Google News says that the newly launched  YouTube Direct is "a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users."
I wonder if this tool will lend a new dimension to citizen journalism. Producers of video content now "can reach their own audience while also getting broader exposure [...]

Its time to think of the possible ways in which media and news sites could  take advantage of the emerging user environment in which browsers will increasingly support HTML 5 and the direct rendering of audio and video.
It might be more of an exciting idea than reality now in practical terms, but browsers (at least [...]

The Guardian’s video page
Close on the heels of video journalism advocate Michael Rosenblum’s warning that news websites that do not embrace video whole-heartedly will go out of business - I had written about his dire warning in an earlier post - comes information that UK newspaper sites see video as a way of increasing revenues [...]

The BBC Internet Blog has come up with interesting insights on how people use digital media. These have been summed up in visual presentations (download links below, please note: 6-7 MB files) that are fascinating.
The aim was to explore how people “find, play, personalise and share programmes across different devices and services - like BBC [...]