Vimeo is now supporting High Definition web videos in the resolution of 1280 x 720 !
The resolution of High Definition Videos provided by Vimeo is really referring to HDTV contrary to other video sharing services claiming to provide very soon HD, where they will just propose a quality just above the standard YouTube videos…
HDTV refers to two video formats: 720p and 1080i, corresponding to the number of horizontal lines used to produce the image.
Vimeo presents HD in the 720p format, which is the exact same resolution (1280×720) used by major broadcast networks, at 24 frames per second.
To experiment this impressive quality you must connect to Vimeo HD Channel.
With Vimeo, you can already upload High Definition videos (with a weekly quota of 500MB for now) with a resolution of 1280×720 or better ! Vimeo servers will first make a standard quality version, then a little later your video will appear in HD.
LoadUp and Smotri are video sharing websites from Russia. There is nothing new proposed by these websites, except all basic features proposed by all YouTube like websites…The interfaces are available in Russia and English.
Something funny: the two websites are absolutely the same, except for the names and logo. Even published videos are the same ! Mayby the Russian web 2.0 is now specialized in web duplicates…
We can also note that there seems quite open to any type of video shared on their interfaces…(if you see what I mean…).
Google introduces a marketplace to sell and buy videos on its platform Google Video. The idea was interesting: a site to sell its own videos or to buy real contents (no only videos of the neighbor following down…).
Google was even claming that this market was to increase, attracting interesting partners such as CBS or the NBA.
Now, Google announced it’s over…Google Video is still online, but don’t expect to sell or buy videos anymore…this marketplace is over (for now…?).
Actually, most people prefers to watch free contents, even though they have to see advertisements first…
Charlene Li, a Forrester Research analyst, think that this was a failure to focus on videos rather than on communities around videos, which make the success of YouTube….
But, the target was not the same maybe…and there is maybe not a place for a service between VOD and free web videos yet…
Now Google seems to focus on advertisement and free video contents around communities…
Who doesn’t know Joost, the famous P2P TV Software (formerly known as The Venice Project) ? Babelgum is probably the first real competitor for Joost, but that will not help you understand what’s behind the concept of Peer To Peer TV…
Well, P2P Tv software are a new way of conceiving television, a free on-demand TV over the Internet that lets you watch whatever you want, whenever you want, as often as you want.
Let’s have a closer look at this software & the business model behind it for both, Babelgum and video publishers…
Last.tv is a music video player which matches your music taste from last.fm to videos on YouTube.
It automates selection of music videos and provides effortless continuous play as a television channel. You don’t even need to select your own videos, since data from your Last.fm music profile is retrieved to create a continuous playlist of videos from artists you listen to.
You just have to turn it on, like watching MTV, except this time its all your favourite clips !
You can use your own last.fm account or use someone else’s account, which is a great idea, meaning you can discover new artists from accounts of people who seem to share your taste…
Last.tv matches videos based on artist names. Besides retrieving premium music videos, this also turns up live performances, bootlegs, interviews and fan interpretations. This is unique content which would never be aired on regular music video channels.
Google introduces a marketplace to sell and buy videos on its platform 
