by Larry Kless
In this short video from Sorenson Media blog Technical Support Specialist Jeff Udall provides a short explanation on the difference between the FLV (Flash Video) and SWF (Shockwave Flash) formats and how they work together to create the online video experience.
by Larry Kless
Endavo Media, a leading Internet TV and Social Media Platform, has created a fake Hollywood producer, Kelvin G., as a unique case study and marketing campaign to help online video content producers better understand Internet TV platforms, and how best to monetize their video. “He’s a little offbeat. He’s obsessed with zombies, and addicted to his webcam,” says the Endavo Media blog.
“While Internet TV platform technology has created a world of new money-making opportunities for producers and broadcasters,” said Endavo Media CMO Peter Contardo, “most could still use a little more knowledge to help navigate the space. Our fictitious movie producer, Kelvin G.,is helping educate, entertain and build relationships with our coreclient –the content producer. Kelvin is a fun, educational tool for demonstrating how Internet TV Platforms help grow businesses online with video.”
Launched last month, their online and social media marketing campaign targets a wide range of producers, broadcasters and brand marketers aiming to better leverage their video content online, Contardo added.
Kelvin G. interacts with Endavo clients, prospects and other “fellow producers” through his various Web videos, Twitter page,whitepapers and “personal” email, all supported by his own campy, mock movie that called Zombie Truckers 3, and a whacky microsite at ZombieTruckers3.com.
Endavo Media hopes that with Kelvin G.’s videos and his site, content producers will learn to embrace all the new opportunities to grow their businesses online, and have a little fun while they’re doing it. Check out Kelvin’s Hot Tips for “Making the Money” with Online Video and learn how smart producers and broadcasters monetize their content online:
About Endavo Media:
Endavo Media provides a hosted platform for Internet TV, enterprise video, social media and IPTV. This easy-to-use, cost-effective media management and distribution system offers high-quality live and on-demand delivery of video, audio and pictures. Content is delivered through brandable players, web sites and user interfaces, across the social web and to consumer broadband devices, including portable media players, mobile phones and set-top boxes. Music, entertainment and new media businesses, as well as social, cultural and faith-based organizations, get more control to connect and engage directly with their audiences, build their brands and generate revenue from their online video communities. Headquartered in Atlanta, Endavo Media was founded in 2004 and is now privately-held. Visit www.endavomedia.com for more information.
by Larry Kless
In another conversation from his blog, Tim Street talked with Miles Beckett, Co-Founder and CEO of EQAL, a social entertainment company best known for creating lonelygirl15 the world’s first online interactive drama. Both he and his business partner Greg Goodrich, EQAL’s President and COO, had other jobs a few years ago outside of the video and entertainment industry. Miles was a plastic surgery resident and Greg was an attorney practicing entertainment copyright and trademark law but both had ambitions of working in the technology and entertainment field. They left their careers and worked with Mesh Flinders, an aspiring filmmaker develop the idea that became LG15 which spun off KateModern and led to $5 million in venture capital to expand their offerings with new partnerships with traditional media companies and international brands like Paula Dean celebrity cook from the Food Network, CBS and CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker to explore the digital and social media space through multi-platform interactivity.
Miles says that while it’s a tough economy right now the time is ripe for independent producers and talent to create your own intellectual property and build your own brands. He said the important things are story and character, really interacting and engaging with your audience and finding them on every social network that they might be like Facebook and YouTube and bringing them back to your own site to control your user experience. He thinks people will be able to make money through advertising once that market bounces back.
by Larry Kless
This is another video tutorial by Jan Ozer from the Streaming Learning Center. It’s a 10-minutes overview which he says, “details how to configure the most important H.264
encoding parameters (profiles, levels, entropy encoding and b-frames),
discusses why H.264 encoding quality varies by encoding tool and identifies which
tools produce the best quality. It’s the entry level information that I
provide in most H.264 encoding lectures and useful to anyone producing
H.264 videos with tools like Sorenson Squeeze, Adobe Media Encoder,
Apple Compressor and Telestream Episode Pro.” See the original post here.
Jan also has a great list of H.264-related reference in his post, So You Want to Get to Know H.264?
Understanding the Key H.264 Encoding Parameters from jan ozer on Vimeo.
This tutorial details how to configure the most important H.264 encoding parameters (profiles, levels, entropy encoding and b-frames), discusses why H.264 encoding quality varies by encoding tool and which tools produce the best quality.
by larrykless
This two-part article come by way of Master New Media and was originally shot and recorded by Robin Good for MasterNewMedia and first published on January 8, 2009 as “Online Video Marketing: Basic Tips And Advice From A Video Marketing Evangelist – Lasse Rouhiainen – Part 1” and on January 15, 2009 as “Online Video Marketing: Basic Tips And Advice From A Video Marketing Evangelist – Lasse Rouhiainen – Part 2.
If you are struggling to understand the fundamentals ofonline video publishing, as well as how to use videos to do marketing, this video article with Lasse Rouhiainen gives you some good basic information on how to get started.
Robin Good says, “Lasse Rouhiainen is a passionate YouTube video publisher
based in Alicante, Spain. Lasse who is a passionate video marketing
evangelist, works a lot with the tourism sector, helping travel
agencies and professionals get familiar and proficient in their use of
online video to market and promote their offerings. Having Lasse been a long-time fan of MasterNewMedia by sharing and
commenting back on much of my work, I have kindly invited him to join
me for an online video interview focusing on the basics of online video publishing and marketing.
What I wanted to get from him was some simple and immediately
applicable suggestions on what is probably the most difficult part of a
video publishing career: getting started. :… read more
Duration: 8′ 43″
How do you go about distributing your videos online in an effective
fashion? How do you choose the right keywords to title your clips? If
you are just starting up with online video marketing, these are
probably some of your most pressing concerns. Lasse Rouhiainen and Robin Good discuss how to
increase views, find relevant keywords, upload a video to multiple
video-sharing sites, choose a good video format. read more
Duration: 17′ 27″
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Video Marketing Online: The Secret Formula For Success By Tubemogul
Online Video Distribution And Analytics Service: TubeMogul Reviewed
Online Video Marketing: Ten Ways You Can Use YouTube To Promote Your Online Content
Video Marketing Online: How To Effectively Market With Video On The Web
