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May 1, 2013 03:00 am GMT

Anyone Can Become A Content Curator On Woisio

Guide | woisioWoisio is a Turkish company being featured at Disrupt NYs Startup Alley this year, and its a little like what watching television would be like if your friends took over the programming. At first glance, Woisio most closely resembles an everyday television programming lineup. There are a number of predefined channels that are organized by category, each of which streams a series of 15 minute shows that air one after the other on a 24/7 basis. And yet, you wont find any programming from any of the four major TV networks on Woisio. Nor will you be able locate any shows from any of the major cable networks. Each 15 minute show is in actuality a running playlist of YouTube videos, photo galleries, songs, or blog posts that have been curated and packaged by Woisio’susers. Woisiohas a number of channels called stages, that are defined by specific arenas of interest and location. For example, youll find a Music stage for general music related content, and a New York Music stage for content specific to the New York music scene. You can also subscribe to the stages that most interest you, and thus create a specific channel that is tailored to the content youd like to consume. But what if you want to do more than just consume? If youre looking to get your own curated content on Wiosio, its a fairly simple process. When you first sign up with Woisio, youre given 5,000 Woisiopoints that you can use to bid for auctioned spaces of airtime. Airtime on each stage is auctioned off in 15 minute chunks, and the auction runs until the very second that slot of content is scheduled to begin streaming on the stage. The more people upvote your shows when they air, the more Woisiopoints you obtain, increasing your influence as a content curator in the Woisionetwork. “You can say that the media manufactures its own stars, news, and facts,” saysMujdat Ayoguz, founder of Woisio, “and imposes them on people.” Ayoguz believes that Woisiois a platform that truly democratizes content curation and distribution. Woisiolaunched in the United States in December, and released their iOS app last Friday in an effort to expand their user base here. According to Woisio, theyve already established a presence in Turkey in the tens of thousands of users range, and are planning to launch in Latin America very shortly.

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