tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post6255747968736649991..comments2008-12-25T09:59:00.927-05:00Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384430934881752883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post-44231285873852198902008-12-25T09:59:00.000-05:002008-12-25T09:59:00.000-05:00No idea why that first sentence was weird! Woops.Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384430934881752883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post-72882151656713412082008-12-25T09:58:00.000-05:002008-12-25T09:58:00.000-05:00Christopher,<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the comment and <BR/><BR/>That is great feedback about how you are able to use YouTube successfully. I feel affirmed that someone else sees my geeky aversion to embedding YouTube on a site (unless it's to display a funny clip or something -- not original content). I'm glad your mag was able to develop it's own player. It's tough for entrepreneurs who don't have that option, so in some cases I could see how they would turn to YouTube.<BR/><BR/>"old school new media" -- I love it! I'm with you!Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384430934881752883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post-16002377241076227422008-12-24T00:00:00.000-05:002008-12-24T00:00:00.000-05:00I can't blame Brightcove for canceling its free service. The few extra features its paid-for platform offered weren't worth the lofty price, so Brightcove ended up being its own competition.<BR/><BR/>When the free platform went down this month, our magazine was faced with the decision of either shelling out $6,000+ per year for the lowest-tier package at Brightcove (for which we previously paid nothing), or losing all our content and starting from scratch with a new service. We weighed the options and opted to develop our own video platform in-house.<BR/><BR/>Just this past week I migrated all our content onto YouTube, where our news videos are getting a surprisingly great number of hits. But like you, Ellie, I shudder at the thought of embedding a YouTube video directly onto our website. In short, YouTube videos can be acceptable and even professional, as long as they stay on YouTube.<BR/><BR/>For embedded news videos, the only way to go for me is either Brightcove or a custom alternative. (For what it's worth, we are developing ours from the open-source JW Player.)<BR/><BR/>But maybe I am just old school new media.Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005030710514882754noreply@blogger.com