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I remember the first time I heard the name YouTube. At the time, YouTube wasn’t nearly the giant it is today. It is currently the fourth most visited website according to Alexa.com. People upload homemade videos and their favorite movies,…


NYTimes good, NYTimes bad
comment No Comments Written by Atila on May 7, 2008 – 3:18 pm

The Good: The New York Times gets online video religion and writes about the different sources out there and points to better technology and content as the reason to watch online. Here’s the takeaway quote for TVMama readers, from Barry Henthorn, chief executive and co-founder of ReelTime: “While ReelTime content can easily be watched on desktop and notebook computers, Mr. Henthorn urges customers to connect the computer to the television’s larger screen for viewing because, he said, ‘the quality is that good.’

The Bad: So-called “Screens” video content reviewer Virginia Heffernan must be extremely selective, so selective that she missed the launch of MyDamnChannel caught by everyone out there (see the TVMama review here) - and she doesn’t give us an email in which we can write to her or interact directly. And, no, she doesn’t have us in her blogroll (and probably won’t now).

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