Youtube releases their CRUD

A lot has already been said about the enhanced version of the Youtube APIs and their threat to “traditional video platforms”. See refs below as well as Youtube’s own take.
In a quick summary, Youtube now allows developers to integrate with their encoding and video delivery platform, including without the “chrome” i.e. in a non-Youtube branded [...]

Monetising and Monetizing

Last Friday I was at a thankfully excellent conference by the UK’s Guardian newspaper. After the usual, entertaining MySpace and Google/Youtube keynotes, I really enjoyed a presentation by Suranga Chandratillake, CEO/founder, Blinkx. As well as having something like 148 slides, which kept the A/V operators on their toes, it was a terrific history lesson on [...]

Passion in the workplace

Last week of February 2008, pondering corporate mission, vision and strategy I woke up to see a lorry outside my hotel window. Written in huge letters on it - Passionate about Laundry.
Passionate. About Laundry. Well I suppose its good that they are. But then again, in the streaming industry, so are a lot of us. The following [...]

Favourite online video of 2007

The webteam at the European Parliament surprised a lot of us with this video of creative genius promoting their annual prize. As they say on their website, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought honour[s] individuals or organisations for their efforts on behalf of human rights and fundamental freedoms and against oppression and injustice.
Frankly, [...]