Video blogging

Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging[1] (pronounced 'vlogging', as opposed to 'v-logging'[2]) or vidding[3][4][5] or vidblogging[6] is a form of blogging for which the medium is video,[7] and is a form of Web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts. It is also a very popular category on YouTube.

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).

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History

See also: History of blogging

On January 2, 2000, Adam Kontras posted a video alongside a blog entry aimed at informing his friends and family of his cross-country move to Los Angeles in pursuit of show business, marking the first post on what would later become the longest-running video blog in history.[8][9][10] In November of that year, Adrian Miles posted a video of changing text on a still image, coining the term vog to refer to his video blog.[11][12] In 2004, Steve Garfield launched his own video blog and declared that year "the year of the video blog".[13][14] In an effort to fulfill this prediction, Miles and Garfield soon joined their online colleagues Jay Dedman, Peter Van Dijck, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen, and Christophe Bouten in creating a group on Yahoo! Groups devoted to video blogging.[15]

Vlogging saw a strong increase in popularity beginning in 2005. The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group saw its membership increase dramatically in 2005.[16][17] The most popular video sharing site to date, YouTube, was founded in February 2005. By July 2006, it had become the 5th most popular web destination, with 100 million videos viewed daily and 65,000 new uploads per day.[18]

Many open source content management systems have enabled the inclusion of video content, allowing bloggers to host and administer their own video blogging sites. In addition, the convergence of mobile phones with digital cameras allows publishing of video content to the Web almost as it is recorded.[19] Radio and television stations are now using video blogging as a way to help interact more with listeners and viewers.

Miscellaneous video blogging events

See also

References

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  3. ^ Blip.tv Brings Vlogs to Masses Red Herring
  4. ^ Prime Time for Vlogs? CNNMoney.com
  5. ^ Will video kill the blogging star? San Diego Union Tribune
  6. ^ Has vlogging, vidblogging etc found a name--Video Podcasting? BusinessWeek
  7. ^ Media Revolution: Podcasting New England Film
  8. ^ Kontras, Adam (2000-01-02). [Archived January 27, 2001 at the Wayback Machine "Talk about moving in the 21st Century..."]. Archived from the original on 2001-01-27. Archived January 27, 2001 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
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  11. ^ Miles, Adrian (2000-11-27). [Archived January 8, 2004 at the Wayback Machine "Welcome"]. Archived from the original on 2004-01-08. Archived January 8, 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  12. ^ Miles, Adrian (2000-11-27). [Archived July 23, 2001 at the Wayback Machine "vog"]. Archived from the original on 2001-07-23. Archived July 23, 2001 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  13. ^ Garfield, Steve (2004-01-01). [Archived December 31, 2004 at the Wayback Machine "2004: The Year of the Video Blog"]. Archived from the original on 2004-12-31. Archived December 31, 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
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  16. ^ Those darn video blogging pioneers BusinessWeek
  17. ^ Blogging + Video = Vlogging Wired News
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  19. ^ Mobile blogging for journalists
  20. ^ Watch me@Vlog The Times of India
  21. ^ A Night at the Vloggies Red Herring
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  23. ^ "The Elderly YouTube Generation". 2007-08-08. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3459908. 
  24. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1838731/

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