Not really anyone big… just Yahoo and AOL.
This can mean only mean one of two things. Either these established giants of the Net will take over the gigantic demand for user generated video content, OR, their efforts are too little too late and will be seen as weak attempts to cash in on the craze. There are already so many established sites with piles of content that it seems like the latter option is the more likely one.
AOL’s video site is called Uncut Video and its currently in its Beta mode. It looks pretty similar to all the other sites out there and really doesn’t bring anything new to the table. While Yahoo does have an existing video site, it hasn’t yet launched its user generated content site, and it was only unveiled earlier this week in their new business stragey meeting that they would be launching one. There is a screenshot of what it will look like though, which you can find here.
It will be interesting to see how these 2 sites work out. Sure user generated video content is a big deal right now, but in my opinion these huge portals should be focusing on creating their own quality, and well produced video content and try and distance themselves from the YouTube’s and vSocial’s. UG content is cheap and usually crappy quality and it seems like a waste for the likes of Yahoo and AOL to try and jump on the bandwagon at this point when there’s so many players doing fine already.
But what do I know…
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