Thursday, August 7, 2008

Internet Video & Video Production for the Internet!

Internet video basically deals with transmission of video on internet. Tim Berners-Lee published the first website in 1991. Since then the World Wide Web has grown by leaps and bounds. Many business organizations start their websites with the purpose to expand their business to newer regions and countries. One of the biggest advantages of using websites for any business organization is that it has an appeal to potential customers all over the world. Internet video is one the best option to appeal the customers compared to other formats of visual marketing.

Earlier websites had only plain text or simple images. Now, Internet videos are placed in websites to make one’s website more attractive and appealing. The revolution of internet videos has brought many new technologies like IPTV, P2PTV, Peercasting, Video clip, Webcasting, Streaming video and Internet television. A small overview of each one of the above internet video technology will give you an idea about them.

IPTV - Internet Protocol Television
P2PTV - Peer-to-Peer television
Peercasting - Multicasting
Video Clip - Short video clips files
Webcasting - A method of video media sharing
Streaming video - Method of continuously receiving video data
Internet television - television service through internet

Following is an image of the famous website www.youtube.com which has a huge video collection online:


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