Speaking in general terms (based on a Reuters article; http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa001&articleID=4392E631DA381761421D5E1E0C3DE25F) Chad Hurley, the chief executive and co-founder of YouTube, says his company hopes to launch "something" for cellular phones next year.
Speaking at the OgilvyOne Digital Summit, Hurley says, "Within the next year we hope to have something on a mobile device, it's going to be a huge market, especially for the video mind-set we're dealing with, it's a natural transition."
YouTube (that will be purchased by Google) already offers a cellular service. YouTube To Go enables subscribers to transmit camera phone videos from their handsets to YouTube.
Reuters reports, "Already many of the clips seen on YouTube are captured by users with their cellphones. A new mobile service could enable users to share videos with others in the YouTube community directly via their phones."
Cellullar tie-in
It's a no brainer for YouTube -- and, indeed, any video sharing service -- to aggressively explore ways to leverage the growing numbers of camera phones with video recording capabilities.
I've written before that videos on cellular phones will be more of a revolution than photos from camera phones. Although some people today carry digital still cameras or keep them handy, how many people routinely carry a video recorder?
There's simply no doubt that camera phones will result in an explosion of video production, ranging from citizen journalism/activism and journalist-produced broadcasts to camera phone-based full-length movies.
The tremendous popularity of YouTube -- and the resulting publicity from the launch of its new camera phone video service (whatever it will be) -- will further promote the camera phone video revolution.
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