A new UK startup launches on Monday called BlinkBox. Users take pre-created clips from movies and television shows (the clips can be shortened by the user) and add a personalized message at the beginning. The clips can then be shared via a link, embed or mobile device. Here’s an example of (a very funny) one that was created for me.
There’s a pretty deep catalog of movies and TV shows to view. The company’s business model is to pitch buying or renting the movie or tv show after viewing the clip. They’ve built their own (heavily DRM’d) platform for delivering this content to buyers, although it only works on Windows machines at this time.
The concept is similar to Slingbox’s Clip+Sling, which allows Slingbox users to create short content clips and share it with friends.
The site is not working 100% for me - embeds don’t work and most of the clips can’t be selected when creating a blink. This may be pre-launch jitters, or licensing issues restricting me because I’m U.S. based (it’s launching only in the UK for now).
We have more on this at TechCrunch UK.
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i think those clips could be playing in a list with P2P live streaming software, such as TVkoo, PPlive or rowflow. The user could click the faverite clips while watching, then he could replay the sigle stream. One channel could contain hundreds of slips, and dozens of channels would be the most attractive DIY TV station.
Oh please … do you really think is funny?
yep.
http://www.blinkbox.com/Blinks/3712/Asset.aspx
Love it - just made one about Elvis
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http://www.blinkbox.com/Blinks/3712/Asset.aspx
Good potential, Love it - just made one about Elvis
Well … maybe I have no sense of humor, or my cold has really gotten me
Sorry guys, I did not find it funny.
i liked the idea .. and found your clip funny:)
the only limitation is that it plays as two videos one after the other .. first your message .. then the actual movie clip .. i think the next step would be to embed text or images in the movie clip itself .. or have th ability to add an audio file as a background .. similar to a movie trailer.. if people were able to create something like movie trailers .. i think that would be great.
Thansk
Really cool site, i just created the below link:
http://www.blinkbox.com/Message/6073.aspx
eye
We plan to do this too, only right!
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It never ceases to amaze me when reading about new ideas like this one. Human capacity at inventing new ways of making money seems unlimited.
There is a beta site that will be launching soon that allows you to embed text, images, video into a precreated motion graphic video template. The video could be a movie trailer, a sports highlight reel, or anything that will drive people to create and share. Check it out soon.
http://www.motionphoto.com
Sounds promising but I wonder how long it will be before they get a little competition from the likes of google/yahoo who have a vast library of clips (legal and otherwise) in the hopes that users create their own ads to sell stuff.
Jon