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Just wanted to let you know that we have expanded the QCC blog. We will be including more stories from more souces then before. We will post up to 6 articles a day from up to 6 different sources. More technology, more about video post production, more about editing and Final cut Pro. Just more of everything. Stay tuned the expanded coverage starts tomorrow morning
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Valley Girls Set to Debut
Valley Girls Set to Debut
Jesse Draper to host Valley Girls
Anand Rajaraman
Anand Rajaraman
Kosmix
Jim Louderback at Digg MeetUp
Nielsen Online Video Analytics
Nielsen Online Video Analytics
Jon Gibs on www.beet.tv
Rafat Ali at Advertising 2.0
This is where the blog goes.
Hip Hop Artist Chamillionaire Sees Massive “Demand for Content”…..”Ridin’ Dirty” Has 4 Million Downloaded Ringtones!
Artists like platinum-selling superstar rapper Chamilllionaire are taking advantage of the new opportunities on video sharing and social network sites to build reputation and business.
I interviewed him earlier this week at Advertising 2.0 in New York. He says that reality TV is indicative of consumer demand for video about people’s lives. He says that includes stars like himself. So, he’s taken to traveling with a videographer. He says there is big demand for content.
Chamillionaire told me as a result of his online presence, he has sold $4 million ring tones from his song “Ridin’ Dirty.” He says this is the most ringtones sold by a rap artist.
I will catch up with rapper in Hollywood on Tuesday. He will be on panel moderated at OnHollyood moderated by Quincy Jones, III.
— Andy Plesser
Level3 has 30X Utilization of CDN Product in 12 Months
Level3 has 30X Utilization of CDN Product in 12 Months
I caught up with Lisa Guillaume, VP at Level3 last week at Streaming Media East.
She told me the company has vastly expanded its offering in the CDN space since it entered the industry last year. She she told me in its first year, the company has increased capacity of its products by a factor of 30. As an owner of an backbone networks, she explains that Level3 can offer a variety of services cost effectively.
— Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Monday, May 26, 2008
Adobe Media Player is Open to “Longtail Publishers,” Too
Adobe Media Player is Open to “Longtail Publishers,” Too
Adobe’s newly introduced desktop application for video, Adobe Media Player, features content from mostly big publishers like CBS. But it’s a platform for long tail producers too, Beet.TV has learned.
The platform allows consumption of videos from any show that has media RSS feed, according to Deeje Cooley, Adobe’s Chief Internet TV Evangelist and co-creator of the Adobe Media Player.
This is similar to iTunes where there are both bona fide publishers and smaller publishers who’s shows are simply searched and pulled via media RSS.
Getting users to a show on the Adobe Media Player, which involves an initial file download, is being made easier by a sort of widget or “badge” which publishers can use around the Web. Once a user clicks on the “badge” they are brought through the download process and directly to a subscription. The badges are just coming online.
I caught up with Deeje earlier this month at Streaming Media East.
— Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Friday, May 30, 2008
Mefeedia Builds Custom Video Pages with RSS
Mefeedia is one of the first to index and organize video podcasts. Today, the Burbank-based company is building a business by aggregated videos onto various special interest video channels which it is seeking to monetize with advertising.
Mefeedia doesn’t host videos, it uses an algorithm to organize the feeds and pulls the various players to the site.
I caught up with Frank Sinton in Hollywood earlier this month.
To get indexed in Mefeedia, you just need a an RSS feed of your show.
— Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Sunday, May 25, 2008
Adobe Media Player is Open to “Longtail Publishers,” Too
Adobe Media Player is Open to “Longtail Publishers,” Too
Adobe’s newly introduced desktop application for video, Adobe Media Player, features content from mostly big publishers like CBS. But it’s a platform for long tail producers too, Beet.TV has learned.
The platform allows consumption of videos from any show that has media RSS feed, according to Deeje Cooley, Adobe’s Chief Internet TV Evangelist and co-creator of the Adobe Media Player.
This is similar to iTunes where there are both bona fide publishers and smaller publishers who’s shows are simply searched and pulled via media RSS.
Getting users to a show on the Adobe Media Player, which involves an initial file download, is being made easier by a sort of widget or “badge” which publishers can use around the Web. Once a user clicks on the “badge” they are brought through the download process and directly to a subscription. The badges are just coming online.
I caught up with Deeje earlier this month at Streaming Media East.
— Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Friday, May 30, 2008
Current Online Video Streams Up 50% in April, Nielsen
Current Online Video Streams Up 50% in April, Nielsen
Current TV has growing online video audience, but numbers are still modest. The cable/satellite network launched a separate online presence in October. According to the latest Nielsen Online data, the site had 513,000 unique visitors in April and 166,000 video streams viewed.
The video streams were up from 99,000 in March. The low traffic may be part of the challenge the Al Gore-backed media company is having in building revenue.
Note: Nielsen numbers are not the same as the company’s internal traffic numbers which have been significantly higher in past months.
For an explanation of how Current is building its online community, I spoke with Robin Sloan. Current’s New Media Futurist. We chatted earlier this month at Digital Hollywood.
Below is pretty cool video piece on Current.com of travel blogger Brett Snyder. Some useful information here.
— Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Wednesday, May 28, 2008