Video Sharing Websites
Babelgum:
http://www.babelgum.com — A free internet
TV platform supported by advertising, Babelgum combines the full-screen video
quality of traditional television with the interactive capabilities of the
Internet, offering professionally produced programming on-demand. Especially
favors independent film, independent music, and underwater film. Also channels
for nature, comedy, travel, and sport. The Babelgum player provides content
owners with a secure platform on which to distribute their programming worldwide
and a business model that allows them to monetize their assets. Sponsors the
Babelgum Music Video Awards.
Barely Political:
http://www.barelypolitical.com —
The website behind the Obama Girl videos. No user-generated videos.
Betawave:
http://www.betawave.com — Formerly known
as GoFish. Offers a network of partner websites featuring celebrity
entertainment, extreme sports, cartoons, anime, and more. “Our network consists
of a select group of youth-oriented publishers for whom we sell advertising and
through which we can distribute our original online video content. Betawave
offers a comprehensive package of services to publishers including marketing
services expertise, premium advertising, access to exclusive packaged content,
reporting, and streamlined payment process.”
The Big 50 Videos:
http://www.b50v.com — Features the top 50
comedy, sports, and entertainment/movie videos. Also includes a hall of fame.
They invite you to send them videos.
BigGlide:
http://www.bigglide.com — Encourages users
to show the world your talent. Lots of models. Alexa: unranked in September
2011.
Big Oven:
http://www.bigoven.com/videoresultspage.aspx — Create and share your own
cooking and food-related videos.
Big Think:
http://www.bigthink.com — This interactive
site allows you to browse, rate, and respond to the the opinions of celebrity
experts. Also allows you to present your creative ideas. Alexa rank: 88,363.
Our task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking
points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this
means that our information is truly interactive. When you log onto our site, you
can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with today's
leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by
topic, and, best of all, respond in kind. Upload a video in which you take on
Senator Ted Kennedy's views on immigration; post a slideshow of your trip to
China that supports David Dollar's assertion that pollution in China is a major
threat; or answer with plain old fashioned text. You can respond to the
interviewee, respond to a responder or heck, throw your own question or idea
into the ring.
Blacksite Media:
http://www.blacksitemedia.com —
Features videos about paranormal events and doings.
Blastro: http://www.blastro.com — Features hip-hop videos and urban videos.
Blinkx: http://www.blinkx.com — Video search tool featuring
35 million hours of
video. If you have video content on your website or blog, you can submit it for
indexing via RSS to Blinkx at: http://www.blinkx.com/rssupload.
Blip Snips:
http://www.blipsnips.com — Allows users
to tag YouTube videos with the key moments in the video so they can share those
specific moments with other users. Alexa rank: 769,699 in August 2010.
Blip TV: http://www.blip.tv — Features short, funny entertainment videos. They allow
you to upload video via the website, an FTP address, a desktop utility called
UpperBlip, or your cell phone. You can also cross-post videos automatically to
many blogging platforms. You can embed videos into your website as an image
thumbnail, a Flash player, a pop-up window, or a new browser window. Plus you
can provide viewers multiple video formats to download (Flash, iPod, cell phone
playback, etc). Finally, BlipTV offers optional revenue sharing. Currently
features 48,000 web shows and 22 million viewers.
BlueString:
http://www.bluestring.com — Upload and
share photos, videos, and music from your PC. Just drag and drop to share. With
StringIt, you can share your creative collections (for example, from a wedding
or other event) and then invite family and friends to add their own photos,
videos, or music to add to the story. A service of AOL.
Bofunk:
http://www.bofunk.com — Features videos: awesome, crazy, cute, funny,
interactive, nasty, painful, ridiculous, signs, stupid ideas, and what the heck.
BookCaster:
http://www.bookcaster.com — Features
book trailers and other book-related videos. You can add your own videos. Very
new. Few videos (September 2009).
Book Screening:
http://www.bookscreening.com —
Features book trailers from authors and potential authors.
Bopsta:
http://www.bopsta.com — An online lip-syncing competition where anyone can
upload music videos. Formerly known as GoogleIdol.
Boxee:
http://www.boxee.tv — The best way to enjoy video from the Internet or your
computer on your TV.
Break: http://www.break.com — Videos especially for guys (ages 15 to 35). 18
million unique visitors each month. They show 12 million videos per day. They
have partnerships with Tivo, Lionsgate, NBC Universal, Vivendi Games, Twisted
Pictures, Limelight Networks, and more. Break offers a full package of free
services to website owners that will help drive traffic and increase your site's
reach and ad revenue. You can embed every video on Break onto your website with
a customized embeddable player. On Break you can also create a tricked out
customized personal page where you can send updates to subscribers, post
bulletins, and include links to your site for all the people who are finding you
for the first time through Break. Their Girl of the Day widget allows you to
have the hottest girls from all over the web delivered to your site every morning.
Alexa rank: 488 in October 2010.
Brightcove: http://www.brightcove.com — A video
publishing website. They provide professional video services to MTV, Warner
Music, and other big companies, but they also offer a personal video sharing
service that is free. You can sign up for a Brightcove Network account to make
money by sharing advertising revenue (50/50), offer downloads or rentals using
AOL Video distribution (30/70 split), or third-party syndication programs. You
can upload videos via the website or their desktop PublishPod application. Their
Aftermix online video editor lets you record directly from your webcam, adjust
your videos, import videos from YouTube and others, and use images from Flickr
and Facebook. Their Takeout Box widget allows you to create thumbnail listings
to promote your Brightcove videos all across the web. Page rank of 8.