When we first conceptualized One Minute World we had some pretty strong ideas as to what it should look like and what the programming schedule should be and how we were going to monetize it…. All that has changed. The first thing to go out the window was the programming schedule – it was too [...]
Stephen Roach, the Chief Economist for Morgan Stanley, often talks about Global Rebalancing in his essays on macro-economics. I have been thinking about the global rebalancing that is happening in information. Last week NBC in the US announced that they were laying off some 750 heads in order to cut costs. According to NPR's One [...]
We have been discussing some new ways to develop business models in the online video space over the last few months in the office here. The deal that Revver has just done in Europe is very similar in concept: Take it to TV! Come November 6th, the online video sharing site Revver will launch in [...]
Over the last couple of days there have been some interesting announcements…. Warner Music Group and YouTube have come to an agreement. Revenue sharing for ads placed in music videos…. LonelyGirl15 turned out to be a promo for a TV program so now they have moved the content to Revver so they can generate revenue [...]
Who is #1 in video on the web? You might be surprised…. According to a chart published by Business 2.0 on their blog, #1 by number of visitors is Yahoo! Followed by MySpace and then…. YouTube. And even Revver, that I thought was a big play is way down the chart with only 200,000 visitors [...]
There must be more venture capital in SV than anyone can imagine. And a lot of it going into streaming video businesses… How long can it last with gas prices going up, home prices slowing/going negative, and (same in Australia as US) savings at an all time low? And how will YouTube find a home [...]
Ok so video portals are the second coming….. yes, I know. But, hello!? Seems like every day that goes by I get an email telling me about yet another video portal. From the UK, from Australia, from somewhere on the planet. And their numbers may not look like YouTube yet, but….. All of these suffer [...]
Story on the front page of the WSJ this morning says that investment pros are moving away from risky plays into big stocks and away from consumers. There is concern about 'near term speculation' is the thrust of the story… Then on Om Malik's blog, there is a story about the Myth and Reality of [...]
Youtube started. Came from nowhere to huge numbers. Free video posting. Revver went further. Put in static ads. Now comes LuLu. You join. Pay a fee then share in the overall fee total at the end of the month depending on how many times your piece of content is viewed by everyone else. The search [...]
Seems like every time you turn around there is a new video site to review. The options are becoming endless. Who can tell the differences….? Here are four of the ones that I have come across just in the last day! Freebieboom TV Tonic Go Tu It Revver What is the diff? What is the [...]