Comments on: Is the Obama Campaign Going to Embrace Consumer Generated Video? http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/ The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:58:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Todd Zeigler http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-44517 Todd Zeigler Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:39:17 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/#comment-44517 Brightcove does charge usage fees. However it has got a ton of features, most of which are more for professional video bloggers than political campaigns. They may have cut Obama a great deal for exposure. The free one that I use is Blip.tv. It has more features than YouTube, better copyright protections and a more subtle player. YouTube is great in some cases though, obviously. Brightcove does charge usage fees. However it has got a ton of features, most of which are more for professional video bloggers than political campaigns. They may have cut Obama a great deal for exposure.

The free one that I use is Blip.tv. It has more features than YouTube, better copyright protections and a more subtle player. YouTube is great in some cases though, obviously.

]]> By: David http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-44462 David Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:12:05 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/#comment-44462 Looks like someone at brightcove has turned out the lights. I've been waiting 5 minutes for the video to start and still get nothing. I'm patient - but not that patient. My assumption is that the Obama campaign has to pay for bandwidth - even on videos which are embedded throughout the blogosphere. If that's the case, it'll be interesting to watch and see if folks create bots to watch the video time and time again - costing the campaigns thousands of dollars. Why pay when it's free? Seems like a silly use of resources when the alternative seems more reliable and easier to use. Looks like someone at brightcove has turned out the lights. I’ve been waiting 5 minutes for the video to start and still get nothing. I’m patient – but not that patient.

My assumption is that the Obama campaign has to pay for bandwidth – even on videos which are embedded throughout the blogosphere. If that’s the case, it’ll be interesting to watch and see if folks create bots to watch the video time and time again – costing the campaigns thousands of dollars.

Why pay when it’s free? Seems like a silly use of resources when the alternative seems more reliable and easier to use.

]]> By: The Politico: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly » The Bivings Report http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-44230 The Politico: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly » The Bivings Report Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:45:45 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/#comment-44230 [...] I love that they are making their own videos, but the video section itself needs some help.  The design is not visual enough and the Flash player they are using bare bones.  At a minimum they should quickly figure out a way to let people embed their videos in their own sites.  Also, how about an RSS feed so I can get these things on my IPod?  They should take a look at what folks like Blip.tv and Brightcove are doing and take notes.  [...] [...] I love that they are making their own videos, but the video section itself needs some help.  The design is not visual enough and the Flash player they are using bare bones.  At a minimum they should quickly figure out a way to let people embed their videos in their own sites.  Also, how about an RSS feed so I can get these things on my IPod?  They should take a look at what folks like Blip.tv and Brightcove are doing and take notes.  [...]

]]> By: Parker http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-43202 Parker Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/#comment-43202 I know that the the Students for Barack Obama organization have also tried to get at least one viral/user-created video contest going in support of his campaign. I know that the the Students for Barack Obama organization have also tried to get at least one viral/user-created video contest going in support of his campaign.

]]> By: Teresa Valdez Klein http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-38277 Teresa Valdez Klein Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:41:27 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/is-the-obama-campaign-going-to-embrace-consumer-generated-video/#comment-38277 I'm curious if Barack will take the time to respond to some video comments from his constituents using this model. I’m curious if Barack will take the time to respond to some video comments from his constituents using this model.

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