user-generated content Articles

User-generated content (UGC) covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005, having arose in web publishing and new media content production circles. Its use for a wide range of applications, including problem processing, news, gossip and research, reflects the expansion of media production through new technologies that are accessible and affordable to the general public. All digital media technologies are in...

The Death of User-Generated Online Video Content?

AccuStream iMedia Research believes that the end of the user-generated content era is close at hand as outlined in their recent report Pro Online Video Views 1998–2012. Last year, they say, there was a 25% increase in prodfessionally produced content on the web. This content ...

Online Video Marketing's Legal Issues – Interview With Jonathan Moskin

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews attorney and intellectual property expert, Johnathan Moskin, on what are the most important legal issues today with online video marketing, and what all businesses should educate themselves on before publishing and promoting their video content on the Web.

Online Video Dictionary - Review of Wordia Video Dictionary

Wordia n. Pronunciation: ˈwərdia-ə,hī- 1) A website dedicated to allowing users to create videos to be used as definitions of words. Self-proclaimed 'democratic visual dictionary.' Owned by awesome television; half television production company, half software company, led by television development producer Edward Baker. What is ...

Search Engines Use UGC To Improve Video Search

As you likely have heard, Youtube recently a new annotations feature that basically enables video creators to add add background information to a video hosted on Youtube. You can also use the annotations to link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within ...

Top Music Acts Turn To User Generated Online Video

So, today I saw 2 specific announcements to related to this. The first was an email that I received from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and the second was an announcement today from Radiohead, who is sponsoring an online contest for fans to produce ...

Live Mobile Video Streaming Meets Local GPS Mapping

In our online video predictions for 2008, we touch briefly on the fast growing convergence between online video and local search. In the past year or so, several announcements were made with respect to local - meets - online multimedia: Several internet yellow page sites ...

Professionally Published Video Sites - 33.5 Billion Views In 2007

AccuStream Research: Professionally Published Online Video up 50.3% in '07 to 33.5 Billion Views Online video views (streams and progressive downloads) delivered through professionally branded sites increased 50.3% in 2007 to 33.5 billion, according to a research study published by AccuStream iMedia Research. Online Video ...

Women Enjoy Network TV Online, Men Enjoy CGM

Nielson has released the results of a major study of online viewing habits. The study found that women are twice as likely as men to tune into network television on the web. Men 18-34 are twice as likely as women to watch user-generated content on ...

Yellow Pages Site Launches User Generated Video Reviews.

Today Putlocal.com announced the launch of their new "Video Review Profit-Sharing Program", which pays video makers for their opinions. Putlocal.com (http://www.putlocal.com), the online video local yellowpages site, has officially announced the launch of their new "Local Video Review Profit-Sharing Program". Putlocal is asking video makers ...

User Generated Video Popularity Research

New research released by Accustream iMedia Research, titled "UGV 2005 - 2008: Mania Meets Mainstream" report, demonstrates that user generated video (UGV) views for 2007 were up more than 70% over 2006 with a total of 22 billion views world-wide for 2007 Here is a ...

Wikipedia Adds Online Video With Kaltura

Wikimedia is partnering with the collaborative video service Kaltura to start rolling out video to Wikimedia sites. Wikimedia and Kaltura have begun a process aimed at bringing rich-media collaboration to Wikipedia and other wiki websites. The vision of this project is to enable the Wikipedia ...

Neulio Platform for User Generated Training Videos

New Neulio Platform Optimizes Online Instruction by Enabling Multi-Lesson Audio/Video Courses with Integrated Quiz Builder. UPDATE - Looks like they've gone BYE BYE Neulio has announced the launch of a public beta of its new hosted platform for user-generated training, instructional, and how-to content. Unlike ...