This report first seeks to characterize how video Content is changing in light of, and in support of, the UGC space. We also explore the UGC market as it relates to the tenets outlined in the democratization of media and the Web 2.0. We define the business models, discuss the players such as YouTube and MySpace, opportunities, and finally seek to quantitatively characterize the flow of video in aggregate.
The democratization of media and Web 2.0 are terms that have come to characterize the User Generated Content (UGC) space. Vast volumes of data flow through networks and over servers as users share . . .