As I write about this whole new trend of video-over-the-Internet, I’m always searching for a moniker that’s less clumsy than “video-over-the-Internet.” That phrase is also not exactly accurate for describing the welter of developments driving new forms of video distribution because not all new, cool forms of video go over the Internet. Some private networks that aren’t the Internet (think 3G mobile carriers) are experimenting with new ways of distributing video.
What all these new developments have in common are their reliance on Internet protocol technologies. So, another phrase is IP-based video. Still ungainly.
Now Om Malik has coined a catchy term with the launch of a new blog, NewTeeVee, devoted to “online video, and other technologies that are reinventing the video experience.” The blog is helmed by GigaOm’s Liz Gannes, with contributions from some noteworthies including the apparently indefatigable Russell Shaw (seriously Russell, nobody can write that much), and Paul Kaputska, formerly of Pulvermedia. It’s worth a look.
And congrats to Om for putting a new phrase out there.
Cynthia Brumfield at 7:24 AM|Comments(0)
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