Which company would you choose to host your video podcast and why?
Am I on the right track? Do you like these two? Any others? Why?
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http://photofocus.com/2009/04/01/what-does-tos-mean-anyway/
After you have read that article, you might have dropped of the Vimeo idea a bit. Myself I love blip.tv, if you upload your files in an iPhone / iTouch ready format, blip.tv will create an mobile device friendly webpage with all your videos on it. Just click a video and it will start streaming. You can also embed those videos on a webpage, and make them still viewable like with YouTube videos.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10106558-233.html
I wonder though. Why not think of Youtube? they recently upped there Standard Quality and it looks pretty, there are also options for HD video. Youtube has a big audience, and they have the mobile apps so most mobile devices would be able to support them, by visiting YouTube mobile. Or an app on there phone.
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Basically it came down to ease of use, set up time, and quality of video. The video quality was much better than all of the other sites.
You can sign up for tubemogul which is a service that will upload your video to tons of different video sharing sites you choose and then you can go take a look at the quality yourself. Blip.tv is the best in my opinion and offers the most.
TubeMogul is www.tubemogul.com and of course, www.blip.tv
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Nice answer.
You say it's not good for a one-off show? Could you elaborate on that?
@wdawe: robbrown's answer was a one-off, not a series of episodes, which is why it deserves to be posted to YouTube--so it makes perfect sense why he'd host it there. Thanks for the video answer, @robbrown.
@philipy: I think he's saying that YouTube's great for a one-off "show" if by "show" you mean "post." I'm interested in doing a series of video podcasts, not just a one-time post about whatever. It's designed to be episodic, like TWiT, TWiSt, Diggnation, Wine Library TV, Buzz Out Loud, and others. I think he said that because blip.tv is designed for that kind of content and built its business model around it, whereas YouTube's model is more general, like "post your video and share it with the world." Does that make sense? I get the sense that blip.tv is more about building a tv show, and youtube is more about guys falling off skateboards and smashing their nuts into a high tension wire:
But robbrown you posted your response on Youtube! Doesn't that demo your argument?
Of course, there are also downsides to YouTube. Accounts getting suspended because of false flagging perhaps the biggest right now.
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You use your Wordpress.com account to upload video (it is a premium upgrade for $59.97/year) and it's the best quality you can get.
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http://www.libsyn.com
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I read the TOS for blip.tv and really like their view: your content is yours. We don't advertise on it unless you say it's cool, and even then, you get to choose how we advertise on there. And, we split the revenue with you 50/50. They're very up front about the fact that they just want to be the service that shares your video the way you want it and everything is in your control. I love that.
I guess I kinda left YouTube out of the running because all of the other video podcasts I watch are not hosted on YouTube, so there's a perception I have of "there must be a reason why." I'm certainly open to giving it another look.
The video podcasts I typically watch are:
this week in startups, this week in tech, cranky geeks, dl.tv, gary vaynerchuk, wine library tv, geekbrief.tv, and a bunch of stuff from Revision3.
Funny enough, I just read the TOS for YouTube and it's about as draconian as Vimeo. From section 6(c):
6. Your User Submissions and Conduct
c. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the YouTube Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The above licenses granted by you in User Videos terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Videos from the YouTube Website. You understand and agree, however, that YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.
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So basically it sounds like Vimeo: any content you upload can be used by us to make cash without you receiving a dime. Has this happened before? I don't know--but I do know that everyone knows that famous "dog on skateboard" video that was used to promote the YouTube application for the original iPhone. Not sure if the owner of that video got any cash, but I bet YouTube did.