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Web Video Cheat Sheet

1:00 AM -- Here's an updated view of the Web Video Cheat Sheet, your favorite menu of online video sharing Websites.

Great news! This list is now available in a more robust, dynamic, yourfavoritebuzzwordhere form -- complete with site descriptions, target audience info, and editor's picks -- at Contentinople.

Over at C'nople, they call it the Video Sharing Guide. It doesn't sound as exciting as "Cheat Sheet," but rest assured they do have all the latest dirt on the world of online video. For example, they've got a full profile of what's happening at Crackle (formerly Grouper), which changed names and strategies just as this latest list was being finalized.

Of course, this resource is always missing something because there are SO MANY FREAKIN' video share sites out there. Just today I heard about YourFileHost, a site that will probably make this list in the coming weeks (but not now, I'm too tired).

Anyway, enjoy the list and visit Contentinople early and often.

Table 1: Web Video Cheat Sheet
Website Property of Can you upload videos? Does the service offer video-editing capability? Single-file size limit? Time limit Pricing Structure Can you keep a video private? Does it require a software download? Can you get paid?
5min N/A Yes Yes 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes 5 min - 10 min Free Yes Yes No
Addicting Clips Atom Entertainment Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes 5 min - 10 min Free Yes No Yes
Aggrega N/A No No N/A N/A Free No No No
AniBoom N/A Yes No No limit None specified Free No No Yes
ApnaTube N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Atom Films Atom Entertainment Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No Yes
Blinkx N/A No No N/A N/A Free No No No
Blip.tv N/A Yes No No limit None specified Free No No Yes
Bolt GoFish Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Break.com N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
Brightcove N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes Under 5 min Free No No, Flash format required No
Buzznet N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Castpost Broad Holdings Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free (for now) Yes No No
Clesh Forbidden Technologies Yes Yes None specified None specified N/A Yes Yes No
Clickcaster N/A Yes No Bulk restriction None specified $4.99 to $29.99 with varying space and RSS feed ability No No Yes
Clipshack Reality Digital Yes No Bulk restriction None specified Free Yes No No
College Humor Collected Ventures LLC Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No Yes
Cozmo.tv N/A No No N/A N/A Free N/A No No
Current.tv N/A Yes No N/A N/A Free No No Yes
Cuts N/A No Yes N/A N/A Free Yes No No
Dailymotion N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Dave.tv Dave Networks Yes No None specified None specified Free Yes No No
DivX Stage6 DivX Yes No Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free No Yes, DIVX components Yes
Dovetail.tv N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free No Yes No
DropShots.com N/A Yes No None specified Under 5 min Free Yes No No
eSnips N/A Yes No Bulk restriction None specified Free Yes Yes, browser applet Yes
Expert Village N/A No No N/A N/A Free No No No
Eyespot N/A Yes Yes 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Famster iVenue Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Flixya N/A No No N/A N/A Free No No Yes
Free IQ N/A Yes No None specified None specified Some content is free, some PPV No No Yes
Funny or Die Gary Sanchez Productions Yes No None specified None specified Free No No No
GodTube BigJumpMedia Yes No None specified None specified Free Yes No No
GoFish N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Google Video N/A Yes No No limit None specified Free No No No
Grouper Sony Pictures Entertainment Yes Yes 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No, but the software allows editing No
Helpful Video N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free No No, but videos can be downloaded Yes
iFilm Viacom Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
JibJab JibJab Media Inc. Yes No N/A N/A Free Yes No No
Jumpcut Yahoo Yes Yes Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Kwego N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Liberated Films N/A Yes No No limit None specified Free No No Yes
LiveDigital N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free Yes No No
LiveVideo N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Lulu.tv Lulu Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
ManiaTV N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Mediabum N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Meevee N/A No No N/A N/A Free N/A Yes No
MeraVideo BrainGain Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Metacafe N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
Middio N/A No No N/A N/A Free N/A No No
Motionbox N/A Yes Yes 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Multiply.com N/A Yes No None specified 5 min - 10 min Free Yes No No
MyHeavy Heavy.com Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
MySpace News Corp Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
MyVideo N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
OneWorldTV OneWorld Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Ourmedia Outhink Media Yes No No limit None specified Free Yes No No
Panjea N/A No No N/A N/A Free No No No
Pawky N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
Phanfare N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes 5 min - 10 min $6.95/mo. for unlimited storage Yes Yes No
Photobucket N/A Yes Yes Bulk restriction 5 min - 10 min Free Yes No No
Podcast Spot Paramagnus Developments Yes No Bulk restriction None specified Free No No No
Podshow N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Pooxi Kwego, Ltd. Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Porkolt.com N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
PureVideo PureVideo Networks No No N/A N/A Free No No No
Putfile N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Revver N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes Yes Yes
Rooftop Comedy N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No Yes
Scenemaker Gotuit Media Yes Yes N/A N/A Free No No No
Sclipo N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No Yes
Sharkle ViTrue Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Soapbox MSN Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes No limit Free No No No
Stashspace Afiniti Yes Yes No limit No limit Roughly $8 per hour of video stored Yes Yes No
Stupid Videos PureVideo Networks Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Sumo.tv N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free Yes No Yes
Super Deluxe Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
SuTree N/A No No N/A N/A Free N/A No No
TeacherTube N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Treemo N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Twango N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Uncut Video AOL Yes Yes None specified 5 min - 10 min Free No No Yes
uVouch N/A No No N/A N/A Free N/A No No
UVU WPBT Channel 2 Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Veoh N/A Yes No No limit None specified Free No Yes Yes
Viddler N/A Yes Yes Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Video Webtown N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
VideoJug N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
VidiLife N/A Yes No No limit No limit Free Yes No No
Vidipedia N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free No No No
Vidmax N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free No No Yes
ViewDo N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free Yes No No
Vimeo Connected Ventures Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
vMix N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
Vodpod N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
vSocial vCONNECT Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
VuMe N/A Yes No Over 150 Mbytes 5 min - 10 min Free No No Yes
Yahoo Video N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
Youare.tv N/A Yes No None specified None specified Free No No No
YourKindaTV N/A Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free No No No
YouTube Google Yes No 100 Mbytes - 150 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No Yes
ZippyVideos N/A Yes No Under 100 Mbytes None specified Free Yes No No
UPDATED: July 24, 2007

— Phil Harvey, Person of the Year, Light Reading

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ovguide
User Ranking
Thursday April 19, 2007 12:05:45 AM
no ratings
Thanks for listing us. Sorry if we appear as "kind of a mess," but it is a massive task to try and classify so many video sites. We took a "Craigslist" approach and just wanted to make it easy to find and search sites without focusing much on the look of the UI. Any suggestions on how we can improve things would be appreciated. It is definitely an evolving work in progress site and still very conceptual at this point in time.

On a more positive note, we now have over 2 million visitors per month and are one of the top 6K websites in the U.S. (Alexa), so we must be doing a few things right.
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Thursday January 18, 2007 2:51:43 PM
no ratings
ovguide's not a proper sharing site. but it will make our list of best aggregators (coming soon!)
ovguide
User Ranking
Monday January 1, 2007 10:19:32 PM
no ratings
You left out one of the largest sources for online videos: http://www.OVGuide.com
Online Video Guide was picked by Time Magazine as one of the top 10 best websites for 2006.
vplyr
User Ranking
Sunday December 31, 2006 2:03:46 AM
no ratings
hey there ...we are just created the niche sites ...so don't have an example just yet but you can look at this for example...

http://vplyr.com:8888/EXEC

so each user can have their own web site to show their videos ...

email me if you want more info contact@vplyr.net
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Friday December 22, 2006 1:27:24 PM
no ratings
sounds interesting. can you give me an example?
vplyr
User Ranking
Monday December 18, 2006 7:38:48 PM
no ratings
yes it does - vplyr = short for video player .

They are going to have niche sites for people - so they can syndicate peoples interests across the net with full video protection .
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Monday December 11, 2006 3:44:29 PM
no ratings
re: Our winners in August was a band named 45 Degree Women, which posted a great video. You should check them out.

I will. Cold chicks are fun.

ph
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Monday December 11, 2006 3:40:55 PM
no ratings
re: "a social content sharing site for grownups"

oxymoron?

ph
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Monday December 11, 2006 3:40:26 PM
no ratings
cool. i mean, coull.

ph
Phil Harvey
User Ranking
Monday December 11, 2006 3:39:49 PM
no ratings
vplyr

rolls right off the tongue.

ph
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