One of my companies produces video for the web to promote its network of sites and attract new visitors who would not ordinarily discover us through our ads or word of mouth. 

I recall when the company gave video production a go for the first time almost 3 years ago...few even knew about YouTube.  The company only had one high-quality camera (because that is all its budget could afford).  Everyone was forced to learn how to get video from digital video tapes captured to a hard drive on a computer, how to edit the video, how to add titles and advertisements in the video, how to export the video, how to compress the video, how to convert the video to flash, how to setup and maintain a video server, how to upload the video to the server and publish it to the web by adding a database entry.  Sounds like a lot of work right? 

Well, anybody can do it in their sleep after a few attempts, but I digress…

As video-sharing sites such as YouTube are gaining popularity all over the world, the `.tv’ domain is drawing more attention.

[D]ozens of home-grown video-sharing and Internet broadcasting sites...are using the ``.tv’’ domain as it is easily related to television or video.

According to Verisign, the operator of the `.tv’ domain, about 70 percent of its users wanted to extend their contracts, which is significantly higher than 60 percent of `.com’ users or 10 percent of `.net’ owners.

A total of 1,460 new `.tv’ domains were registered between January and July this year, up from 483 registrations in the same period last year.

These are quotes I picked up from a Korean newspaper, the full text and link can be found after the jump.

That is my modified version of the tag line from video sharing platform, Revver (http://www.revver.com.  Their tag line is actually, “What if creativity could pay the rent?” Most companies that sprung up post-YouTube compensated content creators, something YouTube is still considering for all content creators (or so I hear). 

Revver is not only one such company, but it also took the revenue sharing model one step further.

The Internet continues to flip traditional industries on their heads, and politics is not immune from its influence either. 

In the past, political candidates relied on paid advertisements, printed materials, public appearances and informational websites to get their political messages out.  But publishing their message, policies, and interests on a website is no longer adequate as a candidate’ s Internet strategy. 

Want to know how much of an impact Web 2.0 is really having on the net? A very good place to start is with an article published by EbizMba.Com, which lists the top twenty five Web 2.0 sites, supported by visitor stats from Compete & Quantcast.

Now, interesting as the article is, I am more interested in seeing how these top twenty five Web 2.0 sites fare against the non Web 2.0 sites......as a barometer on the overall impact Web 2.0 is having on the net.

Here are my findings.

Not every company or individual has the resources to pay a third party to produce compelling featured videos designed to attract new members to their site.  If you decide to take on this challenge, it is important to understand that there are significant differences between producing video and producing good video content for your site. 

While producing good video content is a trap for the unwary and can be a challenge for those that never attended film school, I explored the Internet for some of the best information and resources to help you film and produce videos the right way. 

In my most recent blog, I made mention of the use of Web 2.0 social networking tools on Election 2008 candidate websites in the hope of cashing in quite literally through political donations.

Well, the latest news in the blogosphere is regarding the US army and its belated attempts to use the internet, particularly Web 2.0 content-sharing sites like Flickr, del.icio.us, and YouTube.

My journey this morning began with a few ESPN videos before I decided to venture on to YouTube.  I bounced around from video to video for a bit, finding none very entertaining until I came upon this video about Web 2.0, which I found both interesting and informative.  I thought the fans of AllThings.tv might enjoy it.  Please let me know what you think of it.

When you purchased your .tv name it was not worth any more than you paid. After all, what something is worth is what someone is willing to pay, nothing more, nothing less.

Now that YouTube transformed the way we view online video and the cost of bandwidth and site development has come down, it is more than likely your .tv names have increased in inherent value. As more and more companies release streaming video sites on the Internet and on .tv, you can expect to receive more and more inquiries about your domain.

Perhaps you already know the price you are willing to accept or you know you want something above a minimum price. Regardless, you probably invested in the .tv market for either speculation or development. The longer you can pay your registration fees and hold the domain, the more it will be worth in the future (assuming the trend continues). Finding the optimal time to sell if you are a speculator, or develop if you are a developer, will depend on how much money you have, how much time you are willing to wait, and what your short term and long term plans are.

Some people say the Internet and TV are converging simply because they have heard others say it, but rarely do they see the wheels turning.  When you are involved in this industry, you may or may not get a glimpse of this in action.  However, I continue to notice a trend: The Internet is changing what people do with their free time (and even time at work).  We no longer have the patience to watch as much commercially saturated television; we now enjoy short bursts of entertainment.