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Report Ad Hoc Committee on Media Resources

Report to the BoG at ITA 2014, San Diego

The Ad Hoc Committee on Media Resources has started investigating options to develop a long-term and sustainable approach to handle ITSoc's numerous media resources.

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Following Gerhard Kramer's suggestion, the committee has initiated discussion withÌýTerence Martinez and Mark David at . ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv is an ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½-wide effort that was launched in 2007 and that aims at making media resources (essentially videos) available to the general public and ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ members. In particular, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Societies have the option of creating individual channels (similar to YouTube channels) Ìýto stream their own media resources. Presently, 27 societies have created channels, although most channels offer a very limited number of videos.

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What can ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv offer ITSoc?

  • ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv can create a channel and host videos for us at no cost .
  • The default video player can be customized to fit ITSoc's website theme for USD 500.Ìý
  • Channels can be accessed from mobile devices, using free applications available for iPhone or Android devices
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Is ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv compatible with ITSoc's current web initiatives?
The people at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv seemed happy with our web initiatives, and mentioned that our efforts were completely compatible. In particular, it will be possible to embed videos hosted on ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv into www.itsoc.org. Using ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv could also be a efficient way of ensuring long-term and sustainable archiving of video resources.

Copyrights of resources on ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv
  • Most videos on ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv are copyright ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, and ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ has secured the authorization to use the resource with permission from the copyrightÌýholder in some cases. As long as the material was shot/made for the Society and forÌý¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ purposes, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ mentioned that there should not be any issues, and the concernÌýshould be regarding material that came from elsewhere.
  • ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ already has a procedure in place (and forms) to upload videos

Recommendation
Given the simplicity of setting up a channel on ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½.tv, the Ad Hoc Committee suggests that ITSoc set ups a channel and goes through the process of uploading a few videos. If successful, ITSoc could then proceed to organize and upload its resources on iEEE.tv more systematically.

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