VIDEO HUB blog

Ran across this from unmediated.

JD Lasica from ourmedia.org is trying to put together a set of easy to use tools to get people up and running with citizen journalism.

His wish includes:

* Out-of-the-box community publishing solution based on an extension of either the base code for Drupal or ArmchairGM (which supports the Openserving.com initiative).

* Set of widgets that are customizable and of particular value to sites publishing community news, political events and related topics.

* Customizable templates (sleek, CSS-ready) with mastheads, themes and graphic icons that can be adapted to different localities, regardless of CMS or platform.

* Multimedia publishing tool (free, cross-platform) for distributing videos, podcasts and photos to multiple hosting destinations.

* Instant feeds: RSS and Media RSS.

* Google Maps configured for use by local communities.

* CMS modules or capabilities: Advancedsearch, navigation controls, social networks and groups, community chat, customized blog posts, comments, forums or message boards.

* Preconfigured online video which allows people to publish to local channels based on tags or a structured ontology. If you're a community publisher in Boise, you may wish to create channels about the city council, crime, recreation, senior living, youth news, etc.

* Resource directory: Public domain and Creative Commons-licensed images and clip art.

* Wiki plug-ins so wikis can be integrated into the local sites to spur community involvement in structuring solutions to local issues.

* Tutorials and screencasts: Detailed guides on how other local sites successfully use Web 2.0 tools and databases in their communities.

The full article can be could found here.

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unmediated posted an article from dembot, which reads like a "where are they now?" VH1 special of online video...

TOP TEN REASONS WHY VIDEO PLATFORMS FAIL:

1. Insubstantial library of content
2. Poor bit rates
3. Lack of innovation (clone platform)
4. No share in content ownership rights
5. No exclusivity of content distribution
6. Lack of spark/spirit for a centralized community
7. Need for users to d/l proprietary software
8. Awkward interface design
9. Overly excessive emphasis on rights protection
10. Lack of technological foresight & audience expectations

The rest of the article is worth reading too.

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The folks at unmediated highlight efplighting.com, a site with some good tutorials on how to light subjects for interviews among other things. It could be useful for some of the educational modules for the Hub, although we are still on the lookout for a good tutorial on best practices for shooting cellphone video.

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The 3GSM World Congress is happening in Barcelona this week, and the BBC is covering it.

They've also put together a list of some companies to keep track of in the coming year. Not surprisingly, there are a number of companies offering services for user generate content producers.

UK based, YoSpace has created See Me TV - sort of like a YouTube for mobile phones, but creators get paid each time their content is viewed.

Tocmag allows users to create "magazines" that can be downloaded to mobile phones. I haven't been able to see anything since my Treo 650 doesn't seem to be able to render the wml properly, but if anyone gets a chance to check it out, let me know how it is.

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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 request have you gotten this week?

This article from unmediated, goes into further detail.

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Re-Remediated (again) from unmediated, who got it from JD at Social Media.

Our friend from blip.tv, Mike Hudack, wrote an article a with some handy guidlines at Video Vertigo:.

• Aggregators should always identify the individual show, videoblog or video podcast in their index, and include a link to the appropriate site for that show. When possible, the link should be to the show's own Web site, when that's impossible the link should be to the show's presence on a service provider's Web site.

• Aggregators should always conduct video playback in the video's original player, rather than the aggregator's player. ...

• In one way or another the aggregator should make clear that the video content they're displaying is aggregated, and not originally uploaded to the aggregator's Web site.

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