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If they announce the iPod video

Fred Oliveira on October 6, 2005

iPod Video … I’m going to start videoblogging. The reason: because I love independent media, and an iPod video may become the best possible vehicle to get indie media in the hands of people (if it happens, that is). I remember a few months ago when I got back to blogging, I was paying a lot of attention to the emerging podcasting market (this was when I first posted about Odeo) and wondered about whether vidcasting / videoblogging would ever pick up or how fast that would happen.

Now, it’s a (growing, sure) reality. There’s a growing number of videoblog aggregators, and people creating small videos (some of them, really good). For me, and apparently for Peter Van Dijck (of mefeedia and who wrote a very good book very good book on information architecture) agrees, the video ipod will ultimately be a vehicle for independent media and not necessarily blockbuster movies (even if they obviously play a big role in the media market).

Will the indie media revolution happen? Well, it’s already happening with podcasting. Will it happen in the video market? That, we’ll have to see. But the iPod video sure would help. Not that I’m unhappy about the PSP, though.


Comments on this post

Peter

I just got a PSP.. but I don’t have an easy process yet of getting my indie video on it.. Trying to figure it out.

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[Source: WeBreakStuff] quoted: The reason: because I love independent media, and an iPod video may become the best possible vehicle to get indie media in the hands of people (if it happens, that is). I remember a few months ago when I got back to blogg…

JKE

What about mobile phones and their video thingy? I personally don’t like the idea of carrying around too many devices - just one gadget which includes everything (phone/pda/video/audio/(gps)/cam).
Nevertheless, I think you’re right. An “iVlog” would def. boost the vloggingsphere.

3stripe

Bring on the iPod Camera Phone I say! Not really interested in anything else to be honest.

Joanna Pena-Bickley

The Video Podcast or “vlog might actually help big media companies become honest through real competition from a new set of honest journalist who can chase a story without the fear of big corporations pulling the rug out from under them. You go dude!

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