Video On the Net Industry hero: pulver.com
Video on the Net Alliance Shall Organize and Educate Industry, Users, and Governments to Promote Growth and Evolution of Video on the Net Industry
www.pulver.com announced the formation of the Video on the Net Alliance (”the Alliance”), an international initiative designed to advance the interests of the Internet video industry. The Alliance will advocate on behalf of the emerging video on the Net community, focusing on educating the industry, users and government about the promise of Internet video and the best policy framework to foster innovation and evolution of Internet video. Members of the Alliance will include the multitude of providers, innovators, vendors, entrepreneurs, users, and enthusiasts currently developing, deploying and using Internet video services and applications throughout the world.
“It is essential that we, the members of the Internet video community, dive into the political and policy debates shaping the future of the Internet, video, media and entertainment,” said Jonathan Askin, cofounder and Executive Director of the Alliance. “If we don’t engage government, rules will be established by those without all the necessary information and without the best interests of the Internet video industry and users. It is incumbent upon the leaders of the nascent industry to play in the political arena, to educate government and to shape the rules and solutions to the policy issues confronting this new industry.”
“The nascent video on the Net industry must learn, and learn quickly, how to engage policymakers and speak with a unified and consistent voice, or rules will be set for this emerging industry by those who might not know what policies would best advance Internet video,” Askin added.
“The Alliance will work to ensure that content creators and users world- wide are able to realize the full promise of Internet video,” noted Jeff Pulver, cofounder and Chair of the Alliance. “The Alliance has taken on this challenge in an effort to preserve consumer choice, foster competition, encourage innovation and promote investment in Internet video.”
“The goal of the Alliance is to provide a mechanism to allow for advocacy cooperation between players in the Internet video community,” Pulver added. “We understand that there are many disparate entities throughout the world attempting to solve the various issues confronting the Internet video community. Our hope is that the Alliance will allow us all to avoid wasted, redundant efforts to promote similar social objectives and to foster the rapid deployment and ubiquity of video on the Net under the most conducive political and regulatory environment.”
More information about the Video on the Net Alliance is available at http://www.videoonthenet.org/
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