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A video blog, sometimes shortened to vlog [1] [2] [3] is a blog that comprises video [4]. Regular entries are typically presented in reverse chronological order and often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata.
Vlogs also often take advantage of web syndication to allow for the distribution of video over the Internet using either the R.S.S. or Atom syndication formats, for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers (See video podcast). Though many vlogs are collaborative efforts, the majority of vlogs and vlog entries are authored by individuals
Vlogging arose as a video form of blogging but video blogging is also, in another sense, a continuation and expansion of video diaries and bulletins, which is a form of community media having a history dating back to the 1980s .
In the 1980s video cameras became more widely available in industrialised countries. The B.B.C. noted the growth of a social phenomenon of video diary making, and in 1993 Chris Mohr and Mandy Rose of the B.B.C. Community Programmes United ... the television series, "Video Nation", in which members of the public, across the U.K., were given Hi-8 video cameras for one year, during which time they filmed their everyday lives.
More than 10,000 video tapes were recorded and sent to the B.B.C., from which approximately 1300 shorts were edited and shown on T.V. The first to be shown was called "Mirror" and was made by Gordon Hencher. Viewing figures were high (from 1 million to 9 million) and led to some themed series of "Video Nation" shorts, such as African Shorts, Hong Kong Shorts, Coming Clean, Bitesize Britain and others.
The BBC's "Video Nation" is still running and operates in 33 regional centres throughout England and Wales these days experimenting with new film forms and technologies such as iTV, H.D. and online social networking. "Video Nation" has a sub-website within the enormous structure of the BBC's site [1].
During the same few years that "Video Nation" was getting started the internet was evolving into a W.W.W. but, at first, the bandwidth and processing power required to do video online made it a difficult proposition for most people.
Gradually computers and connection speeds improved.
Vlogging saw a strong increase in popularity beginning in the year 2005. The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group saw its membership increase dramatically in 2005 [5]. The most popular video sharing site to date, YouTube, founded in February 2005, was publicly launched between August and November 2005 .
Google Video ran its own video blog on blogspot.com from October 2005 to March 2007. Launched with a message from Google Product Marketing Manager Eva Ho, this vlog showcased examples of the videos being uploaded and shared at Google. The final Google videoblog was on March 2 2007 and carried the headline "Not really goodbye, just a change of address" [2]. The final Google vlog also contains an invitation to "check out the YouTube Blog to find out what the YT editors consider must-see".
The YouTube Blog[3] has been going since July 2005. The May 3, 2007 entry [21]announces that thousands of YouTube's most popular video makers will, in future, be getting the financial benefits enjoyed by YouTube's professional content partners. The article mentions six ultra popular content providers by name:
Lonelygirl15 is not the vlog of a lonely 15 year old girl but is actually a fictional story performed by actress Jessica Lee Rose, Yousef Abu-Taleb and associates. The story is presented on YouTube and Revver in the form of a video log. It gave the appearance of reality at first but was eventually discovered and branded a hoax. Fame followed quickly after discovery. Jessica Rose has since been interviewed on Jay Leno's show and on MTV. She has also appeared on the cover of Wired magazine.
In 2007 the United States military force in Iraq began a video blog on YouTube, giving a view of the Iraq campaign unfiltered by any civilian journalists. [4] It has since become one of the most popular pages on the site.
Other popular YouTube blogs are:
Other popular/historic video blogs:
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