Online video editing service Jumpcut, which was acquired by Yahoo! in September 2006, appears to be in the process of shutting down.
From their website:
We’re sorry to announce that we are no longer accepting uploads to Jumpcut.
We will be keeping the Jumpcut site up and running for the foreseeable future so you‘ll still be able to play, remix and share your existing movies – you just won’t be able to upload anything new.
If you’re looking for a place to upload and share your video, we recommend that you head over to Flickr: http://flickr.com/explore/video
We’re not sure how long this notice has been on the Jumpcut website, but it seems to be quite recent. In the beginning of November, Yahoo! closed live streaming service Y!Live.
Since they’re pointing people to Flickr for their videos, and say in their FAQ that they made this decision in order to ‘focus resources on other Yahoo! sites’, we’re putting Jumpcut into the deadpool even though the site will remain accessible for the time being. What seems painful for the users who have uploaded videos to the service in the past, is that they’re unable to download any of their edited videos.
Hat tip to Flickr exec Shamir Ramjan.
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I’m sorry to see that Y! decided to back out of online video “game” completely. Some big players are joining the game (CBS and new TV.com) and more are probably going to come. It appears that Y! can’t compete with them given the fact that video streaming industry demands very heavy resources…
Maybe yahoo a bit confusing about who should run video service, of course flickr have more user than jumpcut
Whoa! What have we here????
Internet Explorer has a serious security flaw and Microsoft themselves have told the users to use a different browser!
http://vishtecho.blogspot.com/.....in-ie.html
MS did NOT tell people to use a different browser. This was a poorly-written headline from scmagazine.
That is a very big waste of money for Yahoo. They shouldn’t spend too much attention on acquisitions. They should accept the fact that they should compete and create their own.
Real time video splicing = gold.
Simply because the front end Web site no longer accepts user generated content does not mean the (kick ass) core technologies and the people who built them are not making Yahoo a better place.
Jumpcut was a technology and people purchase - not a destination purchase.
Imagine what you can insert into a video..hmmm…
Shame really, as it was a really neat site. Especially the video editing features were great. I’ve never understood why they didn’t integrate the site with Flickr more. Now we know maybe. However, I cling onto the hope that the Jumpcut technology can be used in Flickr. After all, Flickr has the photos and the videos, you only need Jumpcut’s technology to piece them together and make a nice movie. Presumably Yahoo still owns that despite the site shutting down.
You are right.
I used jumpcut before the yahoo aquisition and was great, now is full of spam.
Then I fell in love with flickr.
Time to cut the fat!
Its GREAT news for Camtasia as thats the best practical but painful process to convert edited JumpCut videos to a portable form.
,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/
Jumpcut held my interest for about 5 minutes. It is just more evidence that Yahoo is a rudderless ship, drifting wherever the wind takes it.
Guys, as you can tell from the Jumpcut message, It doesn’t say anything about jumpcut shutting down.