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Implications of the online video explosion
From lostremote As more niche online video makes its way on the web, it will draw large Long Tail audiences who are excited to find video programming that fits their unique interests. Read the rest of the article here.
WITNESS
March 13, 2007
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We’re looking for a Hub coordinator to join our team
In case you don’t check the WITNESS job postings, we are looking for a Hub coordinator to join our small but growing team. (job is based in Brooklyn, NY) WITNESS is seeking a dynamic Hub Coordinator to assist the Hub Manager in overseeing all community and content-related activity within the Hub site, assisting with day-to-day […]
WITNESS
March 7, 2007
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Turkey Blocks YouTube
From Slashdot. FM Reader writes “After a controversial mock-up video reportedly submitted by a Greek member about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, Turkish courts ordered the national ISPs to ban the online video service, YouTube. YouTube hostnames are currently redirected at the DNS level to a page that announces the court order.” […]
WITNESS
March 7, 2007
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YouNewsTV
From lostremote: Stations owned by Fisher Communications, Journal Broadcast Group and Granite Broadcasting will soon launch a user video initiative powered by Broadcast Interactive Media. Called YouNewsTV, it will allow users to upload their own video, which will be vetted before it appears online. Users can share the video or embed it on their own […]
WITNESS
March 5, 2007
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Forced evictions in Guatemala: whose land is it anyway? [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online – this post was written by Gavin Simpson] Land ownership and occupation are complex and highly contentious issues in many parts of Latin America, and the tropical, resource-rich plains of northeastern Guatemala are no exception. On the one hand, legal title to land […]
WITNESS
March 4, 2007
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Good Reference Page on Online Video Sites
Thanks to Lost Remote for point to this article from Read/Write Web. It’s a pretty good overview of the various online video companies competing in the YouTube space, as well as the various technologies used to deliver the videos.
WITNESS
February 16, 2007
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Ishmael Beah on Jon Stewart
Not really Hub related but I wanted to see what Comedy Central’s embedded video player looked like. Ishmael spoke at our Gala in 2005.
WITNESS
February 16, 2007
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Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online] It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let’s get straight into it… Bandh of brothers… [via Neha] [YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRLmupsVts] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members […]
WITNESS
February 14, 2007
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Veoh Relaunched
Veoh, one of the video sharing sites we looked at early on, has relaunch with a new slicker interface as well as some cool transcoding and syndication features, including automatic cross-posting to YouTube, Google, and MySpace. Here are a couple of reviews from TechCrunch and LostRemote.
WITNESS
February 13, 2007
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More on Jailed Video Blogger Josh Wolf
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything about the Josh Wolf situation. He now has the distinction of being longest incarcerated journalist in US history for contempt of court, 170 days. An article from Slashdot links to an interview with Wolf on Democracy now. Video blogger and independent journalist Josh Wolf has been in a […]
WITNESS
February 13, 2007
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MySpace’s Video Filtering Technology
While researching possible options for video filtering technology for the Hub, we came across some stuff about Audible Magic, a company that was developing a way to filter for copyrighted material. It appears that MySpace is going to use this technology for their videos. It will be interesting to see how well it works. In […]
WITNESS
February 12, 2007
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Social Network Fatigue
There are so many social networks out there already, are people beginning to tire of them? Will this have an affect on participation on the Hub? How many LinkedIn requests have you gotten this week? This article from unmediated goes into further detail.
WITNESS
February 8, 2007
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Davos, Blogging, and SecondLife
While catching up on my podcasts from The Economist, I came across an article about whether or not Bosses should Blog. It was pretty funny, especially the part about SecondLife. Guess I’m not the only one who has doubts about it. If blogging doesn’t appeal, WEF offers the suggestible chief executive another way to make […]
WITNESS
February 7, 2007
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Two Articles about Social Networking Sites for Change
In all the hubbub about video on the hub, we seem to be forgetting that a big, if not bigger, consideration should be the hub’s social networking capabilities. If people can’t connect, interact, and organize as a community, how will the hub be anything more than a bunch of videos tagged as being “human rights […]
WITNESS
February 7, 2007
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Potential Problems of Community Sites
From unmediated: When the value of a website is completely dependent upon the participation of its user community, changes made to the site that upset that community can have a very negative affect on the website. From the full article: …the relationship between users and empty vessel web services [i.e. flickr, Facebook, YouTube]is unique in […]
WITNESS
February 1, 2007
