The document summarizes various online video and broadcasting sites from the 2000s. It describes several major video sharing sites like YouTube, which allowed users to upload and view videos, and Vimeo, which focused on higher quality uploads. It also outlines streaming video services like Hulu, which provided access to TV shows and movies, and Ustream, which enabled live streaming of video broadcasts. Finally, it discusses early mobile video options such as Qik, which allowed live streaming from cell phones.
1. Online Video and Broadcasting Danielle Kane Research Librarian for Emerging Technologies and Service Innovation UC Irvine Libraries Lunch2.0 August 2009
3. Type of Site: MPEG-4 Video hosting service Registration: Required to upload, rate, and comment on videos, no registration needed to view videos Video: Playback: Adobe Flash Player Length: 10 minutes or under File size: 2GB Format: .WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MOV, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, and .OGG. YouTube http://www.youtube.com/
4. Type of Site: Video Sharing Registration: Yes to upload Video: file types: asf, asx, avi, divx, dv, dvx, m4v, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, qt, wmv, 3g2, 3gp, 3ivx and 3vx Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/
6. Type of Site: Commercial supported streaming of TV shows and movies from networks and studios Registration: Create a queue, subscribe to shows and movies Video: Flash Video format films and shows available in high-definition provides web syndication services for other websites including AOL, MSN, MySpace, etc. Hulu http://www.hulu.com/
7. Type of Site: Community based video sharing web site Registration: Required for favorites, commenting and editing metadata Video: Clips average 90 seconds long MPEG4 (AVI, MOV or MP4) Metacafe http://www.metacafe.com/
9. Type of Site: Free video sharing website and a video search engine Registration: No Video: N/A In 2009 uploading of videos was discontinued Google Video http://video.google.com/
10. Type of Site: an entry point into web video Registration: Yes to add a video to your personal collection Video: Assigned a rating between 1 and 11depending on traffic and trackbacks Magma http://mag.ma/
12. Type of Site: Video streaming, broadcasts Registration: Optional, needed to create shows Video: A computer An internet connection A microphone Awebcam or video camera UStream http://www.ustream.tv/
13. Type of Site: Social networking, streaming video broadcasting Registration: Video: AVI, MOV, WMV, 3GP, and MPEG Audio: MP3 and WAV Images: JPEG (.jpg) and GIF (.gif) Stickam http://www.stickam.com/
14. Type of Site: Mobile Multimedia Discussion/Conversation Registration: Yes to share text, pics, video and audio Video: A computer An internet connection A microphone A webcam or video camera Your phone Utterli http://www.utterli.com/
16. Type of Site: Mobile live streaming web application that allows users to stream live video from their cell phones to the internet Registration: Yes to upload Video: Supports video streaming on many Nokia S60 phones and several phones running Windows Mobile. Data Plan Qik http://qik.com/