Comments on: New Web Video guide: Channels.com http://newteevee.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 郑治·传媒边缘 » links for 2007-04-26 http://newteevee.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2440 郑治·传媒边缘 » links for 2007-04-26 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:02:46 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2440 <p>[...] New Web Video guide: Channels.com (tags: Channels.com Web Video TVGuide) [...]</p> [...] New Web Video guide: Channels.com (tags: Channels.com Web Video TVGuide) [...]

]]> By: kelly http://newteevee.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2439 kelly Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:47:43 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2439 <p>Hi Om, I looked at Channels, and it looks exactly the same as Vodpod, Splashcast and Magnify. Except that those three have people making the channels or groups, and Channels does it in an automated fashion. In fact Channels seems to just plop an RSS feed from a source that has multiple RSS feeds, into individual channels.</p> <p>I also looked at Dabble. When I search Dabble, I get for example for "dog", over 100k videos with the most relevant at the top, but at Channels I get 46 in reverse chron order (like getting the feed in Bloglines).</p> <p>I don't think search and collecting an RSS feed into a single channel are quite the same thing. How do you figure that Channels does more than Vodpod, Splashcast or Magnify, which have people hand selecting video? I had much more valuable video watching their channels than the automated channel at Channels.com.</p> <p>Interesting site though.</p> <p>Kelly</p> Hi Om,
I looked at Channels, and it looks exactly the same as Vodpod, Splashcast and Magnify. Except that those three have people making the channels or groups, and Channels does it in an automated fashion. In fact Channels seems to just plop an RSS feed from a source that has multiple RSS feeds, into individual channels.

I also looked at Dabble. When I search Dabble, I get for example for “dog”, over 100k videos with the most relevant at the top, but at Channels I get 46 in reverse chron order (like getting the feed in Bloglines).

I don’t think search and collecting an RSS feed into a single channel are quite the same thing. How do you figure that Channels does more than Vodpod, Splashcast or Magnify, which have people hand selecting video? I had much more valuable video watching their channels than the automated channel at Channels.com.

Interesting site though.

Kelly

]]> By: GigaOM » TVGuide of Online Video? http://newteevee.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2438 GigaOM » TVGuide of Online Video? Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:29:54 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/new-web-video-guide-channelscom/#comment-2438 <p>[...] Guide of online video, asks CinemaTech. It depends on who you ask: start-ups like Blinkx, MeeVee, Channels and ClipBlast are all trying to carve out a market for themselves. AOL and others are going to be [...]</p> [...] Guide of online video, asks CinemaTech. It depends on who you ask: start-ups like Blinkx, MeeVee, Channels and ClipBlast are all trying to carve out a market for themselves. AOL and others are going to be [...]

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