Thursday, October 27, 2005

Now Playing: Your Home Video - New York Times

"Captain Jack is an atypical movie star. A blind Chihuahua rescued from a shelter, he does not have a B-list celebrity owner or a craving for tacos. And he can be a bit cantankerous, according to his companion, Deborah Tallent. 'He didn't like me at first, until I gave him a piece of chicken,' she said."

BLIP.TV Service for users who want to integrate video clips into their blogs. www.blip.tv

CLIPSHACK Basic, simple user interface. Limit of 50 megabytes of storage. www.clipshack.com

GOOGLE VIDEO Accepts clips of unlimited length and makes them searchable. video.google.com

OURMEDIA.ORG Stores videos in the Internet Archive, which is intended to be a permanent online trove. www.ourmedia.org

PHANFARE $6.95 monthly fee covers unlimited video posting, but individual videos may not exceed 10 megabytes. www.phanfare.com

VIMEO Circles of friends and family members can easily keep up with and comment on one another's clips. www.vimeo.com

YOUTUBE Site keeps track of most-viewed, most-discussed and best-rated videos; organizes similar clips into "channels," like sports or humor. www.youtube.com

[Nytimes]

Youtube, backed by Sequoia and Google Video are likely the eventual winners in this space given the capital spending power and resources both companies have over competitors.

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