Every
week, we search out the best video and
streaming media oriented web sites. Some are
well funded giant conglomerates and some are
simple personal and/or small business sites
with just one or two videos. Either way,
they are worth visiting and checking out
their offerings. (For more hot web
sites, click
here
This is great - The
Museum of the
Obvious - yes it is a commercial site sponsored by
Duracell and Proctor & Gamble but still it is wonderful and
the videos are very funny. We really like the 3D trip
through the museum as you navigate the site. Brilliant and
very well done. Check out the videos here and at the Museum
of the Obvious at YouTube.
You like cars? You like fast cars? You
like hit fast cars and sexy women? Check out
Streetfire.
Streetfire is the first and
largest UGC (User Generated Content) video sharing service
that specifically caters to car and motorcycle enthusiasts.
The Streetfire.net Motorsport Library consists of more than
one hundred thousand UGC motorsport videos growing at a rate
of hundreds a day. Approximately 2 million unique visitors a
month watch more than a million videos every day on the
Streetfire.net site. Streetfire, INC is based in Marina Del
Rey, CA.
In just the past year in excess of 63,500 videos were loaded
to the Streetfire.net website (bringing the total number of
to an amazing 114,000 videos). In the same one year period
Streetfire.net added 50,292 new registered users.
FunnyNotSlutty.com Gives New Home for Funny on the
Internet
Southern Jewish Princess Media Launches Alternative Comedy
Site for the Fairer Sex
Publisher, Jacki Schklar, created the
FunnyNotSlutty.com after surfing through
online video communities looking for nuggets
of choice humor created for an audience
beyond the age of 19 and with sensibilities
more appealing to females. “We feature
comedy for women created by female
producers, writers, humorists and comedians.
Our content may be a little smarter and a
little deeper than your average web humor,”
explained Schklar.
more
Sample Madness - Viva la Creaçión!
http://www.eboman.info/viva
This video and web site won the Webby Award for best editing
-but it is more than just a video, it is an entire concept
where online viewers submit video and audio samples that get
mashed together and edited to create ea entirely new,
creative and oft times bizarre final project. You got to
check it out and maybe even participate. You could win a
trip to Amsterdam. This is pretty amazing.
MonkeySee is
a new destination website, launched in
January 2008, that provides free access to
a large collection of professionally-produced and
user-generated how-to videos. Visitors to MonkeySee
will find a rapidly-growing library of videos on a
wide variety of topics, presented in deep detail by
accomplished, credible experts. It's a great way to
learn something new, and the perfect platform for
experts to share their knowledge and increase their
credibility, while getting valuable promotional
exposure for their business or hobby.
You can talk to the
Rolling Stones! Ok, maybe not but you can ask Mick Jagger questions at
the new
YouTube Living Legends
The
Rolling Stones are the first to participate in YouTube
Living Legends, a program that invites luminaries from
across the globe to engage in an open dialogue with the
YouTube community. Go ahead, upload a question!
Are you a literate type who
loves
words and beautiful blondes with very large breasts? Well
then you have to check out
HotForWords
starring Marina. She’s 27 and she’s a philologist! Now you
might be asking what the heck is a philologist? Well, it’s
someone who studies linguistics and etymology.. and in
Marina’s case.. she has applied her Philology degree to
specializing in word origins. Marina burst in on the scene
in mid 2007 launching her YouTube channel
HotForWords, where
she takes requests from YouTube viewers for words to
discuss, and she releases 3 or 4 videos each week discussing
the origins of these words, in a fun and playful manner!
How nerdy are you? Are you an
engineer? Are you interested in seeing promotional and
educational videos created by a variety of high tech vendors
and developers?
Check out
Electronic Design's TechnologyTV
Nine inch Nails OnLine
Film Festival
Building
on their new "Ghosts" project, Nine Inch Nails are
inviting their fans to find, create and submit visuals to
accompany the album's music. They will then spotlight the
best - this can include music videos, or a short film, or
something completely abstract. You can use only one track
from the album, or use multiple tracks. Join the
Ghosts Group at YouTube
Do you like funny films
and funny videos? Check out this collection from Atom Films
- their
Top Ten Funniest Internet
Videos -
these are pretty good - some are a bit dated going back four
or five years - but good comedy is ageless. Check them out!
The
Shirtless
Apprentice is a weekly Internet web series about digital
video production starring the very clever video apprentice
himself, Matt and his blond mute friend. Each episode
provides useful information about the production of digital
video for online viewing and distribution. Very informative
and much fun for the whole family! Forget the goofy web site
title, this is a very good site for learning the basics of
video production.
Its the new and improved -
Internet Video Version of "Candid Camera"!
MySpace, the world's most popular
social network, today announced the launch of 'Special
Delivery' (http://www.myspace.com/specialdelivery
<http://www.myspace.com/specialdelivery>
), an outrageous, non-scripted
hidden-camera reality show in
association with Avalon TV and its
executive producers Jason Irwin and
Garth Holsinger. The launch of 'Special
Delivery' marks MySpace's second
co-development project and the second
original web show created specifically
for MySpaceTV (http://www.myspacetv.com).
read press release
Do you have
issues with relationships? - check out this funny series of
videos at YouTube -
On the Couch - Catie Lazarus has some love and
relationship issues and needs a therapist. She found the
most experienced one out there...you!
From the
author of The Game comes a reality series that will help you
improve your own. Watch Neil's apprentices as they set out
to prove what works, and what doesn't, when it comes to
getting dates. Follow the missions and upload your own
videos for a chance to win great prizes, including a
one-on-one consultation with the master himself. Check it
out!
Check
it out!
Do
you want to be a model? Do you want to be stylish and hip? Check out
FordModels TV -
it includes a plethora of very interesting fashion, clothing, jewelry,
hair styling and nutrition oriented videos - plus previews of the
upcoming bikini season
Checkout
HungryMan TV - From the creative geniuses at the international
commercial production company Hungry Man, Inc. the same guys who brought
you the legendary ESPN "This Is Sportscenter" campaign and over 50
hilarious and memorable Super Bowl spots, comes award-winning,
innovative online content of Hungry Man TV. The channel features
ground-breaking, original programming in the scripted, animated and
reality genres by Hungry Man's roster of celebrated talent.
Erik
Beck and his cohorts on IndyMogul.com produce videos showing how
to create zombies, ninjas and other special effects on
shoestring budgets. The offbeat site has attracted a devoted
following of aspiring moviemakers.
WorldScubaTravel.com
is a novel web
site which allows you to browse a library containing
underwater videos of dive destinations around the world. You
can select locations by region around the world, read some
comments from my trips to the sites and, perhaps most
important, do a virtual dive tour before committing your
cash. If you want to find out about shooting underwater
video on a budget, browse the "Got Video?" section. Dive
right in....
VIDEOJUG OFFERS CRASH COURSE IN
CANDIDATES
Short Films Help Voters “Speed
Date the Candidates” Right Before Super Tuesday
VideoJug has produced
a series of short films about each of the candidates running
in the United States presidential race. The films are
designed to provide voters with a quick “Cliff’s Notes”
overview of where each candidate stands on the issues and
are informative while being delivered with a healthy dose of
VideoJug’s trademark irreverent humor.
Confused about
Barack’s stance on immigration?
Curious as to
Ron Paul’s position on the war?
Want to know more about
John,
Mitt,
Hillary, and
Mike, but short on time and
looking for answers before making your vote? Visit
VideoJug to find out more about
all of them.
We love to mash up video - especially when we can do it
online. Check out this
new site dedicated to
promoting the new Rambo movie
- this mash up site allows you to mix and match a bunch of
video and still clips from the latest Rambo film, add a
bunch of special effects, sound effects, music, slow mo and
more- to create your own Rambo Movie trailer. Its a lot of
fun. You can even pan the image around, zoom in, add
transitions, titles, etc. When you go to the Rambo site, the
link to the mash-up is on the far right. When you are all
done, you can post it to the site and share it with other
Rambo mash up fans. You can also share a link or embed the
completed mash-up on your own web page. VERY cool stuff.
http://dev.rambofilm.com/mashup/index.html
EPIC-FU is all about the
things that make us geek out -- the
coolest art, tech, and music from the
online and offline world. The new
popular culture is about the influence
of web culture on the mainstream.
EPIC-FU is a new way of thinking about
popular culture -- it's about
conversation and interaction.
Entertainment is a two-way street now.
Created by
Zadi Diaz
and
Steve Woolf,
EPIC-FU is your guide to what the web is
buzzing about. It's Rolling Stone
Magazine for the Internet
generation. EPIC-FU (formerly
called JETSET) is a Webby Award Winner
and a Vloggie Award Winner with a large
and growing audience.
Are you interested in the
new Spiderwick Movie? if so, check out this special MySpace
Video preview page -
WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE
look at
The Spiderwick Chronicles.
MonkeySee.com is a
new destination website where consumers
can access thousands of free how-to
videos on demand. Both fun and factual, MonkeySee videos are a great source for
advice and demonstrations by
accomplished experts.
MonkeySee.com is a place for anyone
seeking or sharing knowledge. Visitors will find topics and
experts that range from sensible to sensational, and
solutions for everything from fitness to finance.
more
HOT FOR WORDS - We
love this site. Take a beautiful blonde with an adorable
European accent and have her explain the derivation of many
of our popular terms, words, slang terms and sayings.
This is so cool. And a bit hot. Who needs PBS to explain
language? Tell us all, Marina
The Official Selection of
50 films for the Third Festival has been determined.
The ratings given by Intermediate and Advanced Members
to these 50 films during the festival will now determine
the Top Ten Finalists. Those ten films will then go
before the TRIGGER ACADEMY to determine which four are
nominated to continue on to end of season competition.
When this festival is over, the four Nominees go before
our Judges, the illustrious panel that will ultimately
decide which of the twelve Season 3 Overall Nominees
will be selected as the season winner and recipient of
the Budweiser Filmmaker Discovery Award. Check out the
Judges page to see a listing of previous festival
judges, and stay tuned there for the announcement for
who the current festival's judges will be.
You can find the Official
Selection of 50 films by placing your mouse over "Short
Films" in the main navigation bar at the top of the site
and then by clicking the Current Festival link in the
drop down menu.
Videos: Teardown of the
Nintendo Wii Videogame Console.
This is an oldy but a goody. From the pages of CMP's
TechOnline came this great look into the inner workings
of one of the most interesting game controllers to come
out in a decade.
Videos: DivX LEGO Sumo
Robotic Championship.
If you like watching robot sumo contests (and really,
who doesn't?) then this is a four-star video. With an
excellent and very funny narration, you'll enjoy this
battle of the bots displaying many different techniques.
Videos: Gymnastic Robot
Built with LEGO Mindstorm's NXT.
Ok, so we've learned robots can smash through windows
and do recon and sumo wrestle as well. But what about
gymnastics? Sure there aren't any "floor exercises" with
music, but this is almost as good!
Videos: Rugged and
Portable Reconnaissance Robot.
How many times have you thought of building a
reconnaissance robot, then stopped to ask yourself "But
can it be thrown through a glass window and still work
fine?" Well, this video from the National Robotics
Engineering Center answers that question.
Gals- has
your man done you wrong? Check out this web
site and their selection of bad guy videos
and animations. This one is really good -
Agent 0069 and the
search for the con man.
More about cheating men and liars at the
WomanSavers web site.
Guys, you'd
better watch out....
Put your headphones on, sit back and enjoy new
recordings, studio sessions and live
performances by unique artists, all totally FREE
Revision3 -
Unlike aggregators, mash-ups, and user-generated
video sites, Revision3 is an actual TV network for
the web, creating and producing its own original,
broadcast quality shows.
They definitely have
some cool content - we really like
WebDrifter
which visits in real time and in the real world,
some of the oddest, strangest and most bizarre web
sites and the people and organizations behind them.
Great concept.
The
Revision 3
content is designed for a new audience: passionate
committed fans who want to watch shows that
entertain, educate and help expand their life
experiences. The audience expects professionally
produced programming but wants it to be unexpected,
edgy, smart and real. They also want to watch shows
whenever they want, wherever they are, and on
whatever device they choose, including everything
from a 70" HDTV to an iPod or Cell phone. Revision3
covers technology, comedy, modern culture, music and
more. Our hosts don't come from Hollywood. Instead,
they come from the same passionate fan base as our
audience. They are engaging, personal, smart and
connected - experts with the insight and acceptance
that naturally puts them at the center of the
community.
Jumungo
is an artist showcase geared towards the promotion of
talented filmmakers, musicians, actors or other
performers. Jumungo is a free site to post, in almost
any video format, your independent film, short,
animation, trailer, music video, audition, live footage,
compilation or any talent or performance. Jumungo was
created mainly to help any artist gain exposure of their
talents and ultimately getting people noticed for
furthering their success. Any content posted on Jumungo
can be viewed by the public, rated and critiqued, or
even downloaded if allowed by author
You can get cooking with Broadband Gourmet Network’s
‘Le Gourmet TV’.
Instructional and how to videos
cover a variety of subjects-
wine, beer, cheese, bbq,
cooking, and field to table. In
the coming months programming on
coffee, tea, and whisky will be
rolled out as well.
Cooking programs are hosted
by pro chefs as well as seasoned
amateurs. The video clips run
between 4-7 minutes in length,
and will be shown as standalone webisodes and multi-clip story
arcs.
The website
is free - no
sign-up is required, you
just enter the site and start
watching. more
Check
out this great online travel site - with lots of wonderful
videos spotlighting cultures, people and destinations
throughout the world.
Compulsivetraveler.tv
is created by the people responsible
for "The Compulsive Traveler" series running successfully on
CBS since 2002. reaching a peak rating of 4.5 on one
of our adventure shows. They created this website so that
the compulsive travelers of the world can get together,
upload our short films and share our stories.
Macumba
Ceremony
- an ancient religion brought
from Africa, is preserved by modern day practitioners in Brazil
Stretching from the
highlands of Central Mexico to the Pacific Coast
Michoacan is
a State that hosts
great colonial cities, craft traditions dating back 2500
years and spectacular natural events
The
Our
Bodies, Myself Web Site is a weekly
celebration of womanhood, even the
parts that look weird, or talk back
to you. It's a show about how to
embrace the beauty of being a woman
while still keeping your lunch down.
Our
Bodies, Myself is for women of all
ages, for the men who love us, and
for everyone in between. (But
mostly, it's for the women.)
VideoJug,
the internet’s preeminent producer (30,000 and counting)
of “How To” and expert advice videos, has announced a
series of films that will help make Thanksgiving Day a
delight from beginning to end. Viewers can feast on
VideoJug’s professionally produced, Hi Def videos on
nearly every conceivable topic to see how to deep-fry a
turkey and shed the extra pounds afterwards.
Here they are
Hosted at DivX's Stage6, this online channel
Shutdown
is a new web series about geeks, by geeks and for geeks.
About Shutdown
Lodged in the world
of I.T. and living by the code of the geek, Simon
fumbles his way through life all while trying to keep
his job. He is accompanied by his friends Zedd, Hally
and Chaz.
A monthly Internet TV show, ./shutdown explores all that
is geek and nerd. From the spires of BlackRock to the
cry of the Shoryuken, nothing is sacred.
www.shutdowntv.com
Do you want to learn how to
do something in 5 minutes or less? Do you have the technical
and video chops to teach someone how to do something in five
minutes or less? 5min is a
very cool web site to find short video solutions for every
practical question and is also a place for people who want
to share their knowledge.
5min's vision is simple: any solution can be visually
explained in 5 minutes. Show us your skills!
Join
5min and spread your knowledge!
Do you like funny, fake yet
somewhat political news? Check out this new
site 23/6 (a weak take off
on 24/7). They have lots of good materials plus a nice
assortment of cutting,
edge satiric videos. "236.com is a co-production between
the gigantic, vaguely Death Star-like IAC, and The
Huffington Post, a progressive news hub where outraged
people go in order to get more outraged before going to have
dinner at Nobu."
Check
out the new MySpace show, the
original Internet
series, “quarterlife,”
created and owned by
Marshall Herskovitz and
Edward Zwick, the Emmy
award-winning creative
team. The first two of 36
eight-minute episodes is
now live
with new episodes
debuting every Sunday
and Thursday at 12 a.m.
PT. The new
“quarterlife” series
marks the first time a
network-quality series
has been produced
directly for the
Internet and it’s the
first time an
independent project of
this distinction has
been owned and
controlled by its
creators, Herskovitz and
Zwick.watch
it here
MySpaceTV
debuted the
first interview between Director Wes
Anderson and Actor Owen Wilson as part of the
social networking site's popular original content series,
Artist on Artist. The two friends are using MySpace as a
platform to discuss a wide range of topics including their
highly anticipated new film, The Darjeeling Limited.
Want to
find out what is happening all over the world? Check out Link
TV's global news and current
affairs programming - now
available at
www.searchforvideo.com. Link TV news and
current affairs programming
covers issues not typically
covered by the U.S. media and
provides Americans with a
diverse, non-American
perspective on global issues.
www.searchforvideo.com will
feature Mosaic, a Peabody award
winning program that features a
daily 30 minute compilation of
translated broadcasts from news
broadcasters in the Middle East,
Global Pulse, a regular review
of news stories from TV
broadcasters worldwide, and
Latin Pulse, a bi-lingual
current affairs program that
covers critical issues in Latin
America from a Latin American
perspective.
more
Drew Carey and Reason Foundation Launch
Video Journalism Project, Reason.tv - Carey hosts videos examining issues
like traffic congestion, immigration
and eminent domain.
In the first Reason.tv video,
Gridlock, released today, Carey
delves into a problem aggravating
nearly everyone: traffic congestion.
Carey meets Josh Lipking, whose
16-mile commute should take 25
minutes. On Los Angeles’
slow-moving, jam-packed roads it
takes Josh 90 minutes – each way.
That’s three hours a day, lost.
Gridlock, hosted by Drew Carey, is available online at
http://reason.tv/video/show/6.html.
You can also view a lower resolution version of the video,
without the video’s extras, on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsVMAP0zVgo.
Reason.tv’s YouTube page is
http://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV.
more
World's Dirtiest Film Contest
- hosted by Axe and David Spade.
Are you dirty enough?
This web site features a wide
rang of very cool and creative interactive applications and
video.
Axe & David Spade need your help
creating The World's Dirtiest
Film. Show us how you get dirty,
and how you get clean. All of
our filthy favorites will make
it into the final cut.
This is pretty cool especially
the director section where you
get to clean off a trio of dirty
participants - Plus you can edit
together your own dirty film....
Torque.TVLaunches the Next Generation of
Digital Television for Motorheads
Original programming includes
Driving with Danny (Indy
winner Danny Sullivan pushes the
hottest cars to the limit);
Best of the Motor Web (Shira
Lazar hosts a weekly tour of auto
sites & videos); Miss
Torque.TV (viewers vote for
Miss Torque.TV 2008); plus
coverage of motorsport events like
Night Under Fire 2008
(the largest single day drag racing
event in the world), and the
Silver State Classic Challenge 2007
(a wild, no holds barred, top speed
test on a closed Nevada Highway).
Channels on the Torque.TV
network include: Tuners, Trucks, How
To, Motorcycles, Hot Rods & Muscle
Cars, Motorsport, Next Car, Wild
Wheels, and Supercars.
more
The
Aqua Planet
is a great scuba diving and
underwater video site dedicated to diving and the aquatic
environment where you can watch, upload and share scuba
diving and underwater videos for free. They have lots
of cool videos and if you like to dive like we do, you are
going to love this site. And if you make scuba videos and
want to share them, this might be a wonderful place to join
a community of like minded scuba nuts.
Here is an interesting site.
FamilyVideos.
Based in the UK, it provides a lot of good information on
how to create video and family movies. According to the
site, "FamilyVideos contains over 60 articles all written by
our team of experts and we add around 10 new articles each
month."www.familyvideos.co.uk/home.htm
You are going to love
this site - especially if you thrive on the crass,
disgusting and the revolting. Its basically an online ad
for
Agion, a company that makes antimicrobial products. But
it is great - for kids, for budding scientists, for
those who want to know how to make their home just a bit
more sanitary. Of course, if you just want to laugh,
you'll love it as well. It is the
“That’s Revolting!” site
(www.ThatsRevolting.com,
Press Release)
starring Florence Henderson, America’s favorite TV mom.
Shot
on the original (but reconfigured) set of the classic
‘70’s TV sitcom that made Henderson an American icon,
“That’s Revolting!” features Henderson as the mom in a
whacked family that’s inadvertently passing microbes to
each other in a series of over-the-top comedic videos. Florence also plays the perennially cheerful
host, who urges web viewers to ‘Spot the Germs’ before
family members get ill with everything from Flesh Eating
Bacteria to Salmonella. It’s fun for the whole family!
Tune in
to
www.ThatsRevolting.com for hilarious
videos, fun games and to enter to win cool prizes!
We love Travel Sites for the
best in vicarious pleasure. Do you want to go to Cancun and
visit the Riviera Maya? Check out
MyCancunTV. In
addition to Cancun, it includes videos of one of our
favorite places, Playa del Carmen, as well as Talum, Akumal,
Xel-Ha, Holbox, the cenotes, etc., etc. After you watch the
videos you can book your trip and/or participate in the
travel blog.
You know the old joke, how do
you get to Carnegie Hall? "Practice, practice, practice."
Well the same recommendation goes for how to make it as an
Internet video star or producer. Just make net videos. Check
out
TheIndianmaiden.com, a site where they take that message
to heart. Rachel Tucker and her friends create and post a
new short movie every week. Every week! That's a lot of work
and very ambitious. Yes the quality ranges a bit but the
films are always interesting. Check them out and use their
dedication as a way to motivate yourself. At
youtube, they have a whole section dedicated to their
films.
mediocre films -
they're better than
they sound. This is a great little site that features short
and funny original videos. You got to check this out.
Some of our favorites are Sexy Panda, Swapping Heads and The
Date.
Mediocre Films was formed by
Greg Benson
to create a sketch comedy TV series called "Skip TV," which
he wrote, produced, directed and starred in as "Skip." One
12 episode season aired in Los Angeles, and it quickly
gained a strong following of fans with questionable taste.
It also spawned a spin-off series for one of Greg's most
politically incorrect characters, Juan Ortega (the world's
worst comedian), in six episodes of "The Juan Ortega Show,"
featuring David Hussey as Juan's useless mute sidekick, The
Prince.
If you are looking for video
on the net, and don't know where to turn - just too many
choices, eh?, you might want to check out
It's a
new portal for quality (pro and semi-pro) video channels
online. They now got close to 200 channels on board.
The AWN Media Center is a new, comprehensive online video portal
devoted exclusively to animation and showcasing the work of
independent filmmakers from all over the world .
To see these "freaky, fun, and frightening flicks," visit
http://media.awn.com/
ASK A NINJA (AskANinja.com)
Wins 2007
People's Choice Podcast
Award
For Best Video Podcast
And Releases 50th Episode
Featuring Jessica Lee Rose
a.k.a. LonelyGirl -
The Best Video
Podcast Trophy was
awarded to co-creators,
Kent Nichols and
Douglas Sarine, on
August 15th, 2007.
So are you talented, funny
and have lots of time and great video production skills? Do
you want to be become Internet broadband stars and then make
the leap to the bigs - to make it on the broadcast networks?
Check out black20.com.
Black20 is a team of young writers and producers
who produces broadband entertainment for a young
online demographic. They says, "We take chances
and hopefully make you laugh along the way. We
have huge plans, so stick with the network as
our comedy, news, and music content develops-and
you can say you knew us when."
They have great ongoing shows, wonderful short
videos and lots of other good stuff. Definitely
should be a favorite on your browser bar.
This is a cool concept that
takes community and social video to the next step - a site
for people to share their travel videos. How very cool and
smart. According to the producers, "Travelleers.com
is dedicated to people who love to travel. The
editorial line of travelleers privilege a different point of
view of the travel experience. You can upload your travel
videos, as well as your pictures and share tips on places to
eat sleep, things to do.Everything is located on a map and
it's easy to find different travel suggestions. You can even
blog about your travel including your videos and picture
into the post." Check out their YouTube promo -
www.youtube.com/travelleers. We
really like how they have added a google map widget to each
page.
Jockey International (No. 311) is taking a
light-hearted approach to a timeless “problem:”
uncomfortable underwear. Its new site,
StopSquirming.com,
uses video clips depicting the ways – discrete and otherwise
– men and women battle ill-fitting underwear. Taking Web 2.0
to its most intimate level, the new site fosters interaction
among consumers by posting videos of visitors' "signature
squirms" Visitors also can vote on their favorite squirms.
This new site is interesting
especially for young women looking to explore their own
sexuality. Amber Madison, a recent graduate of Tufts
University, recently published a book for girls about safer
sex, sexuality, and relationships, (Hooking Up: A Girl's
All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality). She has just launched a
web tv channel, with all sorts of two minute video clips
about things like condom use, relationships, basically
anything sexual. Amber says, "I think that this is a great
way to reach people with information about sexual health and
healthy relationships." www.ambermadison.tv
Here is a surprising concept
- sexy girls in bikinis and Internet video... Check out
Bikini Masterpiece Theatre
- the hook here is
that there is a section where girls in skimpy bikinis read
Shakespeare. OK, I think that could help promote cultural
awareness and literacy. However, the other theatres on the
site are a bit more salacious and shallow as the women
discuss their breasts, their true confessions and other
topics of interest. Its not culture but it is fun.
Do you like to read? Do you
like to watch videos and read blogs about reading? Get up to
speed on the latest news and dirt about your favorite
authors and their newest books? Check out this new
site - Readers
Entertainment TV. It has just launched so there is not a
lot of content yet but the concept is great.
It is true
reality; the content is the real lives of our heroes; fire
fighters.
Check out Tule Fog Productions'
reality series
“The Battalion”. The Battalion
profiles the daily lives of real
firefighters and rescue workers. Its a
great looking website with a series of truly
wonderfully produced and very engaging video
segments.
The small,
tight-knit Tule Fog crew has worked closely
with Chief Joanne Hayes-White and her crews
of the San Francisco Fire Department and
Fire Department officials nationwide to
create a series that accurately depicts the
professional lives of the men and women who
risk their lives every day.
“Some of
these stories will break your heart,” says
executive producer David Furtado. “Others
will make you laugh out loud. That’s the
thing about their jobs: Firefighters have to
turn that emotional corner without losing
control.”
CAMfess is the
world's first website that allows users to confess
secrets, tell stories, and express personal opinions
through video blogs.
The
unique video content at
www.camfess.com
is completely user-generated, where the focus is on the
personal. CAMfess allows people to confess their
innermost feelings, admit to mistakes they may have
made, or express themselves creatively to the online
public. CAMfess features the patent-pending Camfess
Anonymizer(TM), which automatically disguises voice
audio and masks facial features on a submitted video.
CAMfess users can freely share their secrets with the
rest of the world, and still remain anonymous through
this option.
Do
you want to learn how to pole dance?
Hosted at 5min.com,
you can learn all the moves
you need to know to create the best pole dancing routine and
get into great shape. These online videos are very serious
and well produced. Now this is a great link to share with
your significant other.
Looking for a good site with
lots of wonderful videos? Check outReal Guide - The best free
music, music videos, movie trailers, celebrity video and
games. This
portal, hosted by Real Video - has lots of real world clips
and video snippets. You can even download some classic films
like Night of the Living Dead, The Outlaw, The Third Man and
others. Of course, you do have to download and install the
latest version of RealPlayer that enables recording and
download of web site streaming videos.
My Damn Channel
might be the best online site to watch Internet videos -
internet video done by broadcast professionals - amateurs
need not apply
LOS ANGELES
(AP) -- When it debuts Tuesday on the Web,
MyDamnChannel will
become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash
in on the huge popularity of online video. Comedian Harry
Shearer, filmmaker David Wain and music producer Don ...
If you are looking for an
interesting and not overly crowded site for your videos and
multimedia, check out
JustOneTv.com.
justOnetv's mission is to empower internet users to
create a new type of multimedia experience where
television and different type of multimedia content
converge, and where the users are the driving force
behind content, programming and advertising. You can
upload and share a variety of content types such as
videos, images, music and articles. You get a
lofty 100 megabyte storage space to each user free
of charge. Another interesting feature of this site
is the ability to create "niches" ( groups) that are
based on a common interests and then set privacy
settings that put the user in control of who and how
can access the content that has been uploaded. In
addiiton, they will b eoffering a revenue sharing
program as well as IPTV channels.
Good online video does not
require a flashy and expensive web site with sophisticated
design elements and mind-boggling flash intros. Check out
this simple, effective and very informative site -
gardenfork.tv is an
online video show that spotlights tips and tricks for
gardening and cooking. Makes sense - first you grow it, then
you cook it and eat it. According to Eric Gunnar
Rochow , its my version of a Do It Yourself (DIY)television
show, except it plays on your laptop or your iPod.
gardenfork.tv is available as a Flash movie (the player on
the home page),
an iTunes podcast,
or as a
WordPress blog.
Whether you are doing
research for your next trip or vacation or you prefer to
travel vicariously over the Internet, you have to check out
this new site -
Travercial.com. They have
collected over 1,000 quality travel videos selected by their
editors from all over the Internet and brought together in
one site. We really like the selection bar that allows you
to easily scroll from one video to another in order to
quickly and easily select which video you want to watch. Go
ahead and take a trip - there is no line and you don't have
to deal with missed connections...
StableRoad.com is
devoted to showcasing sports and filmmakers of today and
from the past. Heavy emphasis is being placed on production
quality, with all clips and movies being "juried" before
uploading onto the site. All of the media is being presented
at a 30 frames per second (fps) rate, rather than the (often
used) lower bandwidth 15fps, in order to ensure smooth
playback.
Currently, they have lots of classic windsurfing short films
and vignettes from the late 80s and early 90s from Robert
Masters' own Sports Stock Footage Library and a series of
short films shot in 16mm film from producer/director Greg
Stump. Also on-line are segments from O'Neill's recent
surfing release "Smash It Up" featuring surfing antics from
The Pipeline to Indonesia, a series of shorts from Volcom
Stone, "Kids Who Rip" by Rob Parmenter - and a showcase of
exotic concept sports cars from DaimlerChrysler.
This is a very cool, well produced site. They promise that
they will be adding new sports, new filmmakers, new
features, new products, and new looks on an ongoing basis.
Check outSlate V's
series on the worst cinematic crap that's ever been made. In
this episode, Mark Jordan Legan presents
Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters, a
scary kiddie flick from 1965. This is so bad, its good....
Do you like music videos?
Check out the
EyeBlab
site - they have lots of very interesting and esoteric
videos that you probably won't see anywhere else. They offer
lots of channels for different types of music videos... Plus
you can create your channel of favorites.
Slate V
launches - now its on video
For more than 11 years,
Slate.com has brought you news, analysis, and opinion with a
distinctive, irreverent voice. They call it Slatey-ness,
which is one of those amorphous qualities best defined as
"you know it when you see it."
The new Slate V
is an online video magazine where you can see Slatey-ness,
quite literally. Every weekday, they will posting new video,
much of it produced exclusively for Slate V.
Some segments will be familiar to regular readers; others
will be brand-new. They'll cover politics, the arts,
science, business, and anything else that seems ripe for the
Slate V treatment. They also have
a section called
Did You See This?,
where you'll find their picks for the best short
videos from around the Web.
The Gary
Wendall Show is a well produced a video blog that
follows the hilarious adventures of an unemployed man
from Vermont who always wanted to be a Hollywood star.
Now that he was fired from his dead-end job, he has the
time and the freedom to pursue his dream and will do
everything he can to "get noticed" and broadcast it all
on his video blog.
New episodes
are posted on Tuesdays and Fridays through the summer.
TrueTube is a new video
hosting and community site for teens and adults who want to
share their opinions -
They
have lots of interesting and provocative videos, produced by
Broadcast producers from varied backgrounds, MTV,
Documentary etc. The idea is to encourage young people to
engage and think, but there is plenty of info on the site.
more
This is great. Great
commercials!
The Mike's Hard Lemonade site
- yes, you need to be 21 to access the site. In addition
to the very cool and very unique interactive web site
design, there are some hilarious commercials found on the TV
set in the "TV Lounge" room. This site is a blast and a lot
of fun even if you think hard lemonade is for wussies...
The GoTo Mom -
This is a dynamic “How to” show for
families with young children (newborn to 6). The “Go To Mom”
addresses pregnancy and parenting issues, discipline
strategies, and much much more! The show also presents
cutting edge research about the development of the young
child's brain. Various specialists will be featured
periodically. The “Go To Mom” is proud of her “What's hot
and What's not: Baby Product Tips and Leads special segment.
Los Angeles based, former preschool teacher and licensed
child development therapist, Kimberley Clayton Blaine, is
the “Go To Mom.”
Birdcinema.com is an
excellent place for people to post many different types of
bird videos. Their goal is to provide a community of people
who love birds, domestic and wild. It is targeted to both
amateurs and professionals who want to share their bird
videos and a little about the bird, the video, or whatever
else they feel is relevant. Packed with videos, this site
is entertaining, educational and informative. Check it out
- this site is very effectively designed and it is easy to
upload your videos.
If you are planning on
breaking into the film business - or want to learn how to
make digital videos and online features - you got to check
out this cool and informative site - FilmAnchor.com-
Filmmaking 101, Film Techniques, Tutorials and Free Movie
Scripts. The Online Guide to Independent Filmmaking
and Film Production; including, Techniques, Tutorials,
Manuals, Film Courses, Free Software, Free Movie Scripts and
Screenplays.
You
got to visit
JoeyandDavid.com,
a truly wonderful comedy
internet series. The site features both shorts and longer
episodes that follow the adventures of Joey and David. Some
of these movies are brilliant. Make sure you watch
LaundryRoom Girl, Endless Romance, and Douche-Ups.
Make sure to leave your comments after watching and visit
the forum to talk to other JoeyandDavid.com visitors.
Eyespot may
be the world's most fun and interactive
video web site...This site is
a blast - you can pick and chose from a wide
range of video and audio clips to create
your own video mash-ups - mix them, cut
them, slam them together - your can do all
this all online and then share them with
friends, family and the rest of the world
They get
video film clips and trailers from various
Hollywood studios and music videos from
leading entertainment organizations and then
you can cut re-cut them anyway you want.
Depending on which clip you prefer to work
with, you can even win prizes and special
promotions.
The online
Eyespot drag and drop editing application
allows anyone to upload, and easily remix,
and create new video projects from an
ever-growing vast pool of popular and
legally-accessible content ranging from
movie, television, and music clips or from
user generated content.
more
Italy - if you
are planning on going to Italy, you should
first check out the video clips on this
American Airlines'
Milestones video magazine - featuring
the hottest destinations in the world.
In this issue, the spotlight’s on Italy.
Archeology Channel -
Following our tradition of introducing innovative
and well produced new videos, we just yesterday put
up "In Transit," a surprising new video that shows
that archaeology can make some remarkable
connections with today's world.
Who
said archaeologists have to dig in the dirt? The
truth is that archaeology has a much wider range of
applications, even in the exploration of
contemporary society. A truly novel and fascinating
new approach drives into our cyber-world as In
Transit, the latest video feature on our nonprofit
streaming-media Web site, The
Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/).
We are pleased to announce also that this is the
100th feature in our growing list of TAC video
programs!
Do you dig Digg? Are you
hip to the whole web 2.0 - webvideo 3.0 thing? Then you
should check out this online show -
Diggnation - hosted at DivX's Stage6.
Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on
the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.
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