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TroopTube Restores Streaming Video To Our Nation’s Finest
TechCrunch — Since 2007, the Department of Defense has restricted overseas military personal from accessing a number of popular sites including YouTube and MySpace for reasons largely attributed to bandwidth usage and possible security issues. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Delve Networks has teamed with Military OneSource (a service of the Department of Defense) to launch TroopTube - a YouTube-like site that gives all active-duty military personnel and their families a place to share their videos online. The site features much of the functionality seen on sites ...

TroopTube Video Site Connects Military Families [Digital Video]
Lifehacker — [image] In commemoration of Armistice Day, which marked the end to hostilities on the Western Front in World War I, Americans celebrate Veteran's Day. Military OneSouce , an online destination serving members of the United States armed services and their families, chose the date to announce the launch of TroopTube, a YouTube-like site for uploading and sharing videos. Unlike YouTube (which users of defense networks aren't allowed to access), users won't be able to embed videos on third-party sites, and the Department of Defense will moderate to make sure no videos posing ...

U.S. Military Launches TroopTube
WebProNews Feed — ... which created tools for approving and indexing newly uploaded videos. Delve also puts video files into different sizes and matches them based on a users Internet connection speed."Videos must fall within accepted boundaries of community standards and safety," says a message on the Military OneSource Web site describing TroopTube. Military OneSource operates the Web pages on TroopTube. The Department of Defense blocked military personnel's access to YouTube, MySpace, and 11 other social networking and video-sharing sites more than a year ago due to security concerns and the ...

Military Users Face Internet Barriers Despite Holidays
Internet Evolution: — ... debuted in November, developed by MilitaryOneSource and funded by the Department of Defense. The site allows active-duty members of the armed forces, government employees, and their friends and families to upload and watch videos in the familiar YouTube style. Videos are limited to five minutes or 20 Mbytes. All submissions are screened by government monitors who flag videos that reveal sensitive information, contain graphic violence and obscenity, or break copyright laws. There are currently more than 1,000 videos being shared on TroopTube, ranging from public greetings to ...