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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 . 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv is an 91³Ô¹ÏÍø-wide effort that was launched in 2007 and that aims at making media resources (essentially videos) available to the general public and 91³Ô¹ÏÍø members. In particular, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv offer ITSoc?

  • 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv compatible with ITSoc's current web initiatives?
The people at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.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 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv into www.itsoc.org. Using 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv could also be a efficient way of ensuring long-term and sustainable archiving of video resources.

Copyrights of resources on 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv
  • Most videos on 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.tv are copyright 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, and 91³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 forÌý91³Ô¹ÏÍø purposes, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø mentioned that there should not be any issues, and the concernÌýshould be regarding material that came from elsewhere.
  • 91³Ô¹ÏÍø already has a procedure in place (and forms) to upload videos

Recommendation
Given the simplicity of setting up a channel on 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.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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