Twilight view of Boston from across the Charles river by Coralie Mercier

Video on the Web?

There is a decline of TV as Primary Media Device (for home with broadband connection).
Upcoming HD Televisions and camcorders
It's easier to create video than music!
Long tail of video content: millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream

Some challenges

Unsearchable content: find all video with George Clooney
Unaccessible content: captioning, video description, i18n, etc.
How does video fit into rich Web applications and the user experience?

W3C Workshop on Video on the Web

Strategic thinking about the impact, current and future, of video on the Web.
The user experience, including search, accessibility, and parental control.
Video production, including description, digital rights, and adaptation.
Web architecture, including scalability issues, formats, and delivery.

W3C Workshop

December 12-13, 2007. San Jose, California (and Brussels!)

Chairs:: Ian Blaine, thePlatform; Paul Bosco, Cisco Systems; Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C

http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/