YouTube moves into India
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under International, YouTube, India, Video | Leave a Comment
YouTube has launched a localised version of the video-sharing site for India.
YouTube India will apply ‘an Indian lens’ to filter content from the main site for an Indian audience, according to the site’s blog.
Local content partners have also been signed up to distribute their videos through the site.
WebProNews: Google and YouTube to host presidential debate
Posted on May 1, 2008 - Filed Under YouTube, google, Editors' pick, Politics | Leave a Comment
YouTube and Google will hold a live streamed forum with the American presidential candidates in September.
According to the companies the site’s will allow the users to engage in the debate in ‘important ways’.
Read More..>> Full story...Innovations in Journalism - a plug in to ease sorting through web images and video from PicLens
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, YouTube, Flickr, Innovations in Journalism, Photography, Digital video, Video, Facebook | Leave a Comment
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it’s searching easily though web images and video with PicLens.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi, I’m Alec Jeong from Cooliris.
We’ve developed PicLens, a plug-in that […]
BBC London uses YouTube for mayoral questions
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under YouTube, Video, BBC, Politics | Leave a Comment
Another news organisation getting in on the online act for next month’s London mayoral elections is the BBC with their BBC London election channel on YouTube.
London residents were asked to post video questions to candidates Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick and Ken Livingstone (not sure why the other parties aren’t included). A selection of these will […]
Reuters: French broadcaster sues YouTube
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under YouTube, france, Editors' pick | Leave a Comment
Not many details yet, but Reuters reports that French commercial broadcaster TF1 is suing YouTube for 100 million euros.
Read More..>> Full story...Social Media Journalist: “Facebook is overrated. The novelty is wearing off and people are getting bored” Matthew Buckland
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, Social Media Journalist, comments, YouTube, Bookmarking, South Africa, Wikipedia, Flickr, google, Mobile, blogs, Handy Technology, Online Journalism, Twitter, Facebook, Video, Newspapers, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Matthew Buckland from Mail & Guardian, South Africa.
1) Who are you and what do you do?
I am Matthew Buckland, the GM of Mail & Guardian Online.
As head of the […]
YouTube videos now available in Google Maps
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, YouTube, Local, google, Geotagging, multimedia experiments, Digital video, Video, Journalism | Leave a Comment
The team of developers responsible for Google Earth and Maps have launched a new feature to show Embedded YouTube videos in Google Maps.
Geotagged YouTube videos have been available in Google Earth since last year - the service has now been extended to Maps.
Newspapers in the UK have been increasingly drawn to the use of interactive […]
Innovations in Journalism - Gnooze.com
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under Broadcasting, YouTube, funny, Innovations in Journalism, Digital video, Online Journalism, Politics, Journalism | Leave a Comment
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, don;t take your journalism too seriously - it’s the daily internet comedic news program Gnooze.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
I’m Marta Costello, host, writer and […]
More analytics for YouTube
Posted on April 11, 2008 - Filed Under YouTube, Video | Leave a Comment
More analytics are now available from YouTube following the recent introduction of its YouTube Insight feature.
The video site has added a tool to help users see viewing trends for their clips.
Information on how viewers came to their video (e.g. through a search engine or other website) and what search queries led them to it will […]
Social Media Journalist: ‘Services like ustream or qik that live stream video from DV cams and phones have huge potential’ Damon Kiesow
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under comments, MoJo, Mobile, Social Media Journalist, YouTube, Bookmarking, Linking, USA, Newspapers, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, online communities, Twitter, Digital video, Facebook, Journalism | 3 Comments
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Damon Kiesow, Nashua Telegraph.
1. Who are you and what do you do?
I am the Managing Editor/Online at The Telegraph in Nashua, NH. I am responsible for the […]
