September 5, 2005
A Heightened Demand for Online Video
By ALEX MINDLIN
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/business/05drill.html?pagewanted=print
In the days after Hurricane Katrina landed on the Gulf Coast, the number of
visitors watching online video at CNN's Web site surged to record highs.
The number of times video was watched last Monday dwarfed an ordinary day's
viewing. It also tripled CNN.com's previous record, set on the day of the
London subway bombings in July.
CNN.com has been providing free video clips only since June 20; for the
preceding three years, the site charged a subscription fee.
Besides posting its own video clips, CNN.com sometimes makes available
amateur video from viewers, who are increasingly sending in their own
clips, said Mitch Gelman, the site's executive producer.
"People have more digital cameras and DVD recorders, so we're getting more
digital media from our audience," he said.
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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