Whilst
loyalty to one video site is admirable getting your
name and creativity out there is that much harder
if you only upload video to one market. Unless you
really want to be known as 'that person from YouTube'
(for example) there's no reason not to upload to multiple
sites since it doesn't cost any more other than time.
If
you've been uploading to several sites, one site at
a time you'll know it is a drudge. This is where Tube
Mogul comes in. Upload your video once to Tube Mogul
then, after you've set up your login to six other
video hosting sites including YouTube, Revver, Metacafe
and others (with more coming), one click will upload
your video to all these sites in minutes (depending
on the individual sites approval process).
Tube
Mogul will also track individual video stats as well
as your stats as a publisher. See which of your videos
are being watched the most on each network and compare
graphs of the results.
For
some networks such as Revver and Metacafe I've found
your video get approved for viewing far quicker than
if you upload it from their own site.
A
similar service to Tube Mogul is Vidmetrix. It allows
you to upload and track your video on all the same
websites but also includes Veoh (Veoh its self also
allows you to distribute videos to other popular sites
but not as widely). Tube Mogul has more tracking features,
such as the option to track publisher accounts, which
gives it an edge but if you just want to upload your
videos to multiple sites both will do the job.
Blip.TV
is another Video hosting site that assists wider distribution.
Not only do they give you a player that you can brand
and embed into your own web site (with your new uploads
being automatically added to the embedded player)
but at the time you upload you can also cross post
to your MySpace Bulletins, MySpace Blog, Flickr and
more.
I
really like the Blip.TV custom player too. Not only
can you (and anyone else) embed it anywhere but also
it will also keep updating with your latest uploads
along with full information about each. Not to mention
Blip.TV is like Revver in that you can earn money
from pre-roll and post-roll advertising.
Veoh,
as mentioned previously also helps with distribution,
however it warrants an extra mention here because
its service is also comparable to Blip.TV. With Veoh
you can create a custom player for your web site that
is loaded with all your videos enabling people to
see them all in the one place. You can also earn money
from your videos with pay per view options available.
See www.XonDemand.com
Sites
referenced in this article:
XonDemand:
http://www.XonDemand.com
Tube Mogul: http://www.tubemogul.com
Vidmetrix: http://new3.vidmetrix.com
Blip.TV: http://www.blip.tv
Veoh: http://www.veoh.com
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com
Revver: http://www.revver.com
Metacafe: http://www.metacafe.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com
Wikipedia
XonDemand
is currently in the VOD LABS working on creating the
Next best thing for studios and yes it will be a Tube
site with Flash Videos.
coming
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Best,
Rob Hoover,
Affiliate Manager, XonDemand
Rob@XonDemand.com
www.XonDemand.com
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