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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 . Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv is an Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-wide effort that was launched in 2007 and that aims at making media resources (essentially videos) available to the general public and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ members. In particular, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv offer ITSoc?

  • Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv compatible with ITSoc's current web initiatives?
The people at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv into www.itsoc.org. Using Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv could also be a efficient way of ensuring long-term and sustainable archiving of video resources.

Copyrights of resources on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv
  • Most videos on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.tv are copyright Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 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 forÌýÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ purposes, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ mentioned that there should not be any issues, and the concernÌýshould be regarding material that came from elsewhere.
  • Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ already has a procedure in place (and forms) to upload videos

Recommendation
Given the simplicity of setting up a channel on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­.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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