Video Sharing Goes Cellular

With the less than stellar results companies have seen from the ability to download television shows, rock clips, and other video entertainment onto portable consumer electronic devices, video sharing on cellular phones is gearing up to be the next possible rage.

YouTube, the ultra-successful consumer Internet media company where ordinary folks watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. It should be no secret to industry watchdogs by now that consumers would rather watch and share videos with family members, friends, and even strangers(!) instead of catching the latest episode of C.S.I. on their laptop or cell phone. (Could it have something to do with the tiny screens and being in areas where the viewer can't fully devote all of their attention span to longer programming?) Recent studies have concluded that consumers would really prefer to share vacation moments, baseball games, concert events, family barbeques, and other slice-of-life events with each other more than anything else, especially if these convenient features were available on cellular phones. It's the next natural step of evolution for cell phones that have picture taking and sharing capabilities. Moblogging, by MobiTV landed $30 million dollars more of funding at the beginning of November to jump into the race and Alex Kelly, the CEO of startup company JuiceCaster (aiming their product at college students who want to stay in touch with each other through moblogging, kind of akin to a video version of moblogging technology evolves, will be who (or what company) actually comes up with the first mass produced person-to-person live video-feed cell phones. It can't be that far off "Kirk to EnterpriseScotty, please beam me up now!" Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark murdok: Tim Ritter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.