:: LNR Journalism ::

WSJ's #WorldStream: An internal video-filing app goes public

Niemanlab :: While WorldStream aims to be a way for viewers to get a potpourri of fresh video content, it is first and foremost an internal newsroom tool that the Journal has opted to make public. Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor for the newspaper online, says he had long been looking for a way to, er, streamline the filing process for video.

Backstage - A report by Adrienne LaFrance, www.niemanlab.org

More streaming video for Amazon Prime: Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica

paidContent :: Amazon Prime Instant Video and NBCUniversal expanded their content licensing agreement to include new shows like “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood” and “Battlestar Galactica.”

A report by Laura Hazard Owen, paidcontent.org

Accessible content: Web TV needs to have captions starting next month, the FCC rules

GigaOM :: Deaf and hard-of-hearing web video viewers have long pressed for a faster adoption of closed captioning, and it looks like the FCC got their back: Content also shown on TV will have to have closed captions when streamed online starting next month, the commission recently ruled.

A report by Janko Roettgers, gigaom.com

Huffington Post launches HuffPost Live web video news channel

AllThingsD :: HuffPo Live - if you’ve watched the streaming video that other newspapers and Web sites have put out, you’ll have a good idea of what to expect at 10 am ET today: Something that approximates the form of cable news, but with Webbier sensibilities and production values.

A review by Peter Kafka, allthingsd.com

RTL, ProSiebenSat1 not allowed to launch a joint VOD platform; complaints about YouTube movies channel

The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf recently confirmed a verdict of the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office, FCO) to prevent a joint VOD (video on demand) platform of ProSiebenSat1 and RTL because of their dominant duopoly in the market for television advertising. German DER SPIEGEL reports that the media conglomerates complain about Google's launch of its movies channel on YouTube, a VOD platform, which offers synchronized versions of the movies as well.

"Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf bestätigt Untersagung der Online-Video-Plattform von RTL und ProSiebenSat.1" - Continue to read here (in German) Press Release, bundeskartellamt.de

"Warum hat das Bundeskartellamt die Online-Videoplattform Pro7/RTL untersagt?" - A summary (in German) of the FCO decision, by Johannes Zöttl, kartellblog.de

"Privatsender kritisieren YouTube" - Continue to read here (in German) DER SPIEGEL, 08-12-2012

 

 

Stipple it: Your image can now travel the web, and you still know where it will be published

AdAge :: Every time someone pins, clips, grabs or post your images, disseminating them around the internet, it should be a good thing for the brands whose products are finding more eyeballs. One problem: Once the image is shared, the data associated with the image such as price and availability are gone.

Stipple-it offers a solution to this problem:

A review by David Teicher, adage.com

YouTube: Invite to reuse and remix the 4m Creative Commons-licensed videos

YouTube blog :: Four million creative commons videos on YouTube are just waiting to be reused, remixed, and reimagined—more videos than anywhere else in the world. Since the Creative Commons video library launch on YouTube a year ago, you’ve added more than 40 years’ worth of video to the mix. Anyone, anywhere can edit, build on and republish the library’s videos for free thanks to the Creative Commons Attribution license, otherwise known as CC BY.

Did you know? - Continue to read here Cathy Casserly, youtube-global.blogspot.de

Crowdsourced mobile 'reporting': Vyclone mashes video views together for an equal-length clip

Business Insider :: Two years ago, British musician Joe Sumner approached his relative David King Lassman with an idea. He noticed on tour that a lot of fans took mobile videos during concerts. There'd be hundreds of videos on YouTube from a single event, but there was no way to connect them all.

A report by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com

Autodesk buys mobile video shooting star Socialcam for $60m

AllThingsD :: Socialcam, the quick-growing mobile video start-up, has quickly found a buyer. Autodesk, known for its CAD visual effects software, has agreed to buy Socialcam in a deal worth approximately $60 million, both companies said. They said they expect the deal to close within 30 days.

Continue to read Liz Gannes, allthingsd.com

Dailymotion is in pact with Yahoo for video syndication

Beet.TV :: Video-sharing site DailyMotion has pacted with Yahoo on a syndication deal for video, says Daniel Adams, VP International Content at Dailymotion, during the recent Beet.TV Global Video Summit at the BBC Worldwide. DailyMotion also works with MSN and other portals in deals that call for DailyMotion to sell the ads and share the ad revenue.

Watch the video here Daisy Whitney, www.beet.tv

HT: Anna Heim, The Next Web