Kalam.tv is an online video sharing website with a Pakistani flavor to it. This new Pakistan Video Portal offers a lot where users can make an account on the website and share videos online. The website offers a rich interface that is easy to get familiar with. Apart from the regular features that are on offer from other popular media sharing websites, Kalam ventures into offering its user possibility of making money from their videos as they are in the process of implementing the “Market Place” section of their users to share their content for bidding with a chance of winning the contest based on appreciation that the video receives. Kalam also has some neat tricks up its sleeve like downloading your favorite videos along with creating a playlist for your favorite content on the website.
The Pakistan Video Portal website has an eye pleasing and simple design so even a novice user will be able to quickly figure his way around .Viewing video on the website is smooth and you shouldn’t have trouble streaming while using a standard broadband connection. The online
player also gives an option of viewing the content in high definition format which obviously will require a better internet connection for smooth viewing. The website accepts videos in an mpg4 format through a simple uploading interface. The Tool Box option on the website allows you to change the color scheme of the website to your liking, so if you are not really happy with the default you can always add your own flavor and the website will remember when you login the next time. While on the website you can always share your favorite content on all other social networking website likes Facebook and Twitter as well.
Kalam might turn out to be a preferred option particularly for the users from Pakistan and other Muslim countries as other international media sharing websites have failed to address the sensitivity regarding posting of blasphemous materials which has caused a lot of controversy in the past. Kalam also has some of its content translated into Urdu language so that the Non-English speaking users can find it easier to navigate. The idea of online media sharing is not something new but the domestic audience at home still requires a medium that cares about its sensitivities regarding posting of objectionable materials.
Overall, when we talk about some Pakistan Video Portal, Kalam doesn’t score bad as it is equipped with all the widgets that you require of a media sharing website. One thing they could probably do better is to offer the selection of your preferred language as currently it shown a mix of Urdu and English which can cause a bit of confusion for the viewers.
Score Card for Kalaam:
Ease of use: 8
Layout: 7
Aesthetics: 7
Uniqueness: 4
