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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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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ViTrue: A New User-Created Advertising Platform

ByNalts

This article on Adotas describes ViTrue., which was launched by Reggie Bradford, the former president of Tanberg Television, CEO of N2 Broadband and CMO of WebMD. ViTrue, Inc will, according to the release, be the world’s first user-created advertising platform, and the company will receive $2.2 million in funding from General Catalyst Partners and ViTrue’s…

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Solutions to “Free” vs “Paid” Debate About Online Video

ByNalts

Our friends at ReelSEO revealed the Pew data showing viewer’s surprising willingness to pay for online-video content. Until recently, I’ve been nervous about the notion of any subscription or pay-per-view model because it’s likely a “deal killer” for most viewers watching amateur creators. Sure I’ll pay to license/buy The Guild or Dr. Horrible, but less so for…

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Brightcove Splits Ad Revenue With Creators

ByNalts

If you haven’t heard the name Brightcove in the past weeks you’d better check to see if your computer is plugged in. Given all of the buzz about Brightcove’s new offering, I spoke recently with Eric Elia, Brightcove’s VP of Content and Online Services. (Click his name to see one of the creepiest head shots ever)….

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Make Money from Your Animated Cartoons

ByNalts

Independent animators have a new channel to promote and profit from their animated cartoons — without having to compete with ripped television cartoons.   ToonBreak is a new site that shares revenue with creators. Animators can earn money from video ads, text and banner ads, affiliate links, donations, and merchandising. All of this is currently…

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Get Ready for a Remote-Control “Thumb Cramp”

ByNalts

Right now you may channel surf between 100 to 500 channels, according to this article from The Mercury News. But Internet protocol television (IPTV) — television broadcast over the Internet  — could change that. An estimated 49 million Americans already have the gear and broadband connections needed to receive IPTV, and this will allow for…