The next issue of BusinessWeek will feature the following article about
video blogging, examining the explosive growth of the video blog
Rocketboom.com and other home-grown onlne video ventures.... -andy
Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off
These are the early days of video blogging. Most of the postings on
the Web are rough and tedious -- little more than home movies. But the
success of Rocketboom and a few sites like it underscore the potential
of video blogs. Cheaper video recorders mean just about anyone can make
videos, while the spread of speedy Net service means almost anybody can
watch clips posted online. The result? The Internet is coming alive with
a mix of video, from the polished parody of Rocketboom to the raw
interviews of reporters. As these videos flow into the living room, they
will reshape what we think of as television. "TV will be transformed,"
says Mitchell Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development Corp. and now an
investor in Participatory Culture, an online video startup. "People will
look at it as historically quaint that you had to watch something that
others chose for you."
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_36/b3949087_mz063.htm
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.tsunami-info.org
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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