Dailymotion.com




First online video sharing platform in France
Dailymotion




• Dailymotion is a video sharing service
  website, based in Paris, France.
• 91st most used website in the world, 13rd
  in France (source:Alexa)
Short history
• Created in 2005 by Benjamin Bejbaum and
  Olivier Poitrey to share videos of their travel to
  NYC
• September 2006, they raised 7Me and become
  the biggest 2.0 French website
• October 2009, the French government entered
  in the capital and has now one representative in
  the directors board
• Until now, Dailymotion didn’t exist on the stock
  exchange market
User definition
Some users are knowed as ‘MotionMaker’.
 They have to register with a specific
 process and have no upload limit.
The content they add is labeled as ‘Creative
 content’.
Code & Development
• Dailymotion has his own video player
  (Flash engine )
• Since 2009, a open-source PHP
  Framework (Symphony) is used
Dailymotion on TV
• Since 2009, Dailymotion videos are
  broadcasted on a specific TV channel
  available with a Neufbox suscribtion
Dailymotion and Cinema
• Once a week,
  Dailymotion videos
  are broadcasted in
  a few cinema in
  Paris.
Mobile platform
• Since 2007, a
  mobile version of
  Dailymotion is
  available
Dailymotion and Fench politics
• For the presidential election in 2007,
  Dailymotion was used as the main support
  for candidates’ campain propaganda

• Every candidate opened their own channel
  to broadcast campain meetings and
  promotionnal movie clips
Politics tag war
• Some campain content was
  tagged with famous french
  actor names in order to
  increase view rates
• On the other hand, some
  candidate videos was tagged
  with words as ‘porn’, ‘nazi’ in
  order to make the content
  censored by Dailymotion
Dailymotion and Censorship


• Dailymotion is blocked :
  – In China since June 2008
  – In Tunisia since April 11, 2007
  – In Turkey since August 2008
  – In Lybia since March 2010
Dailymotion and justice
• Dailymotion was sued by several TV
  channels and private enterprises for use of
  copyrighted content
• In April 2008, the French Department of
  Justice stated about the ‘hosting service’
  nature of the website – opposed to
  ‘content provider service’.
• Dailymotion won the courtcase.

About Dailymotion

  • 1.
    Dailymotion.com First online videosharing platform in France
  • 2.
    Dailymotion • Dailymotion isa video sharing service website, based in Paris, France. • 91st most used website in the world, 13rd in France (source:Alexa)
  • 3.
    Short history • Createdin 2005 by Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey to share videos of their travel to NYC • September 2006, they raised 7Me and become the biggest 2.0 French website • October 2009, the French government entered in the capital and has now one representative in the directors board • Until now, Dailymotion didn’t exist on the stock exchange market
  • 4.
    User definition Some usersare knowed as ‘MotionMaker’. They have to register with a specific process and have no upload limit. The content they add is labeled as ‘Creative content’.
  • 5.
    Code & Development •Dailymotion has his own video player (Flash engine ) • Since 2009, a open-source PHP Framework (Symphony) is used
  • 6.
    Dailymotion on TV •Since 2009, Dailymotion videos are broadcasted on a specific TV channel available with a Neufbox suscribtion
  • 7.
    Dailymotion and Cinema •Once a week, Dailymotion videos are broadcasted in a few cinema in Paris.
  • 8.
    Mobile platform • Since2007, a mobile version of Dailymotion is available
  • 9.
    Dailymotion and Fenchpolitics • For the presidential election in 2007, Dailymotion was used as the main support for candidates’ campain propaganda • Every candidate opened their own channel to broadcast campain meetings and promotionnal movie clips
  • 10.
    Politics tag war •Some campain content was tagged with famous french actor names in order to increase view rates • On the other hand, some candidate videos was tagged with words as ‘porn’, ‘nazi’ in order to make the content censored by Dailymotion
  • 11.
    Dailymotion and Censorship •Dailymotion is blocked : – In China since June 2008 – In Tunisia since April 11, 2007 – In Turkey since August 2008 – In Lybia since March 2010
  • 12.
    Dailymotion and justice •Dailymotion was sued by several TV channels and private enterprises for use of copyrighted content • In April 2008, the French Department of Justice stated about the ‘hosting service’ nature of the website – opposed to ‘content provider service’. • Dailymotion won the courtcase.