Monday, November 5, 2007

More interviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3_nao3rZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3-LBenlzkM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYtu63_uDE

Congressional Committee Hearing
Talking about 3 of YouTube's goals: promoting community, advancing democracy, and driving economic growth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVUYNAt8jYs

Links to YouTube Founder interviews

Here are some clips from interviews with the YouTube founders:

"We see ourselves as creating a stage for anyone to participate on." YouTube--a place to be seen and found, especially in a commercial sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E6E9q8Jebw

Another one about what YouTube is about: discussion of what they expected vs what happened and what they thought they got right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsBHJffC2h4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyOSwxNF9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RpsimqW9s

YouTube Founders interview with Wired Magazine on issues of copyright and content searching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKb1n5u7RE&NR=1

Interview with a YouTube user on what he thinks YouTub is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylE0UAChVUo
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

YouTube Launches Chinese Language Site for Taiwan

http://mashable.com/2007/10/18/youtube-taiwan/

YouTube has launched a new Chinese language site designed specifically for Taiwan.In addition to user-generated content, the site features video from local media partners, including China Television Co., Sanlih E-Television Co., Lion Travel Service Co. and Taiwan Broadcasting System.
According to reports, Taiwan has been encouraging users to upload videos to YouTube (previously through the English version) to promote goodwill for the country, which has often been at odds with China.
Could today’s launch be the reason we earlier received reports that YouTube is currently being blocked in China? It would make sense given the tense political climate between the two countries, and China has become notorious for blocking websites.

Carey targets 'stupid' stuff with new site

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i0c86abe9c72f2e6ef119bc756dc03db3

NEW YORK -- Coinciding with his first day of hosting "The Price Is Right," Drew Carey and the nonprofit think tank Reason Foundation launched a Web site Monday that will present short documentary videos about current issues.Reason.tv will feature journalistic videos, hosted by Carey, focusing on such subjects as eminent domain, drug laws and immigration. The Web site also will have community features that will share videos and communicate with the Cleveland-born comedian."We need Reason to help fight the stupid drug laws, the stupid immigration laws and stupid big government in general," Carey said.The first video, released Monday, looks at the problem of traffic congestion in Los Angeles, with Carey escorting a gridlock-plagued worker to his office via helicopter.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Kaltura Launches

From: Shay David <shay.david@Kaltura.com>
Date: September 21, 2007 7:38:26 PM EDT
To: shay.david@Kaltura.com
Subject: Wikis-meet-YouTube: Kaltura Launches and wins TechCruch40's People's Choice Award

Dear friends,
i'm happy to report that Kaltura has launched, allowing groups of users for the first time to do with video, audio, and animation what wiki platforms enable them to do with text. check it out at: http://www.kaltura.com
I'm even happier to report that we're seeing early signs of success already. competing against 99 other companies, we have won the TC40 people's choice award on our first day out, and we're getting lot's of coverage. http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/static/news and see our press release below.

I encourage you to sign up for kaltura, if you have not done so already, produce a few collaborative group videos, invite your friends to upload clips, remix it all up, and share it with the world. it's fun and free, and it's really the next step in user-generated-content. we're also always looking for cool ideas, and for partnerships with individuals and companies that can make innovative use of our platform. if you have some ideas, send them my way. I want to thank all the people that had given us such valuable feedback during the closed beta testing. further thoughts and comments are always welcome,

cheers,
shay.
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Shay David
CTO, Kaltura Inc.
m: +1 (646) 262 9144
e: shay.david@kaltura.com
w: http://www.kaltura.com

From Helen

Jakob's email address
jakob@vimeo.com

Link from Helen
http://www.thenextlayer.org/GoodbyePrivacy

David Shay's email address

shay.david@Kaltura.com