Interesting that Eefoof — a relatively new site that pays creators for content — is getting billed as a “YouTube competitor.” Check out this CNBC story and this Digg.com post, which raises the question as to whether it will be a YouTube killer. Mashable challenges the business model and calls the site ugly. I give…
Here’s a beefy Mercury News article about online video, with an emphasis on YouTube and its long journey toward profitability. It confirms that the YouTube folks are indeed thinking it would be good to make money, but are (in my opinion) way too paranoid about losing their cult-like appeal. Read my letter to YouTube’s founders to get…
This video is kinda mean, but I’ve never laughed so hard while editing a video. Here’s the setup. Adriana Cronin-Lukas is one of the more influential and interesting bloggers that I know. She’s advising my employer on an appropriate approach to engaging in blogs and other forms of consumer-generated media. Yesterday I had lunch with…
Advertisers will likely start investing more of their media budgets online when they see the results of a new Nielsen study. Nielsen Media Research, the firm that calculates national television ratings, will investigate how many people actually watch TV commercials (source: Today’s Wall Street Journal). In November, Nielsen will begin for the first time to…
This is a private letter to Brad Hurley and Steven Chen. The YouTube founders don’t really respond to e-mails or prank calls, so I’ve decided to blog ’em a private letter. It has ideas that will save their company, so please don’t read this if you’re not them. Especially if you’re a competitor. Are the…
Now that we’re seeing several online video sites that share revenue with video creators, it’s time for a comparison grid! For now I’m starting with Revver vs. Panjea vs. Eefoof, since they’re the only prominent sites that share revenue. I’ve also included YouTube and Google Video since they’re popular and give us a comparative base on some non-revenue…
Revver has remained the prevailing platform by which people with video content can share their material (like YouTube) but also get paid based on the quantity of people that view it. The funds are generated through advertising dollars, and split 50/50 between Revver and the owner of the content. Now Revver has two new potential…
I’m planning on doing a thorough review of the major online video sites, but here’s my first attempt at creating the perfect online video site: It would have the traffic and community of YouTube. It would have Revver’s advertising-sharing model It would have Metacafe’s ability to sift the best content It would have that cute…
I’m getting so tired of the hype articles, or the latest story about an instant viral video classic. Finally, here’s an interesting piece. Source: The Ultimate Middle East Business Resource. Go figure. On YouTube: “But this bandwidth is expensive. It’s estimated that bandwidth costs YouTube US$1 million per month. But the investment – YouTube has…
ChannelBlast will launch today three live, ad-sponsored interactive streaming video programs that allow visitors to interact with others via chat rooms and webcams (source: Adotas). Now I just spent 15 minutes on ChannelBlast.com and I have no idea what the site is. Can someone smarter please post an explanation? By the way- that Avitar totally…