Dailymotion Announces Curated Content Hubs For Video Of Current & Emerging Events. Online video has proven to be a sought after content type during breaking news stories, natural disasters, or other current events. However, the very nature of breaking news makes it tough to find video of a specific event as the news of that event is still breaking, because it's lost amid the billions of other videos viewed online every day.
But now Dailymotion aims to fix that by launching a series of video hubs designed to help users easily find and watch videos related to current events, breaking news, and hot topics. Some hubs will be permanent--such as the one for "movie trailers" or the one for "gaming"--but most of the hubs will be based around events and news stories, like the CES hub they created for videos about the Consumer Electronics Show. Each hub will be curated by human editors, who will presumably also be the ones determining when an "event" has garnered enough attention to warrant its own hub. Here's what the CES hub page looks like:
Why Impresarios (Not Algorithms) Will Rule Web Video. According to a number of predictors, and my friends, 2011 is going to be the year of curated video. The old, algorithmic approach is out, and instead we'll see audiences flocking to videos selected for your viewing pleasure by friends (in the case of Facebook) and experts (maybe even from YouTube). Yes, it looks like "curation" is bound to be the first big buzzword of 2011.
But when it comes to video, before there was curation there was programming. The kind that big network honchos would do. Take Fred Silverman, for example. He made Saturday morning cartoons a must watch for the juice-box set in the '70s, and then built first CBS and then ABC into prime-time juggernauts, launching such shows as "The Waltons," "All in the Family," "Charlie's Angels" and "Starsky and Hutch. " Back when he was curating network TV, there were only three networks to watch. Even though many of the principals are similar, what worked for network TV won't drive web video to success. Vidque. Curating the Best of the Web: Video. The Internet is awash in content — and a whole lot of it is junk, spam or inane status updates.
How do you begin to navigate through the zillions of news articles, Web sites, tweets and other stuff online to find content that matters to you? You need digital curators. To see the full article, subscribe here. Screen shot of Nizmlab, a site that sifts through online videos. Screen shot of Chunnel.tv. Video Curation Is Growing Up, ShortForm Hits One Million Visitors. With 35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, the Google-owned video behemoth would be the second largest search engine were it standalone site. Web video has become a powerful medium. But, I think it’s also fair to say that this powerful medium is in serious need of curation. What if you’re just looking for a quick laugh, a short video, and don’t want to wade through billions of videos — what if you want to create your own, personally curated streaming video channel? Hmmm? Thankfully, content curation has come to video: ShortForm shows it’s here to stay. The San Francisco-based startup allows users to create personalized channels of web video content, easily pulling clips from YouTube and other video sites.
ShortForm curates its own videos, but the real focus is in encouraging its users to become VJs (video jockeys), curating their own channels. So ShortForm has all these visitors, but how is it going to make money? Is Video Curation The Key to Building Visibility, Authority, And Value? What exactly is "curation" and how does it relate to web video marketing?
To find out, I spoke to several curation experts. They explain why they consider it the best way to blend work relationships between machines and human beings to deliver rich and relevant video content to your audience; and why those who expect to be successful web marketers will also need to learn how to be successful video curators. What Is Video Curation? "Curation" is a word that's traditionally been reserved for the likes of a director of an art gallery or museum – basically, someone with the professional expertise and recognition to qualitatively select, organize, and look after the items in a collection or exhibition. Steve Rosenbaum, founder of the video curation service Magnify.net and author of Curation Nation, has offered his own updated definition of a curator as "someone who is deeply familiar with their areas of expertise.” Why We Need Curation (and Curators) for our Web Experience.
Video Curator - What is Video Curation? Definition: A video curator has a knack for finding the gems in mountain of online video. Video curators watch hundreds of videos, gather the best video in playlists on YouTube or another website, and distributes the channel to a network of fans. The best video curators have a keen interest in the subjects that their video channels cover. You'll find video curation channels focused on everything from skateboarding to kittens, fast cars to knitting.
Becoming a video curator is simple. All you have to do is sign up for a YouTube account, create a playlist of your favorite videos, and publish it to your video channel. Just like that, you're a video curator! If you want more control over your video curation channel, create a video blog. Examples: The video curator set up a YouTube channel featuring the funniest puppy videos she could find. Shel Holtz on Content Curation.