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TV news clips via online video -- fast, free, good quality and legal
Briefly there was RedLasso, a web video company that let you edit and embed a ton of TV clips almost in real time. It would have been the answer to everything if it weren't wildly illegal. Now there's 1Cast, funded by cell-phone pioneer Craig McCaw, which opened today in private beta. Dan Frommer describes it as:
"a growing, legal, video clip library from TV and news networks, such as CNBC, Reuters, the AP, AFP, etc. (The company says it's in the process of signing up pretty much everyone in the business.) Via 1Cast's browser, you can build embeddable video "casts" about a certain topic -- a person like Barack Obama, a company like Citigroup, etc. -- which gather more clips over time, and put them on your Web site."
Frommer has some criticisms, but as a former RedLasso fan I'm too excited to indulge. Besides, this is beta day one -- get an invite while you can. [SAI]
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I am a former Redlasso user... and I've now tried 1Cast. So far, it blows. Just not the same at all. Not nearly as good as redlasso. My blogs been hurtin' for some lasso action. It really was the answer on so many levels. I've heard they might be comming back. That would be awesome. Until then... it's back to YouTube.
Posted by: Greg | November 20, 2008 at 06:57 PM