a different Chris Anderson - the power of web video to power innovation

This Chris Anderson is not the man behind the Long Tail theory.
This one was the man behind games website IGN.com and Future Publishing, and is now the current curator of the TED talks (TED = Technology Entertainment Design) a set of annual conventions where speakers have 18 minutes to explain an "idea worth spreading".
See http://www.ted.com/
In this talk this Chris Anderson shares his idea that web video can power global innovation through a process he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation.
It's an argument in favour of the power of UGC.

YouTube

A graphical representation of points about YouTube:

[Via: Online Schools]
Some of this is now dated (most popular video etc.) but there are useful facts to learn here.
Found at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/never_gonna_give_you_up_youtubes_path_to_world_domination_infographic.php
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Chris Anderson playlist - The Long Tail, Music Industry, business models

This playlist should give you over an hour's worth of Chris Anderson's ideas:

The first interactive TV Drama - Dubplate Drama

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/sep/26/media.broadcasting