3 Jun, 2008
Starting June 7th, there won’t be any more update to OnlineDrama site until at least July 7th. The reason for the month long hiatus? I’m going on vacation. OnlinePhim should continue to get regular updates as it’s not part of my responsibilities. Only OnlineDrama will affected. It’s unfortunate, but since noone else is interested in helping, there’s not much that I can do about it.
I won’t be checking the emails, so if you have a problem … post them in the forums, blog …etc … so that other staffs will see them and respond. I will be answering any question (and providing support) up until June 6th.
2 Jun, 2008
As if the 5-min previews and the popup ads in the videos didn’t annoy people enough (especially if you watch anime or drama with subtitles), here’s another pin for the cushion … Veoh recently decided to block countries that didn’t fit into its business plan. There are already over 160 countries named by users, and the list is growing. You can view the user-generated list here. Yes, Vietnam is on the listed. I’ve test it with a Vietnam IP and veoh does indeed block access.
Unfortunately Veoh will be ending service in your country due to a low concentration of users. Veoh is maintaining markets when we have the highest concentration of viewers.
So what does it actually means? Absolutely nothing. Why? Simple. What Veoh says never is the real story. The 5-min preview is never about the bandwidth or resources (otherwise why is there a veohtv? it still stream the whole thing in flash … it would take the same amout of bandwidth). What they are claiming, according to the above, is that since there not that many people from these country, they might as well block them. Umm .. ok .. :/
Truth is NOT that they don’t have enough users in other countries…. is that they tried block other countries because they tend to post movies and content that cannot be controlled by US laws (being outside US and all). Recently, Viacom (who owns Paramont, CBS, MTV among others) sued Youtube for allowing people posted video contents that Viacom claimed is their properties. Viacom had entered partnership with Veoh and allowing Veoh to post their content but some people post a full length movie that really tick this big corporation off so no one can watch anything full length unless you pay for it. Basically, they want to control to have less people watch their content for free. If you want to watch their content (say a full length show or a movie), you have to pay for it.
The above statement made by a user at Yahoo Answers does raise a good point. Profit is always the center of any business. There’s no point in letting user using your resources if you can’t monetizing that traffic. There are several theories floating around the interweb … dig around if you’re interested in the matter.
Once again, webmasters who using Veoh’s embedding player are scrambling to find alternative solutions. Yes, not just the main site that blocking the users .. the embedding player also block them. Why do you think they pushed out the new player right before the block? Without going into much details, here is a quick list of questions and my answers. Read the rest of this entry »
30 Jan, 2008
As the Lunar New Year fast approaching, we, the staffs want to wish everyone and their family a happy, properous new year, and best wishes in all your endeavors. For the next two weeks or so, updates will be few, if at all, as the staffs get ready for the holiday. We will try to answer our emails as often as we can.
Some of the staffs are currently vacationing in CA, if any fan of the site wanna meet them, you can contact them for a drink or something. I’m sure they’ll be happy to have a little coffee with you, especially if you’re a cute young lady … ^_^ . The staffs and I should be back to work a week after the new year, so don’t expect much update until then. However, we’ll try to sneak in a couple updates here and there when we can. Yeah, we like our viewers that much. Until then, if you have any nice pictures of what you’re doing for the new year, and wish to share with us, you can email them to us, or post them in the forums.
