Check out my new favorite toy, Jim Moore’s blip.tv blog
Also check out “Alive in Baghdad” on blip.
The high point for me of Podcamp 2006 last weekend was meeting Dina Kaplan (shown here with Irina Slutsky) and the rest of the folks from blip.tv, and being introduced to its wealth of features. blip.tv is far and away the best platform for video producers.
The blip.tv business model is to support the independent producer who hopes to quit his or her day job and make money producing videos. blip.tv enables the producer to retain the brand. blip.tv facilitates the producer/advertiser matchup if desired. blip.tv handles copyright notification and Creative Commons licensing if desired, and also supports the retention of rights by the producer as desired.
Under the hood, blip.tv does extensive transcoding, so that your video is available in multiple formats. The upload and tracking tools are easy to use. And blip.tv handles automatic cross-posting on a variety of sites, as well as to the Internet Archive.
I have NO financial interest in blip.tv–though I wish I did. 
