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All About MIT Tech TV

MIT Tech TV is the video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering, and MIT-related video on the web. For guidelines on video content and uploading, see our Principles and Mission and Terms of Use.

Our goals are to:

Make it easier for members of the MIT community – and others – to find science, engineering, and MIT-related video on the web
Feature multimedia content appealing to and appropriate for people as young as 12
Encourage the creation of web video by members of the MIT community by making it easier to publish and host video content

MIT Tech TV is a collaborative initiative of the MIT School of Engineering and MIT Libraries Academic Media Production Services. Our technology partner, blip.tv, is a start-up that's grown out of the videoblogging community.

Please keep in mind that MIT TechTV is currently in early beta phase so you might find some rough edges or notice changes along the way, please bear with us.

How does MIT TechTV work?

Users of the site will be able to upload video and have it hosted at no charge. They will then be able to link to their videos from their own web pages, and they will also have a range of choices for more broadly distributing their video content. The ability to upload videos will be limited to people with an mit.edu e-mail address, but anyone will be able to watch videos posted to MIT Tech TV. If you're a member of the MIT community, and you have exciting science, engineering, and MIT-related video content, upload it to MIT Tech TV! Here's what we do:

Video Hosting

MIT Tech TV provides the servers and bandwidth you need to deliver your video widely on the web. And we're providing it for free to the MIT community.

Multiple Formats

Your videos should work everywhere, no question. That's why MIT Tech TV supports a very wide range of video formats, from Flash 8 (much higher quality than most Flash video) to Quicktime (for iTunes) to DivX and 3gp (we think cell phones are cool, too).

Wide Availability

We'll make your video available on MIT Tech TV, and maybe even promote it on the MIT Tech TV home page. Then we give you the tools you need to send it to your own blog, to MySpace, to del.icio.us, Yahoo! Video, iTunes and possibly other places.

Fair Terms

We believe that you should own the product of your hard work. When you upload to MIT Tech TV you give us the right to distribute your video until and unless you delete it from our systems. You don't have to give us any kind of exclusive rights.

How can I get in touch?

First, make sure to check our FAQ. If your question isn't answered there, drop us a line on our group address, techtv at mit dot edu. A real human being will get back to you as soon as possible.

How about legal stuff?

By using MIT Tech TV and its services you agree to our Terms of Use. You can also read our copyright page, and our FAQ.