More than 1,300 people reading CNet voted that Apple will be taking on YouTube. But take this with a grain of salt. I’m not sure I see Apple in the UGC video hosting and sharing space, and the other options of this poll were somewhat implausible.
Frankly I just hope Apple puts more effort into AppleTV, which allows me to watch YouTube favorites and buy films and television episodes with such ease I continue to pay $2 for countless episodes.
This collaboration video by YouTubers (in which I’m included) is a great example of the power of YouTube’s community. When Xgobobeanx was given the runaround by Mac, her frustration led to this video. As I said in my clip (which appears at the end of this clip), “Apple has an obligation to treat every customer…
HappySlip celebrated 3 years on YouTube with this video, and it made me curious about different people’s first video. So let’s have a look: HappySlip’s (September 2006) LisaNova’s (June 2006) Nalts (January 2006) MrSafety/SMPFilms (October 2005) Zipster08 (August 2006) Michael Buckley (May 2007) ShaneDawson (June 2008)- but he references a previous one that’s gone SxePhil…
Keek raised $7 million to fuel a relatively new social-video sharing site, joining a crowded space including SocialCam, Viddy and Twitvid. VatorNews announced, “Keek is a social video network that lets people upload video snippets of just about anything from their mobile phones. It’s a bit like Twitter but what’s shared isn’t 140-character Tweets, but…
ReelSEO’s Tim Schmoyer interviewed Jason Urgo about his Social Blade, which helps YouTube creators track fellow YouTubers. The website captures public information from YouTube’s API and databases them — to help creators “stalk” top YouTubers, but also see what “competitors” are doing. People are obviously interested in how much income YouTubers earn, and Social Blade…
Do you know what your student is doing? What if you strapped a camera on his/her head and then crunched the numbers to compare activities like reading, videogaming and watching television? The answer, my friends, is on the tip of the head. Thanks for the contribution, Jan.
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…
Comments are closed.
Maybe you should try something similar to the AppleTV (or Amazon video on demand) model Nalts. Instead of trying to sell your DVDs, you could make high definition versions of your videos available to download for cheap (maybe something like 5¢ to 50¢ each).
I think that might generate more revenue (that’s not saying much though) than the DVDs for several reasons:
First, buyers can choose exactly which videos they want and download just one or your entire collection.
Second, consumers can keep up with new content instead of being stuck with a few old videos.
Third, the ROI should be higher since you wouldn’t have to worry about buying, burning, and shipping DVDs.
Finally, it’s more appealing psychologically to pay out small sums of money periodically than one big payment.
Of course there would still be some of the same problems, perhaps the most important being that people don’t usually buy what they can get for free (which means it would probably be a good idea to include exclusive content).
It may very well be stupid idea, but maybe not. I thought I’d share it with you anyway.
“CAN YOU MONETIZE THAT?”
If they attempt to do something similar to YouTube, it will be a music service. I was actually thinking about this yesterday – if they did something like the partner program with a subscription-based music model, I have a feeling they would be a huge success.
But a full-on YouTube competitor? No way. Maybe music videos, maybe shows but not a UGC/YouTube-style system. Apple iTunes could, however, be the equivalent to an MTV at some point. I would almost venture to say they’ve been on that path a while and are more like MTV than MTV has been for a while…
Where in the hell is Sukatra? I know she’s back online! Come on Sukatra… this blog needs your help. The new people on here need to be schooled about how to comment on these posts.