A video hosting service, also called a video sharing service allows individuals to upload video clips to an Internet website. The video host will then store the video on its server, and show the individual different types of code to allow others to view this video. As many users do not have personal web space, either as a paid service, or through an ISP offering, video hosting services are becoming increasingly popular, especially with the explosion in popularity of blogs, forums, and other interactive pages. The website, mainly used as the video hosting service, is usually called the video sharing website.
The mass market for camera phones has increased the supply of user-generated video. Traditional methods of personal video distribution, such as making a DVD to show to friends at home, are unsuited to the low resolution and high volume of camera phone clips. In contrast, current broadband Internet connections are well suited to serving the quality of video shot on mobile phones. Most people do not own web servers, and this has created demand for user-generated video content hosting, which the likes of YouTube are catering to.
Video sharing has been changing over the years. The first video sharing site that allowed users to upload files in various video file formats and share videos was shareyourworld.com, however its not around anymore. It was started back in 1997 by Chase Norlin, who now heads the very cool video/audio search company Pixsy. Youtube then picked up from where Chase left off, You Tube was founded in a garage in February 2005 and it was officially launched in December 2005.
Some video sharing sites include youtube.com, veohTV.com, crunchyroll.com, imeem.com and Peekvid.com.
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