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Lonelygirl15 gets some "exclusive" MySpace company: The season finale of the hit web video series, Lonelygirl15, is to be available exclusively on MySpace. Lonelygirl15 already has an ad-revenue sharing deal with YouTube and Revver, so this is a major coup for the News Corp-owed social networking site. And in an interesting and innovative twist, the final...; Tags: YouTube, Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Bebo; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Vator.tv: YouTube for the elevator pitch: Bambi Francisco, a former tech reporter with MarketWatch, has taken the wraps off her new startup, Vator.tv. The name is a play on the words 'elevator' and 'innovator', as the site aims to be a social network / marketplace for startup ideas. Central to Vator.tv is the ability for startups...; Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks; Blog posts 2007-06-07
Open source movie project moves forward: A Swarm of Angels, an ambitious open source movie project that I wrote about in March, is about to move into its next phase, which should see the community grow to 5,000 paying members from just under a thousand. The aim of the project is to create a UKP 1million...; Tags: Net culture, Social Networks, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-06-06
One-stop-shop for Election 08 videos: Policlicks and Magnify.net have partnered to create a one-stop-shop for viewing online video associated with the US presidential election -- both the official efforts from campaign teams, as well as the plethora of User-Generated Content from supporters and critics alike.Utilizing the technology of Magnify, the Election 08 site "will gather,...; Tags: Politics 2.0, Video Sharing, Widgets; Blog posts 2007-05-30
YouTube starts paying 'top' users: After it was announced that YouTube had plans to share revenue with its indie content producers, over three months later, its finally happening. Only the ad-revenue sharing scheme wont be open to everybody who creates YouTube content. Instead YouTube have handpicked only the most successful indie content producers to be...; Tags: YouTube, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-05-04

SplashCast aims to take podcasting beyond iTunes: SplashCast has added a new use for its mixed media player: podcast syndication. MyPodcastNetwork enables the SplashCast player to support video or audio enclosures in any RSS feed so that users can create their own embeddable podcast channel -- which could be a single show, or a play-list of their...; Tags: Widgets, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-04-30
Lonelygirl15 spinoff to be exclusive on Bebo: The production team behind Lonelygirl15, the video blog of 15 year-old Bree, that turned out to be a fake, are to launch a spinoff called "KateModern" which will be premiere exclusively on the social networking site, Bebo.From the press release:"KateModern" will expand from the original storyline to that of a...; Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, Bebo; Blog posts 2007-04-16
YouTube spotlights presidential candidates; CBS excludes YouTube/MySpace from content deals; Can YouTube Hear Me? (update); and more: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…YouTube invites presidential candidates into the spotlight. YouTube is putting each of the US presidential hopefuls into the Spotlight; a weekly event on the video sharing site where each candidate...; Tags: YouTube, Widgets, Video Sharing, Social Networks, Politics 2.0, MySpace, Joost, Friendster; Blog posts 2007-04-13
Interview: SplashCast's Marshall Kirkpatrick: SplashCast is a service that lets users create their own streaming media channels that can combine various media including video, audio, photos, and text. The result is then packaged into SplashCasts flash-based media player so that it can be embedded on any web site, blog, or social network page. When...; Tags: Video Sharing, Widgets; Blog posts 2007-04-10
Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated? Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Google Maps goes social. Google Maps has launched a new feature called MyMaps which the company says "makes it quick and easy to create your own custom Google Maps...; Tags: YouTube, The Social Web weekly, Google, Facebook, Video Sharing, Social Networks; Blog posts 2007-04-06
Can YouTube hear me? User's campaign to get featured on the homepage: YouTube user Brandon Fletcher is on a mission. He wants the company to feature his "incredible show" idea on the sites homepage. But YouTube isnt listening. As a result, Brandon is leaving his home in New York (tomorrow at 5:30pm EST) and heading to the video sharing sites headquarters in...; Tags: YouTube, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-04-02
Viacom sues GooTube for $1Billion: In what could be described as throwing its toys out of the pram, Viacom has slapped Google with a $1Billion law suit, accusing Google-owned YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringement". In addition to compensation, Viacom has asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for an...; Tags: Google, Video Sharing, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-13
Digg gets more political; USA Today disowns readers; Wordpress supports OpenID: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Digg gets more political. Not sure how I missed this, but the social news site, Digg, has added a new section dedicated to stories covering the 08 US presidential election....; Tags: Social networking, Blogging, OpenID, USA Today, Wordpress, Digg; Blog posts 2007-03-09
Who needs iTunes? The rise of the 'indie friendly' video download store: Theres no doubt that the online video revolution is giving independent video producers unparalleled opportunities to reach an audience, together with zero-cost tools needed to publish and share their work online. However, the number one destination, YouTube -- whilst serving as a great promotional platform -- doesnt currently offer a...; Tags: Apple, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-03-07
Fox News on Second Life; YouTube presidential campaign; Explode adds new features; and more: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Fox News does a hit job on Second Life and John Edwards unofficial virtual campaign. Kirsten Powers in her first video blog for the news channel reports on Second Life,...; Tags: Politics 2.0, Second Life, The Social Web weekly, Video Sharing, Widgets, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-02
Official: BBC jumps into bed with YouTube: After it was reported that the BBC was in talks with YouTube, today the UK public service broadcaster announced that it had signed on the dotted line.Under the terms of the deal -- which is non-exclusive and will run for several years -- the Beeb will launch three channels on...; Tags: Google, YouTube, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-03-02
Has iTunes opened it doors to 'indie' film producers?: After ten months of negotiations (read: pestering), Apple has agreed to sell downloads of the indie snowboarding film, That, through the companys iTunes video download store. This is the first time that Apple has accepted content that doesnt come from an established or major distributor; essentially cutting out the middleman,...; Tags: Apple, Video Sharing, Music; Blog posts 2007-03-01
Beware the MySpace eco-system: Too many companies in the social web space have an unhealthy reliance on MySpace. The social networking site has become so popular, that companies who wigitize their service -- so that it can be embedded on MySpace user-profiles -- hope to see a significant return, both in terms of traffic...; Tags: MySpace, Video Sharing, Widgets; Blog posts 2007-02-28
Ning v2: another do-it-yourself MySpace?: Need more proof that social networking sites are becoming a commodity? Look no further than Ning version 2, dubbed: "Your Own Social Network". Its the companys latest iteration of its service which is designed to allow anybody to create and run their own social web site -- with little or...; Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Video Sharing; Blog posts 2007-02-27
Viacom to partner with Joost: Despite its well publicized spat with YouTube, Viacom is moving ahead with more plans to offer its content online, by partnering with the yet-to-be launched peer-to-peer (P2P) television service, Joost. The content made available will include television shows from MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Nickelodeon, as as feature films...; Tags: Joost, Video Sharing, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-02-20