Comments on: Metacafe Kills Off Producer Rewards Program http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/ Sat, 26 May 2012 06:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Metacafe Gets Sporty, Acquires Go211.com http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471796 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:31:34 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471796 [...] This deal follows Metacafe’s recent launch of a vertical for movies as well as an expanded gaming section, indicating the site’s move towards editorially driven content with proven audiences and its move away from user-generated content — UGC content that it was offering payment for until May 2009. [...]

]]> By: bert http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471795 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:14:43 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471795 We also had videos that would lose thousands of views that would be there one day and gone the next. I only hope the company goes away for good.

]]> By: bert http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471794 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:07:33 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471794 Metacafe was always a fraud, videos that reached the payout point were deemed unacceptable with no explanation. Videos in the producers rewards program would score a tiny fraction of the views of the exact same video uploaded and not entered in the producers rewards program. We did a number of tests and found that Metacafe intentionally kept the view numbers low on videos they may have to pay out to.

So goodbye to yet another internet fraud.

]]> By: Crackle Cuts Off User Uploads http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471793 Fri, 08 May 2009 16:26:22 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471793 [...] no longer a business in giving big breaks to little guys. After Metacafe yesterday said it was discontinuing its user revenue-sharing program, and 60Frames said it was suspending operations as a web studio, we also found out that Crackle [...]

]]> By: The Online Video Producer Blog http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471792 Fri, 08 May 2009 10:11:01 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471792 In my limited experience with it Metacafe wasn’t giving a lot of views anyway. Blip.tv and Openfilm.com seems to perform somewhat better for me.
Well, maybe I didn’t invest enough energy in it…

]]> By: Bearish Signs? « tailslating http://gigaom.com/video/metacafe-kills-off-producer-rewards-program/#comment-471791 Fri, 08 May 2009 01:11:06 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24346#comment-471791 [...] First, the Hollywood Reporter reports that 60Frames has stopped operations due to lack of funding. And today, MetaCafe decides to stop their Producer Rewards program. [...]

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