Happy 5th B-Day, YouTube. Here's a Pile of Steaming Poo....

By Corey Kronengold, February 17th, 2010

Happy birthday to everyone’s favorite video site, YouTube. What? Its NOT everyone’s favorite video site? Did I read Dan Rayburn’s blog about it? He said what?

To Mark YouTube’s 5th birthday, StreamingMedia’s Dan Rayburn bequeaths them a gift of a big steaming pile dog poo, reminding us all not how great YouTube is, but rather, [...]

February 17th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: News, Streaming, Video Portals, Web 2.0, editorial, rants, technology | One comment

The Problem With UGC Isn't Quality

By Ben Homer, July 22nd, 2009

There is a major misconception about User Generated Content which I see again and again among those involved in this space. The issue as summed up most recently by Mark Suster, a partner at VC firm GRP Partners is that “most UGC is crap and that’s the biggest problem with it”. This simply is not [...]

July 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Content, User Generated, Video Portals, editorial, video syndication | Leave a comment

YouTube Fact vs. Fiction

By Ben Homer, July 20th, 2009

YouTube has taken exception to some of the many assumptions commonly made by those in the media referring to their business model or lack thereof and has fired back in a blog post detailing “top 5 YouTube myths.”

Dan Rayburn does a pretty good job of ripping them apart in the Streaming Media Blog, and frankly [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: CDNs, Content, News, User Generated, Video Portals, advertising, video syndication | One comment

YouTube isn’t Dead; Alley Insider’s Integrity Is.

By Ben Homer, April 9th, 2009

Alley Insider today has a post written by Ben Wayne, CEO of Fliqz titled YouTube is Doomed.

But before I get into why this unlabeled editorial is incorrect, I think the lack of journalistic integrity here on the part of Alley Insider should be directly pointed out.

Hand it to a site started by Henry Blodget, [...]

April 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: News | 6 comments

White House Drops YouTube Over Privacy Concerns

By Ben Homer, March 2nd, 2009

How much is your privacy worth? We may not think about it most of the time, but while YouTube is free to watch, it’s not cost-free to deliver, and the price we’re paying is in personal information.

Now, CNet reports that as a result of privacy complaints the White House has stopped using YouTube’s video [...]

March 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Content, News, Privacy | 3 comments
 
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