Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: August 26, 2005 2:57:29 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off
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[Note:  I'm a regular viewer of 'Rocketboom'.  DLH]

Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off

 These are the early days of video blogging. Most of the postings on  
the Web are rough and tedious -- little more than home movies. But  
the success of Rocketboom and a few sites like it underscore the  
potential of video blogs. Cheaper video recorders mean just about  
anyone can make videos, while the spread of speedy Net service means  
almost anybody can watch clips posted online. The result? The  
Internet is coming alive with a mix of video, from the polished  
parody of Rocketboom to the raw interviews of reporters. As these  
videos flow into the living room, they will reshape what we think of  
as television. "TV will be transformed," says Mitchell Kapor, the  
founder of Lotus Development Corp. and now an investor in  
Participatory Culture, an online video startup. "People will look at  
it as historically quaint that you had to watch something that others  
chose for you."

<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_36/b3949087_mz063.htm>

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