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Critic Discovers Video on Sites Other Than YouTube
In today's Wall Street Journal, tech columnist Walt Mossberg claims he has found (gasp!) quality video on sites other than the Google-owned uploading behemoth. Believe it or not, elsewhere on the Web "people are producing real, episodic TV shows, including news, drama and comedy -- sometimes with real actors and professional production values." Who knew?
Critic Discovers Video on Sites Other Than YouTube
Okay, so the column is a little wide-eyed -- but he doesn't provide a bad Rest-of-the-Web Video 101 for Wall Streeters who aren't so into this whole "internets" phenomenon. While we'd suggest adding Revver and a few others to his list, Mossberg is right on in directing people to sites like Brightcove and Blip.tv to find some high-quality vid-casts. Here's his litte rundown on Blip.
One of my favorite shows available on blip.tv is called "Goodnight Burbank," a comedy series about the squabbling that goes on behind the scenes at a local TV news show. Another is "Alive in Baghdad," news reports from Americans and Iraqis on how the war affects average Iraqis. "Cube News 1" is a series about life in the office cubicle. Other shows I've enjoyed on blip.tv include "HotRoast," "The Ministry of Unknown Science" and "Josh Leo.
Each show on blip.tv is accompanied by a profile page, comments from viewers and sometimes a blog. Many aren't exclusive to the site. Some have their own Web sites, and episodes can also be found on YouTube and downloaded from iTunes and other sites. In fact, blip.tv provides links that make it easy to subscribe to shows on iTunes and other sites. But blip.tv does a good job of gathering a whole bunch of these Web TV series in one location.