[IMC-Video] newsreel

[lotu5]

I think this is a fricken awesome idea. The simple idea of combining
efforts, I think, is really important. I think that if there was a site,
like video.indymedia.org where people knew that some stuff would be
broadcast on fstv, then probably more people would submit material.

Also, a lot of people were already submitting material, but a subtitling
tool like the one for g8-tv.org would be awesome, as the material is in
so many languages and it worked great for the g8.

The borderlands Hacklab has offered to try to find hosting and we're
still working on it. I think we're a few weeks away at best, but we
should definitely be able to offer some part of hosting.

ciao,

  lotu5


Sasha Costanza-Chock wrote:
> Hi everyone, both IMC US and IMC Video folks. I think that the
> conversation about IMC newreel might benefit from a connection to the
> conversation that's happening about IMC video more generally. I'll try
> to summarize for both groups :)
> 
> IMC US is talkin about how no one is sending in video material for the
> monthly newsreel, even though it airs nationally on Free Speech TV and
> would seem to be an attractive option.
> 
> IMC Video is talking about how we need to improve useability of the
> tools we use to upload, view, find, and share indymedia video throughout
> the network, in part to compete with the advances from corporate 'web
> 2.0' sites like YouTube, while remaining true to free and open source
> software, copyleft, privacy, and freespeech.
> 
> Personally, I'm convinced that some of the ways to improve contributions
> to IMC newsreel are 1. outreach (very few know about it), 2. submission
> process (upload instead of sending physical tapes) and 3. editorial
> process (a few editors look at submissions that a few people send in,
> instead of a method that successfully draws input across the whole
> network).
> 
> I'm not at all saying this to belittle the great work that steve and
> everyone who's been involved have been doing to keep it going! I'm only
> encouraging us to think concretely about this question:
> 
> what new tools/process could we use to select great video content from
> across the network for national airing on FSTV?
> 
> For example: if the new video.indy CMS successfully syndicates content
> from across the network, as well as provides a spot for upload, it would
> be simple to build in rating/editorial system. eg viewers rate/star
> material, that floats to the top for editorial collective to make final
> selections/sequencing for the newsreel. If we implement the subtitling
> tool that worked for g8-tv.org (or some other tool) then that will
> increase the speed and amount of international material that can be
> included. And if people are uploading high quality files (as they were
> with ivdn) we can even do really interesting stuff like let video
> editorial collective members select the clips with the editorial
> interface, then server-side assembly of the reel according to a template.
> 
> Just some food for though, especially as we move toward relaunching
> video.indy
> 
> peace
> schock
> 
> 
> 
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