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By: Wildbit » Yahoo! Current: Improving user generated content - Thoughts on building web apps, businesses, and virtual teams

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:49:17 +0000

[...] I was just having a conversation the other day about the issues surrounding sites like YouTube. User generated content is powerful, but where does the model help people filter out the junk and view the quality media? Yahoo! Current joined up with Current TV to make a difference. You can read the full review over at TechCrunch. [...]

By: Ryan Stewart

Ryan Stewart — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:41:16 +0000

Has CurrentTV complete gone bonkers? They’ve let current.tv expire (it seems) and all of their internal links from currenttv.com still link to current.tv.

Can anyone provide any insight?

Thanks!

By: S Video Cable

S Video Cable — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:01 +0000

I don’t think Yahoo! stands much of a chance of becoming dominant. They’ll get a smallish group of loyals, but as far as actually becoming popular as a video distributor..

By: Yahoo Launches Online Video Service!! « Web 2.0 & SEO Tools

Yahoo Launches Online Video Service!! « Web 2.0 & SEO Tools — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:10:10 +0000

[...] As the popularity of YouTube grows , many sites are jumping on the video content bandwagon, after Google & Yahoo now it’s the turn of Yahoo .It announced a joint venture Wednesday with Current TV, the cable network co-founded by Gore. The two companies are launching the Yahoo! Current Network, an online video site featuring user-generated content as well as professional videos from the staffs of the two companies. So the big question is YouTube will continue to dominate the market position or people are going to try out many of the clone sites after being fed up with the poor video quality of the videos. read more … [...]

By: News Doggy - Fetched News » Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content

News Doggy - Fetched News » Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:20:04 +0000

[...] On a day that saw it â??s stock take a hit, Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels.read more | digg story [...]

By: Putting people first

Putting people first — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:25:22 +0000

Yahoo! teams with Current TV on viewer created content [Techcrunch]…

Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels, writes Nik Cubrilovic in Techcrunch.
Current TV is a cable and sattelite channel backed by …

By: The Other Here » Blog Archive » So Much… Metaversal Tidbits from the Last Few Days

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:43:31 +0000

[...] In the next room at IFP, Current TV was apparently flipping their script from Google to Yahoo. This is really wild. We have Current TV on in the living room sometimes (this can be a pretty media-drenched household come the evening when we’re all home, with three or four laptops always open, the TV on, music, video games) and ever since their launch last year I’ve been enjoying following what they’re up to. One day it was Google Current TV and literally the next the Google logo was replaced by Yahoo’s Y! bang and here we are. News on that via Tech Crunch. [...]

By: Currants » Another Online Video Service: Yahoo Current

Currants » Another Online Video Service: Yahoo Current — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:47:09 +0000

[...] As the popularity of YouTube grows with everyday, many sites are jumping on the bandwagon of video content. Microsoft is going to launch MSN Video. Google launched Google Current. Now Yahoo! has came to their senses and joined forces with Current TV to form Yahoo! Current Network, “a video site with a mix of professional and user submitted videos arranged in channels.” Some of the content is said to be pretty good, much better than YouTube. I believe that Yahoo! is trying to raise the bar with the quality of video posts. We’ll see who will win out in the end. Is YouTube going to maintain the dominant presence or are people going to get fed up with the poor quality of the videos and lose out to one of the many video clone websites? Liked It? Share It! Clicking on the icons below will help other people learn about this storyThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:12:10 +0000

It’s interesting to see the debate as if it’s a zero sum game.

Video will be what text (and then pictures) are the web today.

So there’s tons of room for flavors – both of production styles and distribution solutions.

Current is walking an interesting line between conventional push broadcasting and a Social Media Network. Watching Current on Yahoo it’s clear they haven’t figured that out yet. But the shift from a cable platform to a broader web presence will most certainly get them all kinds of user-data that should help them stear the ship.

What do people watch? What do people want to submit? Does the $100 bounty help or hurt submissions? Are submittors Enthusiasts or Prosumers? Can a Social Media Network survive with a leg in both camps.

My bet is that we’re going to see networks get dramatically smaller – narrower- and more focused on serving their community members. In that regard both Current may or may not be able to leverage Yahoo to get focused and service oriented.

Simply said – is this deal a ‘narrowcast’ or a ‘broadcast’ play?

Thoughts anyone?

By: Herock Post

Herock Post — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:34:07 +0000

Yahoo Current Network－在电视台播放你的视频…

　　最近才想起来，我的数码相机是可以拍视频短片的，以前几乎没用过，因为画质较差，便始终觉得这个功能有点“鸡肋”，后来发现，如果是传到YouTube上，这样的质量已经绰绰有余了，…

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:43:46 +0000

@agor
No offense but Current TV is one of the best channels on Television. It’s all styled, proffesional user created content. Creators get paid for each film that is aired on TV.

I’m not sure Yahoo is the best company to bring this vision farther than it was. Yahoo has more of a self created feel than User created. Most of Yahoo’s properties have little interaction from the user besides a search box.

Although, I am happy to see that yahoo left alot of the general names alone. Yahoo has done a poor job on presenting the videos to the viewers.
It’s generic and Bland.

Conclusion: Current TV would have been better off without Yahoo intefering!

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:07:50 +0000

Youtube is junkfood for the brain and Current is a (pre-e.coli) salad. Totally different audiences and community. Go to a Current meetup and see. There is one tonight in San Francisco. Great ideas but Current/Yahoo! has to lighten up on the rights and allow for more collaboration in their contracts. I funded some productions and after we finished editing, Current changed their terms and we did not have the proper paperwork. Now the projects sit until we find the actors and people we shot and have them sign new releases.

I can see Current succeed with Yahoo! because the exposure and (hopefully) the lack of cheesy hosts that did not add anything to the broadcast product.

By: alan

alan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:02:38 +0000

@ Patricia

oops…its here

(url http://www.broadstuff.com is the link doesn’t show up)

Comments welcome…its a fascinating area to think about.

By: wbgmedia blog : Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content

wbgmedia blog : Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:41:01 +0000

[...] On a day that saw it ’s stock take a hit, Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels.read more | digg story [...]

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:07:04 +0000

@ agore, lol. i agree i can’t really see the value in this one yet, but you know, maybe current has something new up its sleeve.

alan, where’s your blog?? i want to read it!

By: alan

alan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:47:41 +0000

@ Patricia….I agree with you. I’ve blogged a bit about this here

By: macewan

macewan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:43:08 +0000

it sucks that insist on using *.wmv instead of Flash

At the moment either YouTube or GoogleVideo are the way to go.

By: agore

agore — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:31:55 +0000

It seems to me that adding Current TV to your lineup actually worsens your video content

By: Yahoo Launches Current Network « the primitive

Yahoo Launches Current Network « the primitive — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:31:06 +0000

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:59:22 +0000

There are always something better!!! But, I’m desagree with you , right now youtube is better….

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By: Al Gore’s Best Invention Since the Internet: Money for Videos! « Will Video for Food

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:01:14 +0000

[...] Al Gore has had an invention drought since he created the Internet’s tubes and pipes. But he’s back with Current TV. Current has been just out my peripheral vision until I saw its booth at the Independent Feature Project (IFP) event yesterday. Then Techcrunch today reported on Current’s partnership with Yahoo. [...]

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:38:47 +0000

^ I think ultimately, the idea should be to sell your video content to a network or production company

By: nalts

nalts — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:37:07 +0000

Sorry- got the answer:

If your video is featured on the Yahoo! Current Network, you’ll get $100. If it gets picked to air on Current TV, you’ll get an additional $500.