Yesterday I was on a panel at the Independent Feature Project (IFP)’s event in New York City. Here’s my self depricating video (“Independent Film Panel”) of me playing a self absorbed loser who can’t understand why I’m not getting red-carpet treatment at the event. I’m having trouble uploading on Revver so this video’s on YouTube where…
Techcrunch announces that Warner Music Group will allow its music to be used in YouTube videos, but retain the right to yank it if it chooses. …the caveat that Warner will have effective veto power over videos using their music is particularly interesting. In effect it’s just a technological realization of the long standing policy…
I need to get something off my chest. All the bugs in the new Revver are my fault. I was given the opportunity to QA the site pre-launch. I did a cursory job and e-mailed back a few random bugs I noticed. But I wasn’t thorough. Because I’m lazy, have a low attention to detail…
Interesting AdWeek story “Revver Tempts YouTubers With Money.” Seems pay-for-content is starting to approach tipping point. Note- Revver is like a Paypal of online video. Not a destination, but a tool to facilitate sharing and displaying of videos for those too small to hunt down advertisers of their own but would like ad revenue. Which…
I got to test drive Revver recently, and it’s really cool. Now you can test it before launch (which is actually tomorrow not today). Here’s the Revver 1.0 site. Post bugs here. Note- Revver remains more of a tool than a destination. Think of it as a PayPal that empowers anyone to sell online. It’s…
You will, dear reader. But now even more people will. Scott Karp, the popular “Publishing 2.0” author, has given away some of our secrets in his article “Who Will Make Money With User-Generated Online Video.” That’s okay. There’s enough to go around. In addition to advertising revenue-sharing, Karp points out “subscription revenue sharing.” I’m having trouble…
Wowza. I thought I was on top of online video. I’m hanging my head in humility. Check out this post featuring a timeline of online video by Steve Bryant in his new blog, “ReelPopBlog.” Included is this dreamy graphic. Click to see it up close.
So Revver announced that it’s running on API now. But it looks the same (except you see Revver logos before thumbnails load). So you’ll have to take their word for it: From the Revver blog: “You’ve heard us mention this thing that is called an Application Programming Interface (“API”). That is, a set of services…
I’ve been studying online-video comments for a few months, and I’d like to share my unscientific but well-documented conclusions. Online-video commenters come in three segments: Angry cynics (66%) Supportive fans (23%) Self promoters (11%) For some of my videos it would take more time to read the comments than it did to shoot, edit and…
Dear regular WillVideoForFood readers: permit me to speak directly to the media in this post. Read this if you wish, but most of it’s not new to you. My friends in media. You’re under deadline. You want to do a story about online video. Your instincts tell you to package another human interest story about…