Monday, July 26, 2010

Question of the Week: YouTube

YouTube has been called a pioneer in development of online video as a new visual medium.It serves to entertain, inform and is supportive of both the creative process and it's own growing community. Millions of users watch thousands of user creative videos each day ranging from news stories to vlogs and and from how-to videos to musical parodies. When it comes to online video, YouTube is the place to go.

So that begs the question, is online user generated content the way of the future?


PhillyD's
online news show has over 1 million subscribers and is now downloadable as a podcast on iTunes, making it one of the largest sources of online news in the world. Other shows such as The Guild and Jake & Amir growing daily, the belief that non-traditional, non-Hollywood programming can succeeed becomes more and more powerful. But then again, it could just be a fad like the internet...

Do you think YouTube is the way of the future?

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