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IFILM
http://www.ifilm.com/
IFILM "is a leading online video network, serving user-uploaded and professional
content to over ten million viewers monthly. IFILM's extensive library includes movie
clips, music videos, short films, TV clips, video game trailers, action sports and its
popular 'viral videos' collection. IFILM is one of the leading streaming media
networks on the internet." Viacom purchased IFILM
and made it a part of its MTV Network, so most of the commercial videos are from
some segment of that network. However, what distinguishes IFILM is its vast supply
of user created and uploaded videos.
IFILM specializes in viral videos, that is, videos that gain widespread popularity
across the Internet through blogs, email.IM. websites, and old-fashioned word of
mouth. Not all viral videos are humorous. One example of a viral video from IFILM
was "Mercenary Sniper in Iraq," described in Defense Review.com as an "interesting
'Viral Video' clip that puts the viewer inside a helicopter in Iraq (urban environment),
and then puts you right there with a sniper team engaging hostile enemy targets (i.e.
insurgents/terrorists) from a rooftop (again, inside Iraq)."
Summary:
)0> Sources of video data: multiple news, entertainment, and user-created
videos.
)0> Video viewed: QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Macromedia Flash.
)0> Search options: keyword & phrase searching; limit search to specific
collections, such as "User Video."
)0> Sort options: no.
)0> Upload video? Yes.
MSN Video 119
http://video.msn.com/
Don't bother trying to access this site from any browser other than Internet Explorer
6. Once you get past that extremely annoying requirement, MSN Video is not a bad
site. Users have access to all NBC news, sports, and entertainment, as well as other
sources such as the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Networks.
MSN Video also partners with IFILM, so you can access IFILM videos from this site.
119 As of this writing, MSN Video has not been renamed Live Video even though there is a video
search incorporated into Live Search.
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