2. • YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United
States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005.
In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now
operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view, and
share videos, and it makes use of WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and Adobe Flash
Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media
video. Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, and other
content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.
• Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media
corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, Hulu, and other organizations offer some
of their material via YouTube, as part of the YouTube partnership program.
Unregistered users can watch videos, and registered users can upload videos to
their channels. Videos considered to contain potentially offensive content are
available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
3. • Viddler is an interactive online video platform for uploading, managing,
viewing, and tagging/commenting on videos. Viddler's paid business service
includes secure uploading and viewing, support, a customizable Flash or
HTML5 player, the ability to create a private online community, video
analytics, file encoding, and player branding. Other features include video
contest management, subscriptions, opt-in advertising, in-timeline
tagging/commenting, and webcam recording. Both viddler and youtube
are very similar with the same features and similar content.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viddler
4. • YouCastr was a video platform that makes it easy to sell video online. The
service was designed to offer video broadcasters and producers a new and
different way to make money by selling live video broadcasts, on-demand
video access, video downloads, and DVDs. The company was founded in
June 2007, and was based in Cambridge, MA. Youcastr closed in mid-2010;
and one of the founders made a post reflecting on the process of starting it
and running it.
• YouCastr allows content creators and owners an easy way to distribute and
sell their videos. Content owners can broadcast live or upload video. Videos
can be sold as Live, On-Demand, Download, and DVDs. Content owners set
the price for each of the options and earn 70% of all the earnings. Videos
can be bundled into collections and sold together at a discount with On-
Demand, Download, and DVD access.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouCastr
