Ask Slashdot: Options Beyond YouTube For An Indie Web Show?

New submitter Deltree Zero writes: I have an indie TV-style education/entertainment show which focuses on medicinal cannabis growing and use in Maine, product reviews, guests, etc. I have been creating the show at home using a very passable camera, editing with Lightworks, and have been distributing it via YouTube. I am five monthly episodes in, and besides needing a small upgrade in the microphone department, production has settled in to a workable quality level that I can be proud of. I am not looking to collect money at any time during distribution. The show is getting quite popular and I was wondering if any Slashdot readers had any advice on how to distribute my show other ways than YouTube. I see Roku is an outlet like this but my show must first pass through some sort of content filter and I am still waiting to hear if medicinal cannabis is on the "no-no list." There are other indie TV-style channels I have heard of, Revision 3, for example. What other indie channels exist that might deliver my show at low or no cost? What other methods of digital distribution make sense for an upcoming web show looking to free itself from YouTube as its only distribution point?

Comments

Re:liveleak or dailymotion

[Deltree Zero]

I will have to take a look at Liveleak and Dailymotion. Thank you. :)

Re:Vimeo

[gl4ss]

there's two ways.

1) use a video hosting site such as youtube, vimeo, amazon or who the fucking ever.

2) OR host your own site. many popular online content creators do both, as their own site gives better advertising money BUT it's useless to try to find new viewers unless you're on youtube.

if you want to generate money, get on patreon. and keep the vids where they are, making exclusive content to patreon supporters is unlikely to generate too many new supporters so try to keep it all available anyways. if people like what you're doing, they'll chip in.

for example, look at how others are doing stuff.

punkeffect.com for one, cinemassacre for another, tested.com etc etc.

but if you get totally out of youtube, you'll lose 95% of your random viewers.