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Truveo updates iPhone Video Search Application

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Truveo has released a second generation version of its video search application for the iPhone, with new features and additional videos. Through the Truveo Mobile Video Search for iPhone app, users can now access more than 145 million videos1, making it the most comprehensive video search offering on the iPhone. In addition, a special “What’s Hot” section features popular videos from across the web.

The latest features added to Truveo’s iPhone application include:

• Intelligent Query Completion, which assists users by suggesting key words or even television shows. For example, if a user enters “stock” into their Truveo application on their iPhone, the query completion engine will not only suggest Truveo’s “stock footage” category, but will also suggest shows related to investing.

• The ability to easily discover related video content.

• Improved sharing.

• Advanced sorting.

• The ability to search for videos by length.

Truveo first launched its free video search app for the iPhone in July 2008, and to date, users of Truveo’s iPhone application have viewed 3 million videos. The company expects usage to continue growing as it adds features to its iPhone application.

The updated Truveo video search app is available now for free to users worldwide from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch.

Originally posted on January 20, 2009 @ 9:48 am

The Washington Post to cover Obama’s inauguration via live video

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The Washington Post’s web site will produce live video coverage of President-elect Barack Obama’s Inaugural events on January 20th anchored by The Post’s Chris Cillizza, David Maraniss and Dana Priest.

The show will kick off when the Obama family leaves the Blair House. Cillizza will be on-site at the Capitol’s Inaugural platform anchoring the ceremony. Lois Romano and other Post political reporters will interview guests from the Capitol grounds and Inaugural events around the city.

The Post’s political and metro teams, including Dan Balz, David Broder and Kevin Merida, in addition to Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and special political guests will provide analysis and in-depth reporting from the Post’s newsrooms.

Reporters, using cell phone video cameras, will feed interviews onto the live show. Talking with people at the parade and on the National Mall, they will capture what is expected to be one of the largest Inaugural events in the nation’s history.

A discussion forum below the video player will let users ask questions and interact with the hosts. In addition, users have opportunities to share their perspectives on the Inauguration in a special, user-generated video feature. Users can submit videos using the web application Seesmic.

The live video will be available beginning at 8 am ET on January 20th and will conclude after the Inaugural parade.

Originally posted on January 13, 2009 @ 12:11 pm

Jaman rolls out UK operations

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Online destination for high-definition and entertainment Jaman.com is meeting the demands of its international audience by increasing its library of content and expanding into the lucrative European marketplace. With international members accounting for more than 70% of the site’s users, Jaman marks its initial global expansion by introducing its first localized site in the United Kingdom.

Industry veteran David Fischer, former executive vice president and managing director of MySpace and Fox Interactive Media, will serve as managing director of Jaman’s UK and international operations. Based in London, Fischer will be responsible for international business operations.

The UK site debuts with more than 1000 titles, including those from leading film companies such as BFI (British Film Institute), Pathé Films, ContentFilms and Axiom Films.

The company recently announced a partnership with TiVo to make Jaman’s world-class films available in any living room in America – offering a whole new level of entertainment options for film lovers around the country. Jaman’s current content providers include Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Eros International, Magnolia Pictures, First Look Films, Arts Alliance America and BBC Worldwide.

Originally posted on January 14, 2009 @ 9:30 am

KickApps launches next generation drag-and-drop video and widget authoring solution

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KickApps has released KickApps App Studio, its next generation of its drag-and-drop Widget and Video Player authoring solution. Users of the web-based KickApps App Studio can create highly customized embeddable Flash applications with drag-and-drop ease, including the ability to integrate best-of-breed third party applications, content and web services. The KickApps Widget and Player authoring tool already produces over 90 million app views per month.

Meebo and Yahoo! Maps represent the first third-party embeddable applications distributed via the KickApps platform. Meebo Rooms are available now and Meebo Community IM will be integrated into the KickApps Platform in the near future.

The KickApps App Studio offers tremendous opportunity for web publishers of all sizes to very efficiently create interactive applications that can be embedded on any page of their website or shared virally across the web. With a Photoshop-like interface, users simply drag applications and components (e.g. video players, photo slideshows, RSS feeds, chat, member lists, interactive ad units, rooms and maps) onto the canvas to customize every aspect of the appearance and functionality.

Originally posted on January 13, 2009 @ 11:07 am

VideoMD.com hits milestone with 2,500 patient education videos

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VideoMD.com, a new website that focuses on physician-generated video health information, has reached a milestone of 2500 patient education videos. VideoMD.com would like to thank all of the physicians, health care providers, and institutions that have helped to contribute to this milestone.

“We are quickly building the most comprehensive library of health information videos on the web. All of our featured videos are reviewed by physicians for medical content. We want the health information consumer to know that our video library is up to date, and trustworthy. We have videos from your own trusted physicians, as well as some of the preeminent specialists in their field of medicine,” said Dean Heller, MD, President of VideoMD.com.

In addition to providing a portal for all health information consumers, VideoMD.com serves as home for physicians to better educate their own patients. Health care providers can post educational videos for their own patients on their individual page of VideoMD.com.

Originally posted on December 30, 2008 @ 11:57 am