Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
We can spot significant changes from watching live music on television over the last few years. Lighting and special effects have become more dramatic and flamboyant whilst broadcast video and audio quality has complemented the technology in our homes. But probably just as noticeable, we have seen a rapid increase in crowds holding rectangular devices at live music events, creating a sea of LCD displays all capturing the spectacle ahead.
So what has caused such an up-rise in user generated content? Well some research has categorised UGC creators into two subjective groups; the implicit and the explicit. Those with explicit incentives can see tangible rewards for capturing and uploading their content. The culture bred within the larger video hosting websites encourages users to capture viral content that creates a large amount of hits, growing prospects of financial reward through advertising or simply internet stardom.
The first category however, classifies those with implicit incentives, consisting of content creators who seek no tangible award, except the opportunity to share something fairly significant with their online community.
2011 has been a momentous year for both national and international headlines, offering an abundance of opportunity for the public to capture their first-hand experiences as social events unfold. Probably the most notable being the capture of Muammar Gaddafi, filmed on multiple mobile devices and delivered to news broadcasters all over the world. In fact, the Arab Spring in general will be an event remembered for its strong reliance on UGC, to report fast unfolding events occurring in distant areas.
In the UK however, it was the England Riots that saw the largest single creation of implicit UGC. The UGC platform Stream CrowdSourcer that enables broadcasters such as the BBC and The Guardian to receive mass amounts of media content, saw its highest usage of the year during this period, a time when a large majority of news was portrayed by videos and images submitted by the public.
After the Royal Wedding, Capture of Bin Laden and Gaddafi, The England Riots, phone hacking, numerous protests and the Arab Spring, 2012 may struggle to compete with this year’s calendar of events. It will however see UGC and its creators in bigger numbers than ever, ready and waiting to give society’s side of the story.
Tags: 2012, Crowdsourcer, ugc, ugc platform, user generated content
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Stream UK has recently updated its upload form for BBC News. The BBC currently use Stream UK’s Crowdsourcer Content Management System to allow viewers to submit a news photograph or video that they have taken that they believe the BBC might be interested in.
The upload form now has a webcam application which allows users to record a clip to send to BBC News.
The new upload form has been timed to coincide with the ‘If I were Prime Minister’ campaign. Viewers can send a short video clip describing what they would do if they were Prime Minister, the best of the clips will be shown on BBC News.
To find out more click here
To upload a clip click here
Tags: BBC, Crowdsourcer, user generated content, webcam
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Last week Stream UK’s Stream Crowdsourcer won best User Generated Content Platform at the Streaming Media European Readers’ Choice Awards. Stream UK’s Stream Crowdsourcer bet both Daily Motion (worth $65.6 million) and Never.no to take the UGC prize. The award was received by Stream UK’s CEO Duncan Burbidge at an award ceremony at the end of the first day of Streaming Media Europe.
Stream Crowdsourcer is a powerful platform that allows publishers and brand owners to capture incoming content from a variety of locations in a variety of images and video formats. A simple and elegant online application, Stream Crowdsourcer can transcode various formats and allows you to modify and approve content for effective management of your assets.
For more information please check our website www.streamuk.com/crowdsourcer
Tags: Crowdsourcer, Stream UK, Streaming Media Europe, ugc platform, user generated content
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
London – 13 October 2009 - Stream UK is very pleased to announce that they will exhibiting at Stream Media Europe, a two day showcase of what is happening currently in the online video and content industries.
Stream UK will be demonstrating the enterprise level streaming media solution, Stream Connect which was recently reviewed as “a simplified yet powerful interactive streaming platform that could be managed by the presenter” (Tim Siglin, Streaming Media Magazine) along with their award-winning Crowdsourcer – the ingest, transcoding and moderation tool.
Maintaining their position as digital media specialists Stream UK will also webcast the conference sessions, seminars and keynote speakers live and Stream UK’s Duncan Burbidge will participate in ‘Will the cloud rain on the CDN’s parade?’ session at 10.30 am on Friday 16th October.
Streaming Media Europe will be held in the Novotel West in London on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th October. Entry to the exhibition and key note speeches are free. To REGISTER click here.
Tags: cdn, Crowdsourcer, Stream Connect, Stream UK, Streaming Media Europe, ugc, user generated content
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Reuters used the ingest, moderation and transcoding capabilities of the Newsdesk Transcoder to power the Times Square billboard.
The entire system allowed users to send in photos directly from their phone, the best were selected by moderators and these were converted into an RSS feed which fed the sign directly. Users were given confirmation of their choice by SMS and the images on the sign were captured for use within the online galleries.
Tags: crowdsource tool, ugc, user generated content
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