These top ten niche video sharing sites represent a strong surge steering the future of video over the Internet. Niche video, more than anything else, will expand the use and viability of the Internet. The future of web streaming on the Internet is dependent on the uptake of consumers into the new video medium. Without these new niche video websites to host and provide a guide to the consumer there will remain the hodge-podge of majordomo video site/searches offering 9 billion videos sorted by abused user defined tags.
These sites represent unique and specific niches. The sites are well positioned, designed, and have suitable content that is relative to their niche. The content is unique on the net. They all offer some user community around the topic and most host user uploaded video with the ability to share and embed. Their communities are started and they are top sites for niche video.
The websites noted in my Top Ten Niche Websites represent a small portion of the fast rising tide of new niche video websites. The numerous ways to market product and ideas through the medium are countless. My articles are provided to help with ideas and direction where you can grow with video in your favorite field. I hope to encourage more people to develop their niche sites with video and trust you enjoy these fine examples as much as I did.
Top Ten Niche Video Websites for December 07
MusicTV Share - one of the oldest music streaming sites on the Internet has developed a new video share site. MusicTV Share is a niche video site that spans a wide variety of popular and eclectic musical genre and tastes. It has original musical fare not found on YouTube or MTV. A complete assortment of community tools like voting, comments, play lists, shared uploading of user video, etc are available.
UGA Space Where the Dawgs Come To Play - University of Georgia Athens campus video streaming. This site is almost like one of those TV videos about "Spring Break." Sports parties, drunks, drinking, beer, tailgating, football, basketball, fraternity parties, and the like fill the site as much as they do college life. User uploaded videos with ranking, friends, comments and other tools. Linked to a host of other University TV sites. College sports is big!
Jesus TV - is designed as an alternative video sharing website for Christians and the general public to find, watch and share video content and promote fun, free thinking, artistic creativity, debate and education. Full set of community tools to bring the religious into the forefront through technology.
Cold Blooded TV - is all about cold-blooded animals. Reptiles of all sorts. Anaconda snakes, frogs and more frogs, albino reticulated pythons and more fun than a barrel of monkeys. This is the place for those who love crocodiles and zombie turtles. The fare is from educational to funny and the site hosts the video while offering links, ratings, comments and community tools.
Barely Political - First class production of news like comedy skits. There is always a great deal of humorous material to be gleaned from politics and this site takes it a step above the norm. The tongue in cheek is sublime. They do not have user uploaded video or sharing but use a blog and comments for community building.
MovieTV - has a variety of films, video, shorts, and animations on a myriad of subjects. Independent filmmakers of all sorts may upload their works and get embed code to promote their work on other sites. This is a great marketing tool for anyone in entertainment that sets the pace for others to follow. Slick design work with a twist of "Tarantino goes to the drive-in," it has a complete set of community tools like voting, play lists, favorites, friends, messaging, etc.
Anime Lab - since 1999 this is the top anime archive. Anime animation and animation video clips form a vast collection connected to a network of other anime sites. Complete with voting, polls, sharing, hosting and your standard array of community engagement software.
Teacher Tube - Bringing education to the medium is a tricky thing. Do we all remember the dry government education films? This site makes education exciting. At Teacher Tube teachers seem to get together to make some astounding works of video. Art, music, instructional it is all here. The community is open to teachers but anyone can participate and look. Complete community tools in a well-designed site.
Free World-TV - provides a selection of the best broadband Internet television channels from around the world. A very broad selection of sites makes this a fine destination for global television fans. Free World does not offer as many community tools as some of the rest of these sites but is a niche guide to live TV from many nations.
Karaoke Dance - Who would have thought? Karaoke on the Internet? Why not? Here it is the Karaoke video site that streams niche Karaoke right at you. Want to sing along? There you go. All the tools to meet others and share your latest set; it is always fun to be a star for the moment. Has a complete set of community interfaces and a great fun niche to be in.
There you have the top ten niche video sites for December. These sites have made the extended efforts to create, host and populate a website based on their niche. They are fine examples of sites developing their niche and focusing their business model. Perhaps one of them will tickle your sides or bring some ideas to mind. Each of these sites and more can be found at the http://www.onlinetv.us niche video search guide.
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