I have taken my first steps in to the world of live video streaming in the first half of 2007.

An Italian audience have followed my non-stop reports from several of the largest bar camps held recently here in Italy.

They have seen with how much passion and interest I have taken this new communication challenge.

One of the nicest things to happen thanks to my voluntary experimentation with live video streaming on RobinGood.TV, was the opportunity to meet some truly fantastic people.

Those people, excited themselves by my new video discoveries have offered in many different ways their talent and skill to help me out.

Among these one has stood out the tests of time and has invested notable time and efforts to help me several dreams I had been playing with. 

These included the ability to build a truly portable video streaming station, together with added peripherals and functionalities that would have helped me video stream hands-free from just about any place, Justin-style.

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A private equity firm has injected $100 million for a 10 percent stake in a new online video joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp, valuing the new entity at a cool $1 billion.

The new online entity, which is being internally referred to as “New Site” because, well…they don’t have a name for it yet…is destined to be an online showcase for the television shows and movies owned by the two media companies.

Executives from NBC and News Corp have mentioned that New Site isn’t going to be a direct competitor to YouTube, although they have confirmed that user generated content will make up some of the site’s videos.

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Recently, we’ve had not one but two “professional” video sites launched, although one has no content to speak of yet, just an e-mail form and a press release. 

That one is 60frames.com, which according to the press release was “incubated by leading Hollywood talent and literary agency United Talent Agency (UTA) and innovative Internet-based advertising agency Spot Runner” and has raised $3.5-million in funding.

60frames, which has apparently signed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Cohen to an advisory board, looks to be more like an aggregation and advertising play.

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Yes – it’s yet another online video hub! WeShow, a new online video start-up, launched last month, heavily promoting itself as “human-powered”.

The company has received funding in the region of $5 - $7 million dollars and has an employee count reaching 70 people (source: newteevee).

“Human-powered” means that 40 of the 70 employees are involved in sorting through the sea of online videos and pick out and organize what they consider to be the best. Videos from YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe and others make up the selection. The idea is very similar to what is done over at our sister site Web TV Hub.

So this results in WeShow having the best videos across the internet (a fairly subjective claim I guess) arranged in over 200 channels and updated daily.

The site also has regional categorizations – so if you choose the British site and search for football you won’t get inundated with American gridiron, and vice-versa.

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Cyprus, an island country in the Mediterranean, has launched a dedicated website focusing on promoting the country through online video.

The Cyprus government has unveiled cyprusonfilm.com, a site featuring videos in several languages which highlight the country’s attractions, history and way of life.

It’s another avenue for the already popular island country to drive tourism dollars to its fine shores.

A government spokesperson has suggested that in the future the site may hold televised interviews with the country’s President.

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If you can’t get enough of popular Discovery TV shows like Meerkar Manor, you’re in luck - Discovery has announced the launch of some of its top-rating TV shows online!

The launch will initially include Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, TLC’s LA Ink and Animal Planet’s Meerkat Manor. Whilst full length episodes will generally be available online the day after screening on TV, today Meerkat Manor’s season premiere will debut online one week before its TV date.

The online episodes will launch in a media player by Move Networks which allegedly offers the highest resolution online viewing experience available. Episodes will be ad-supported - the Move Network player ensures that viewers cannot skip through the ads.

Discovery have committed to adding more programs to its online programming line-up. The company can see the value in making main-stream TV content available online to grow its brand and reach new consumers.

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Once she was a YouTube darling. Then she was exposed as being fictitious. Now, her creators have signed an exclusive deal with MySpaceTV – an indication that LoneyGirl15 is all grown up.

MySpace today announced an exclusive deal to broadcast the season one finale of the famous LonelyGirl15 series. Dubbed “12 in 12”, the final episode will be shown in one to four minute segments over twelve consecutive hours.

The first segment will be available on MySpaceTV at 8am Friday, August 3rd (EDT in the US), followed by eleven other segments on the hour every hour. The second series of the video blogger style videos, which feature a teenage girl named Bree, will commence on August 6th.

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