Archive for Video
A history of YouTube
August 4th, 2008 • Internet, Video
Started watching this, and couldn’t stop. Wonderful.
Kermie does Ice Cube
April 4th, 2008 • Video
LiveLeak withdraws Fitna
March 29th, 2008 • Life, Video
I’m a LiveLeak addict. So it’s no surprise that, along with three million other people, I ended up watching Fitna, the 17-minute film from Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Today, the video has been removed after the LiveLeak team received ‘threats to our staff of a very serious nature’.
They go on to explain:
“This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net…. We would like to thank the thousands of people from all backgrounds and religions who gave us their support… We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high.”
I suppose we can safely assume that the threats will now arrive at the door of Google.
Shlock Horror Pastiche In Good Movie Shocker
March 23rd, 2008 • Life, Video
I should have hated it, but didn’t. After loathing every minute of Tarantino’s Deathproof on DVD last weekend, I wasn’t exactly rushing to watch its Grindhouse partner, Planet Terror. But then the skies over London opened this weekend, and sheer boredom forced the Robert Rodriguez 70s b-movie homage into the player.
I loved it. After laughing and jumping in equal measure throughout the 90 minutes, I began to wonder why Rodriguez succeeded while Tarantino failed. It’s not that the former is obviously the better director (Spy Kids 3? Gimme a break…).
Perhaps it’s something to do with balance - Deathproof’s b-movieness overwhelmed the film itself. Ask me the plot now (or a memorable moment, for that matter) and I couldn’t. Planet Terror, on the other hand, has more than pastiche - it has pace, humour, frights and the odd decent line of script. It doesn’t buckle under its own weight. Go grab the disc.
Think you’re fast?
March 21st, 2008 • Video
Pure Boy’s Own, and one of the coolest things I’ve seen in ages.
Honda F1 were kind enough to let my colleagues at Autocar lose on their priceless hardware for a lap or two at Silverstone. Most rookies can barely get the car out of the pits - Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe managed a time that was within spitting distance of Honda’s lead test driver. Astonshing stuff, and an amazing five minutes.
Watch it here.
Media 2.0 = Snowballs
January 19th, 2008 • Internet, Media, Video
Tags: Music, Video
According to Yahoo’s VP of Video and Media Applications, the revolution has already happened. Ian Rodgers reckons the only option left for the music and video business is in ‘leveraging the scale of the web’. Read more »
Goodbye Sky, Hello 360-Vision?
January 8th, 2008 • Life, Technology, Video
Tags: Life, Technology, Video
Now this could be good news. I’m quietly resenting my growing monthly Sky bill, and have been chewing on alternatives. But given the fact that Virgin doesn’t rock my boat, alternatives seem thin on the ground.
Then, my XBox 360 became something else. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it was partnering with BT (of all people) to turn every 360 into a full-on cable box. As one of my colleagues over at Stuff.tv explains:
The announcement means that BT Broadband customers can get on-demand TV programmes and movies streamed (for a fee) to their TV without the need for a set-top box. They can also watch any of BT’s 242 ‘near-live’ Premiership football matches using the Xbox 360.
This is seriously joyous. Call Of Duty 4 and West Ham all from one box… does life get any better?
Podcasts: not so cool in Yahoo’s world
September 27th, 2007 • Social, Video
Tags: podcasts, Video, web2.0, web3.0
The video boom appears to have claimed another head - podcasts. As part of its ‘100-Day Review’ instigated by its new(ish) CEO, the company has decided to pull the shutters on its podcast search service…
The podcast section will be silenced Oct. 31, according to a notice posted on Yahoo’s Web site. It joins several other features that Yahoo has scrapped as it tries to snap out of a financial funk that has depressed its stock price and triggered a reshuffling of top management.
V-loggers edge closer to prime time
September 23rd, 2007 • Internet, Media, Video
Tags: publishing, Video
I think we can all draw this curve. Technology gets to a point where creating and distributing your video is open to everyone. Shortly after, Darwin strolls into the room, makes a declaration, and some fall by the wayside. But those left after natural selection has done its thing begin to grow.In particular, they start crawling uphill, toward the big piles of money on the crest. As they do, they sprout the trappings of their established peers, with advertising, distribution deals and a whole world of star-related swapsies.So no surprise today to hear that one of the original and best v-logs, Rocketboom, has cozied up to one of the hottest video networks, Blip.tv:
Rocketboom joins a growing crowd of other top videoblogs that can be found on Blip.tv, including Wallstrip, TreeHugger TV, Alive in Baghdad, and Goodnight Burbank. As with most of those shows, the relationship between Rocketboom and blip.tv is not exclusive.
Rocketboom Moves to Blip.tvI’m hearing that. When we launched the Stuff.tv Show, it was an experiment - include it in the new site, and see if it floats. Nine months later, and it’s in the iTunes Top 20, and has just gone live as a channel on Joost.
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