Videography Article - March 19th
Online Video Service Shortcuts
By Jon Leland
Although some video professionals enjoy staying up with the latest variables (software tools, new codecs, etc.), others will be served through relationships with service providers.
The amazing evolution of the online video world is accelerating. New announcements are unrelenting (which is why I frequently add VidWeb Bits to this column); and recently there has been a flurry of activity in what you might call the "service sector" of the video-streaming business. Compression specialist encoding.com (www.encoding.com) has extended its services with a new tape-free, digital video Web site called MediaUpgrade.com, and they have also announced a new strategic relationship with video hosting specialist InterVu. The full-service facility and online video channel developer TV on the Web, meanwhile (www.tvontheweb.com), has taken an equity investment from Ampex Corp. while also expanding its channel offerings. Its new video Web offerings include the Business Uncut news channel through a new relationship with PRNewswire, and the Internet Channel, through an expanded relationship with the Internet service provider PSINet. (TV onthe Web is also host to the Videography-sponsored Producer's Channel.)
Because these developments can affect how video professionals put their productions on the Internet, this month's Video Web column will attempt to put them in perspective. And for further clarification, I got electronic input (via E-mail, of course) from encoding.com's Minister of Order and Reason, Martin Tobias, and from TV onthe Web's Chairman and CEO, Dave Gardy.
Overview
The Video Web--March 1999
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