We're excited about working with VOIS.com to power video on their site! Check out the press release on Reuters here: http://tinyurl.com/yu4und

Chris Brogan, New Social Network, Reality Cooking Site, and Online Movie Site Launch Online Video Channels November 26th, 2007

Twice each month Magnify.net selects its four hottest publishers to spotlight on its home page — providing new visitors and potential publishers with a glimpse at the diverse community of users that are adopting the unique platform to aggregate their videos from all over the web using the Magnify.net video platform.

VOIS (OTC: VOIS, VOISW) – The newest social network to hit the internet is geared towards users age 18 and over. Vois is growing very quickly with 1 million visits this month! And since you can’t have a social network without video, Vois asked Magnify to power their video needs.

"We are delighted with the addition of video functionality from Magnify" said Gary J. Schultheis Vois.com's President. “The Magnify platform is very user friendly, it extends our brand and the integration was virtually seamless".

Chris Brogan’s Attention Upgrade – Chris Brogan is a social media and social networks expert, dedicated to showing businesses, organizations, and individuals how to build relationships using these tools.... [More]

So, I was browsing new sites on Magnify the other day- which can take hours! I stumbled into a neat trick that Chris Brogan put on his Attention Upgrade site (www.AttentionUpgrade.com).

What he did was take his RSS link from his twitter feed and put it on his Magnify.net home page. The result is that for folks that don't want the firehouse of data that twitter offers in real time, his page is now a collection of his video blog posts and his twitter feed. A way to update your page in real time - Very Cool!

Always nice to be noticed - our friends at Hellish Holidays stirring the 'holiday' pot. Got a terrible holiday video? Don't forget to go and upload yours!

Friday, 16 Nov 2007
"Hellish" Holiday Ahead? I've Got Some Web Sites For You
Posted By: Julia Boorstin

As people start preparing for a family Thanksgiving, I figured I should to share this fun web site: HellishHolidays.com is a user generated site dedicated to, you guessed it, hellish holidays. You upload your embarrassing, awful video and share the kind of wonderful personality conflicts that emerge over family dinners. The site has some videos that go back to the 60s and 70s--people have clearly been dying to share some of these holiday moments for a while. Some are staged, (Thanksgiving at the Trailer Park) some seem bizarre and voyeuristic.

Apparently this site features various holidays, but I've only discovered it now. Last year, I cooked a full T-day dinner, including a 23 pound turkey for my family and my future in-laws in a tiny Manhattan kitchen. I probably broke some record of the number of dishes to be produced per square foot, so needless to say, there are moments that would have qualif... [More]

On Thurday Magnify.net announced that it was releasing into private beta our 'Vlog In a Box" webcam recorder, and that we'd invited Chris Brogan to join and help us manage the beta.

We had hoped for some enthusiastic feedback -- but frankly, we were kind of blown away. Some of the bloggers we read and respect the most jumped in with reviews, thoughtful commentary, and a sense of where both we and the space are going. Among the things that jumped out at us:

Center Networks said: "Magnify.net Does for Video Blogging What Wordpress Did for Word Blogging"

Masable said: "Continued evolution of Magnify as a service...What you’ve got is an integrated, multi-faceted network (that you’ve created) that operates around the aggregation and personal creation of video content."

Springwise said: "it's time for verticalization. Right on cue, Magnify has launched a service that helps web publishers bring subject-specific video channels to their own websites."

"The next stage of the video era: general sites have had their day—now it's time for the niche, vertical contenders to take hold"

Profy said: "Magnif... [More]

As most of you know, we've tended to hand over new pieces of the Magnify.net platform to our entire user base just as soon as it was ready. But in the case of the "Vlog in a Box" WebCam, we've decided to manage the the process a bit differently. You may wonder why -- and I think you'll find the thinking useful.

First, while we've had some blog and vlog templates in the platform, we've never really had partners using Magnify.net as their blog or vlog home. We expect that this new group of users will have a bunch of new needs, some of which we've anticipated and tested, but a bunch more that we wanted to learn about before we went wide with the new tools. So we wanted to be able to engage and then adjust the product with a small test group before we let the new code go live for the platform.

Second, Chris Brogan and I have been looking for something to do together for a while -- and this turned out to be the perfect thing. (If you haven't checked out www.AttentionUpgrade.magnify.net yet, please do.) Chris is vlogging his *ss off, which is to say he's really digging in and put the same smart, timely, spot on content on his vlog that he's been twittering and blogging about for a while now. If you haven't subscribed to ... [More]

Chris Brogan is my hero.



... and not just because he wears a cape!

As the world of media evolves - there is one characteristic that separates 'old' media and what used to be called 'new' media. Heart. Passion. Authenticity. Voice. New platforms and new technology is breaking down walls and allowing voices to be heard that could never have made their way through the narrow pipe that was the mainstream media.

Chris is leading the charge.

As the founder of Pod Camp, he created a place where knowledge flows freely, where anyone with a voice and a story to tell feels welcome, and where the future of media is truly wide open. As the organizer of Jeff Pulver's VON conference, he was able to imbue that event with the same kind of 'can do' spirit and sense of sharing.

So when we began to put the finishing touches on a video blogging product for Magnify, we knew who we wanted to help us guide it. Chris was the first call. Now i'm delighted that Chris will be blogging on Magnify.net - http://www.attentionupgrade.magnify.net/ - and working with us to gather feedback and wisdom from his community of bloggers and podc... [More]

From http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071113/0327731.html

Hellish Thanksgiving Videos, Major College, and Popular How-To Site, Launch Online Video Channels
Tuesday November 13, 7:59 am ET

Magnify.net Now Supports Over 20,000 Publishers That Create Online Channels Dedicated to Specific Video Content Curated From Videos Across the Web, All-in-One Branded Location

NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 13, 2007 -- Twice each month Magnify.net selects its four hottest publishers to spotlight on its home page -- providing new visitors and potential publishers with a glimpse at the diverse community of users that are adopting the unique platform to aggregate their videos from all over the web using the Magnify.net video platform.

Hellish Holidays - If you've ever had a bad family holiday dinner, don't worry, you're not alone. Laura Cohen found herself privately thinking that Thanksgiving was Hellish -- and wondered if others felt the same way. Surprise! She was right.

"You always hear about wonderful holiday memories, but I think most people are just better at blocking out reality than I am," said Cohen.

"Many of my memories involve cranky relatives, burned food, disappointing gifts and traffic jams that go on for... [More]

So, it has been two days in San Jose, and there's a bunch to report.

First of all - the keynote day one by Erick Hachenburg from Metacafe was impressive. These guys have a long view of the space, and they're not shy about their beliefs and vision. In fact, Eric proclaimed that pre-roll was dead, and despite the fact that others have wispered it - his proclaimation was notable for its clarity and definitive nature. I love that these guys are growing, and thriving in UGV - it helps prove the point that the future of UGV is about many companies doing well, not just one or two category killers.

Then, there was the panel on monetizing UGC. The Panel included folks from Turner, Lucasfilm, AtomFilms, and yours truly. The Moderator was Jose Castillo of thinkjose.com. What was perhaps most notable here was that each of these companies - who maybe a year ago would have had little to say abou UGC (other than Atom of course) had a TON to say. Chris Carvalho of Lucasfilms talked about user generated mash-ups and about the challanges of getting George to embrace the fan fiction that we all know is now so central to their web offerigns. This is huge. Fans love Star Wars. And George is a notorious control freak... [More]

Check it out - cool coverage from our friends at For Your Imagination.

Video Series nextNYers to Interview New York Startups
Mark Hendrickson

A new weekly web series called nextNYers will be filming five-minute-long interviews with tech startups based in New York City. The company behind the production of nextNYers, For Your Imagination, aims to give better exposure to local tech companies that have been around for a few years. The show is also being presented in partnership with NY-based tech blog CenterNetworks, which will post each week’s show. Meghan Mitchell is the host.

We’ve embedded the first show from the series - in which they interview the founder of Magnify.net - below.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/07/video-series-nextnyers-to-interview-new-york-startups/

The DV Show Executive Producer Brian Alves stopped by the booth at VON last week and recorded this interview with Magnify.net CEO Steve Rosenbaum:

http://thedvshow.com/vidcast/
http://thedvshow.magnify.net/

Show #198
We're in beautiful downtown Boston, MA this week for Video on the Net, a conference and expo that explores the disruptive force of broadband internet on the future of TV, film, and broadcasting. We spoke with dozens of today's industry leaders and tomorrow's disruptive innovators who are taking full advantage of the many offerings the new media space provides.

Show Notes:
Magnify.net
video.thedvshow.com
Diet.com
Proclaim
Video on the Net

Hey - West Coast Friends, Ari and I are looking forward to being at streaming media west...

We've got a booth, and i'm going to be paneling - so please stop by!

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Time: 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Session: A202
Session Title: Consumer Generated Video Sites: Can They Be Monetized?
Session Description: http://www.streamingmedia.com/west/program/

Moderator:
Jose Castillo, Founder thinkjose.com

Panelists:
- David Eckoff, VP, New Product Development and Innovation, Turner Broadcasting
- Chris Carvalho, Director of Business Development, Lucasfilm
- Joel Sanders, Sr. Director of Site and Operations, AtomFilms, MTV Networks
- Steve Rosenbaum, CEO and Founder, Magnify.net