Everybody else uses YouTube, but do you?
So I was wandering through espn.com this morning and thinking about a post on the NFL game tonight and how most of the country won’t see it. I thought of embedding an ESPN video in the post, which caused me to pause and think about how many companies are catching onto the whole unbundled media thing. But then, I got sidetracked by an eTicket piece on Bo Jackson, only to find that this lenghty, magazine-style piece contained — are you ready? — an embedded YouTube video. That’s right.
And then I thought, “We really have come a long way.”
November 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
How long will it take for Nike to file a DMCA notice with YouTube to remove their copyrighted material? {sarcasm} I’m sure the poster Crotchrot (great username) posted the commericial from some old VHS tape.
It’s a good thing NBC/Universal didn’t make the spot!
November 29th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Nike is likely a sponsor of the article anyway.
November 29th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
we really have come a long way… in a short period of time too.
wasn’t it only this time last year that the mood about doing business on youtube began to change?
i can recall comments like “use their clips during your newscast or on your station’s site, but don’t mention their name”.
yeah, that’ll work.
December 1st, 2007 at 10:04 am
Embedding a YouTube link gives up control of your media. You’re depending on a third party Tube user to maintain that link. Once a large backlog of posts w/ embedded clips develops, it leads to a lot of broken links.
I wouldn’t embed an image from another site, I’d much rather upload it onto to my own server so I know it’s always there. Why not the same with flash video?