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New Brightcove platform in beta

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Online video firm Brightcove has launched the latest version of its service in beta.

The new technology from Brightcove, which is already used by the Telegraph.co.uk, Hearst Digital and Guardian.co.uk, will offer new ways for incorporating video players and information about video content into web pages, according to a press release from the company.

The new service – Brightcove 3 – will also enable publishers to have long-form video content on their sites.

The full version will be launched this autumn.

House of Lords takes to YouTube

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The House of Lords has launched five short videos on YouTube in a bid to attract young people to politics.

The videos explain the role of the House of Lords as part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Life Peerages Act.

Broadcast on the UK parliament’s YouTube channel, the clips follow the launch of Lords of the Blog, the blog for the house.

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YouTube creates channel for reporters

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Following the launch of its citizen news channel, YouTube has added a section for reporters.

Professional and amateur journalists are encouraged to upload under the new channel, whether this be breaking news footage, footage from student journalists, citizens reporting on news events or professional journalists looking to create an online portfolio of their video work. Betonred casino

Users, who select the reporter channel in their account settings, will have their content scoured by YouTube, as part of the site’s drive to highlight news content, a post on the site’s official blog said.

While we were away… EveryBlock, LoudounExtra, BBC plans and more

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In case you hadn’t noticed, Journalism.co.uk was in Sweden last week covering the World Association of Newspapers annual conference and the World Editors Forum.

So no one misses out, here’s a round-up of what went down while we were away:

Guardian: BBC ends ‘licence fee’ plans for international news website
The Beeb has dropped proposals for subscription-based access to BBC.com

WSJ.com: Analysis of hyperlocal news site LoudounExtra.com
Following the departure of Rob Curley, chief architect behind the Washington Post spin-off site, WSJ asks if the site has found its audience a year into the project.

Editor&Publisher: 94 newspapers join Yahoo partnership
A total of 779 newspapers now have access to the search engine’s advertising technology and HotJobs ads.

Daily Mail: Sir Ian Blair advocates use of celebrity news videos as evidence in drug trials
Footage, such as the Sun’s infamous Amy Winehouse video and of Kate Moss snorting a white substance, should be presented to the jury in such cases, Blair has said.

Guardian: BBC’s new plans for personalisation of website
Plans to create a new rating, recommendation and personalisation system across bbc.co.uk will be put to the BBC Trust, according to the corporation’s latest programme policy statement.

Editor’s Weblog: Washington Post launches online publishing company
The Slate Group will feature a host of digital titles including Slate and The Root, with additional launches planned.

Telegraph.co.uk: Update on revamp of community blogging platform MyTelegraph
Communities editor Shane Richmond says a relaunch date will be announced by the end of next week.

Matthew Ingram: Globe and Mail removes pay wall
Number of subscribers was not enough to maintain the wall, says Ingram, who works for the paper. Some readers remain unconvinced, he says, pointing out one comment: “You can’t shut us out for a few years and then expect us to come back just because it’s free.”

MediaShift: Everyblock releases first special report
The hyperlocal data and news site has mapped information from a recent Chicago police bribery investigation as part of its first special report.

Glam Media launches video service

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Glam Media, the ad network which serves over 500 lifestyle and women’s blogs and websites, has launched a new service to distribute video across its network of sites.

GlamTV will feature how-to clips from VideoJug and news from E! Online, alongside music, comedy, entertainment and lifestyle videos from a range of producers and websites, according to a press release from the company.

To launch the service, the publisher has teamed up with Brightcove, allowing users of Brightcove’s internet TV platform to distribute their video content across Glam’s network.

The launch aims to give publishers in the Glam Media network ‘content which is costly to produce’, while providing the video producers with access to niche audiences.

According to a report on Webware, revenue from GlamTV will be shared between all partners in the distribution chain: video producers, Glam and the website hosting the vid.

Guardian: Indian Premier League to live stream matches online and on mobile

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The Indian Premier League has signed a deal to stream live coverage of cricket matches on the internet and mobile devices.

The deal, which is reported to be worth £25 million over 10 years, will cover India, Pakistan and the Middle East and will be a subscription based service.

YouTomb: where YouTube videos go when they die

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Ever wondered where the videos that have fallen off YouTube – or been pushed – end up?

Enter YouTomb – the elephant’s graveyard of clips that have been removed from the video sharing site for copyright infringements and other offences.

Speaking to Wired.com, YouTomb’s creators – a group of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – say the site isn’t about reshowing illegal material, but is for tracking cases where remixed and satirical clips have been removed for alleged copyright infringements.

“MIT Free Culture became especially interested in the issue after YouTube announced that it would begin using filtering technology to scan users’ video and audio for near-matches with copyrighted material. While automating the takedown process may make enforcement easier, it also means that content falling under fair-use exceptions and even totally innocuous videos may receive some of the collateral damage,” a mission statement on the site reads.

As such the videos on YouTomb are represented by stills and are not available to play, but show stats on how many views they attracted before being pulled.

Despite YouTube’s recent efforts to step up copyright policing and create an automate removal process, removed videos live on in some form through YouTomb, which takes on the mantle of a video watchdog.

According to the site, it is currently monitoring 223834 videos and has identified 4428 videos taken down for alleged copyright violation and 13522 videos taken down for other reasons.

YouTube launches citizen journalism channel – Citizen News

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Have to admit this had passed me by (so thanks to ReadWriteWeb for the point) at launch, but YouTube has unleashed on the world a channel specifically for citizen journalism called…wait for it…Citizen News.

It has also hired a news manager to oversee the whole affair. Here she is:

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Channel 4 News embeds video in news stories

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Channel 4 has overhauled its online video offering by embedding clips from its programming in news articles across the site.

Clips and interviews from the evening news programme, News at Noon show and More 4 News will be embedded and available in a separate pop-up window. And, even better, the code for the footage is available so it can be embedded elsewhere.

As part of the changes to video on the site, a new seven-day catch-up service for Channel 4’s news programming has also been launched. The Watch It Again player is hosted by Brightcove.

LA Times creates ‘visual journalism’ department

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The Los Angeles Times has integrate its print and web picture desks and video operations into a new visual journalism department.

The move is the next phase in the Times’ alignment of its web and print operations, which will see mergers across the continuous news desk and main metro news desk this month.

The new department will be headed by Colin Crawford, who has been promoted to deputy managing editor for photography.

“Combining these three departments under the umbrella of visual journalism will improve our ability to present multimedia storytelling in an even more engaging way, and take greater advantage of our outstanding photo staff,” editor Ross Stanton said in a memo to staff.