Enter the Blogosphere

Notes

Introduction

About blip.tv

• dates

• founders

• software

• status

• http://blip.tv/

Platform

• video hosting

• transcoding

• html embedding

• cross-posting

• syndication

• advertising

(oh, and it's free)

Who uses us?

Go to the blip.tv homepage, and see the featured sites. Here's a handful of blip.tv shows in different genres.

• Vloggers

• Josh Leo (http://joshleo.com/)

• Steve Garfield (http://stevegarfield.com/)

• Amanda Congdon (http://amandacongdon.com/)

• Beach Walks with Rox (http://beachwalks.tv/)

• Humor

• Ze Frank (http://zefrank.com/)

• Mark Day (http://markdaycomedy.blip.tv/ )

• Galacticast (http://galacticast.com/)

• Dotboom (http://dotboom.ca)

• Unleashed (http://unleashed.tv/)

• Goodnight Burbank (http://goodnightburbank.com/)

• Drama

• Heathens (http://heathens.blip.tv/)

• Break a Leg (http://breakaleg.tv/)

• The In-Betweens of Holly Malone (http://ontheleesh.blip.tv/)

• The Burg (http://theburg.tv/)

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• Citizen Journalism/Activism/Environmentalism

• Alive in Baghdad (http://aliveinbaghdad.org/)

• Terra (http://lifeonterra.com/)

• Sexworkers Present (http://sexworkerspresent.blip.tv/)

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... and cooking shows, (Fearless Cooking, Spices of Life) instructional videos (Make, GardenFork), news commentary (Wallstrip, Political Lunch), tech news (GeekTV) etc.

You will need

• camera

• studio gear

• movie editing tools (iMovie, Windows Media Maker, Final Cut, Premiere etc)

• web browser

• an idea

• star quality

• lots of time

Things to think about

• technically demanding

• you need to know

  • something about camerawork (lighting, composition etc)

editing software

editing techniques

time consuming

• resource intensive – fast processors, big disks

• need to shoot lots to get the material you need

Why would you do it?

• because you want to (as a learning experience, or for fun)

• because you can do something you can't do any other way

What else could you do?

• text blog

• MP3 podcast

Who's in the field?

• Blip.tv (http://blip.tv/)

• YouTube (http://youtube.com/)

• Revver (http://revver.com/)

• Brightcove (http://brightcove.com/)

• Veoh (http://veoh.com/)

• VideoEgg (http://videoegg.com)

• DailyMotion (http://dailymotion.com/)

and many more.

What to look for in a hosting service?

• video serving

• availability/speed

• video quality (transcode quality)

• advertising

• syndication/crossposting

Resources

• http://freevlog.org

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/

• http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/blip-users/