What Ever Happened to CurrentTV

ByNalts

googlecurrent.jpgRemember the Al Gore channel, CurrentTV? It's still got a website, but I sure haven't heard much about it lately. Also check out Google Current…

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Promoting Your Online Video Content

ByNalts

Since there's no model that has high traffic (YouTube) AND pay-for-content (Revver), this has been my strategy for making money through online video. Use it as your own risk. Create good stuff. I'm hit or miss, and still experimenting. Since I'm not interested in making sexy videos, I focus on humor. Sometimes topical, sometimes corny,…

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Will We Pay Small Fee (99 cents) to Download Short Videos?

ByNalts

Courtesy of Project Working Stiff, here is an interesting quote from Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire (who sold his Allaire Corp. to Macromedia in 2001 for $360 million).  "We think that casual broadband consumers will want to consume a lot of content daily in 2-7 minute bursts of high-quality, streamed viewing. But once they develop either…

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Awaiting the Merger of Popular and Profitable Sites

ByNalts

A week ago today I made one of my most annoying videos yet- GoogleHeads. Here's Googlehead on Revver.com. Here's Googlehead on YouTube.com. I point this out for three reasons: Blatent self promotion So you can see the difference between Flash and Quicktime- quality and speed. For best results click the ad after the Revver version. 🙂…

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You Won’t Get Discovered on YouTube

ByNalts

I’d like to take a moment to dispel the biggest myth of online video. Since a few “cross over” stars have been discovered on YouTube, people have begun to think that they can too. Folks, it’s like playing the lotto. You have the same chance winning whether you play or not. You won’t get discovered…

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How Will Amateurs Make Money from Online Videos in 2007?

ByNalts

Right now there are only two ways for an amateur to make money on short online videos, but this will soon change. Provide a website or network exclusive rights and get a one-time payment. We've seen certain amateur content creators already stop producing content for YouTube because they've been presumably approached by "content scouts." Remember…