politube.org has started broadcoasting news from a different perspective. We invite people to share their audio- and video-content with us. If for example a politician gave a speech causing some international media-hype we would like to be able to show the complete speech in a video.
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Some comprehensive notes on the engagemedia web site on distributing video on the web. Covers Player Software; Compression; Codecs; Container Formats; Standards; Mobile Devices; online distribution; broadband distribution strategy; Screening quality video; Video for viewing on computer or within the browser; Peer-to-Peer file sharing; Vodcasting; DVD and VCD distribution; Steps involved in authoring a DVD; Steps involved in making a VCD.
Also on the NGO-in-the-box web site there is an audiovisual section. Description from the web site:
The Audio and Video edition of NGO-in-a-Box is a toolkit that lowers the entry level for NGOs, non-profits and media activists wanting to use audio and video for social change. It is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, documentation and tutorials that introduce you to the world of FOSS and the low-cost technology that is transforming the balance of forces in the realm of media production.
This is an interesting iniative with loads of good information in this Transmission.cc Report report. And the video resource http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Video
ReTransmission is a gathering of citizen journalists, video makers, artists, programmers and web producers who are developing online video distribution tools for social justice and media democracy.
The Free Open Source Software community has provided a wide number of production and distribution tools on the Net, while the Creative Commons copyleft licence offers a way to share content without commercial exploitation. The event has been organised to add to the work of these and other communities to contribute to the building of real world usable tools for distributing and sharing video online.
Beyond Broadcast 2006 ‘Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture’. The panel session ‘The future of digital community.’ Rhea Mokand Director ‘listen up’
Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Rhea focuses on video production. Initially their objective was to bring together a cohesive collaborative space for youth media. They also identified a need to integrate youth media organisations within their own known networks. They have formed a partnership with the Internet archive as a means to get server space. Over time listen up has become the largest collection of youth video on the Internet. The content is made and curated by youth. Each participant has their own space on the web site to meet and discuss with others including production issues for example. The only censorship the organisers do is keep an eye on unacceptable comments. The intiative now attracts particpation from schools and community media organisations globally. The listen up site is an example of an “exclusive” online social media community.
There is an extensive audiovisual resource on the p2p foundation wiki, which has an audiovisual category. The supporting article ‘The construction of an alternative media infrastructure’ provides the ideology behind the initiative.
The Stage 6 website are working with the DivX video codec. They propose an alternative.
It’s an experiment. Like all experiments, it exists to test assumptions and answer questions. In this case, those questions are about the future of media. How do new technologies and platforms re-shape the content experience? Instead of just making things different, can digital media actually make things better? Is it possible for a video site to offer more than dogs on skateboards?