Video blogging

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Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging [1] [2] [3] is a form of blogging for which the medium is video.[4] Entries are made regularly and often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata.

Video logs (vlogs) also often take advantage of web syndication to allow for the distribution of video over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers (See video podcast). Though many vlogs are collaborative efforts, the majority of vlogs and vlog entries are authored by individuals[citation needed].

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[edit] History

Video blogging arose as a video form of blogging.

Vlogging saw a strong increase in popularity beginning in 2005. The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group saw its membership increase dramatically in 2005 [5]. The most popular video sharing site to date, YouTube, founded in February 2005, was publicly launched between August and November 2005[citation needed]. The BBC launched their first official video blog in October 2006, with a feature allowing children to name a new Blue Peter puppy.[6] Many open source content management systems, like WordPress or Drupal, enable posting of video content allowing bloggers to host and administer their own video blogging sites. Moreover, convergence of mobile phones with digital cameras allow publishing of video content to the Web almost as it is recorded.[7]

[edit] Significant events in the development of video blogs

  • 2003, May 22 - Maurizio Dovigi, an Italian journalist, launches No Filter, the first European vlog.
  • 2003, June 15 - Nacho Durán launches the first (known) South American (Sao Paulo, Brazil) videoblog based on soundless loops made out of sequences of pictures daily taken from a portable webcam.[8]
  • 2004, January 1 - Steve Garfield launches his videoblog and declares that 2004 would be the year of the video blog.[9][10]
  • 2004, June 1 - Peter Van Dijck and Jay Dedman start the Yahoo! Videoblogging Group, which becomes the center of a community of vloggers[11][12]
  • 2005, January - Vloggercon, the first videoblogger conference, is held in New York City.[13]
  • 2005, July 20 - The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group grows to over 1,000 members.[14][5]
  • 2006, July - YouTube has become the 5th most popular web destination, with 100 million videos viewed daily, and 65,000 new uploads per day.[15]
  • 2006, July 5 - Host Amanda Congdon leaves Rocketboom over differences with her business partner Andrew Baron.[16][17]
  • 2006, November - The Vloggies, the first annual videoblogging awards, is held in San Francisco.[18]
  • 2007, May and August - The Wall Street Journal places a grandmother on the front page of its Personal Journal section.[19] In August she is featured on an ABC World News Tonight segment[20] showing the elderly now becoming involved in the online video world.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blip.tv Brings Vlogs to Masses Red Herring
  2. ^ Prime Time for Vlogs? CNNMoney.com
  3. ^ Will video kill the blogging star? San Diego Union Tribune
  4. ^ Media Revolution: Podcasting New England Film
  5. ^ a b Those darn video blogging pioneers BusinessWeek
  6. ^ Akinwolere, Andy (2006-10-02). The Pups Have Arrived!!. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  7. ^ Mobile blogging for journalists
  8. ^ Videoblog Feitoamouse: First South American Videoblog First Video-Post on 2003, June 15
  9. ^ 2004: The Year of the Video Blog Steve Garfield
  10. ^ I like to watch: Video blogging is ready for its close-up Mike Miliard, Boston Phoenix
  11. ^ Let a Million Videos Bloom Online
  12. ^ Vlogs, glogs, moblogs... il dibattito sul nome di un fenomeno in espansione La Stampa Web
  13. ^ Watch me@Vlog The Times of India
  14. ^ Blogging + Video = Vlogging Wired News
  15. ^ "YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day online", USA Today, Gannett Co. Inc., 2006-07-16. Retrieved on 2006-07-28. (English) 
  16. ^ Popular News Anchor Leaves Video Blog Site washingtonpost.com
  17. ^ Amanda UnBoomed Amanda UnBoomed
  18. ^ A Night at the Vloggies Red Herring
  19. ^ Jessica E. Vascellaro. "Using YouTube for Posterity", Wall Street Journal, 2007-05-10, p. D1. 
  20. ^ The Elderly YouTube Generation (2007-08-08).