Yahoo News, or Nielsen. The blogs are writing about it, and System Video Blog sources this Yahoo Asia site….
What camera should I buy? I get that question a lot, even though I don’t tend to be “state of the art” with my equipment. But if I were on the market for a digital camcorder I’d get the Canon Elura 100 (no I don’t get paid to endorse). It’s less than $400 and here’s…
Another humorous YouTube error message… this one has a very simple code to include in a report to the technical folks. I memorized it.
From Reuters… the chronologically challenged are also getting into YouTube. YouTube, the popular online home video site, has an unexpected star — a septuagenarian British widower — whose soft-spoken, humble manner has won the hearts of users of the youth dominated Web site. Peter posted his first video on YouTube about a week ago, under the user…
Via “Media Post”: ACTOR WILLIAM SHATNER, WHO ROSE to fame 40 years ago as Captain Kirk on “Star Trek,” is tapping his still strong sci-fi fan base for a new online promotional effort. The actor, author, and former pitchman for Priceline.com is seeking a spokesman for the William Shatner DVD Club–a subscription-based online DVD rental…
Leigh from Vancouver just sent this. If you look up viral video in Wikipedia, this should be the definition…
I miss scoring my videos with copyrighted music. I made a video for some friends (not for the web) the other day, and it was so fun to drop my favorites songs in without fear. For instance, I desperately want to score a video with Paul Soniat’s album, “Born in New Orleans.” I’m getting off…