Monthly Archives: November 2008

UGC – Just Anoter Loss Leader. Ask YouTube…

Image via Wikipedia YouTube, the UGC (user generated content) revolutionary platform, the site that changed forever the world of online video, the second biggest acquisition of Google, is admitting, implicitly, that UGC is dead. At least business-wise. UGC was the main focus of internet video for years. Those poorly lit, shot and edited videos, which [...]

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Web Show Production Guide

NYTVF did this great panel about web show production: The Web Series Producer’s Guide Panelists include my buddy Bill Cammack, FYI CEO Paul Kontonis (who made a very smart business decision to hire Kathryn Velvel Jones as VP of branded and sponsored entertainment), TubeMogul’s CEO Bret Willson and others. I wonder how come blip.tv were [...]

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Morning Smile – A Diary of a Freelance Hitman

Sometimes there are those shows that just make you smile. Daniel Ravner, an online video addict, who writes a local blog, did one of those . I m a huge crime film fan – look at this short video, so it definitely hit a chord… Film Noir Parody – Diary of a Freelance Hitman – [...]

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Mazal Tov Boxee!

The guys from Boxee, the social aware set top box software, just announced that they’ve raised $4M from Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. The company was selected to present its amazing product at Rosh Pina Festival, earlier this month. The company managed to use their friends and family money in a very smart way, [...]

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Book Recommendation – Real World Video Compression

Would you believe that I will find myself reading a book about video compression and enjoying it? Video compression is not the most exciting topic in the world to say the least. Too much technical terms, formats, codecs and applications makes it something I really hate doing. However, video compression has a huge effect on [...]

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