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Lonely Planet selects Limelight Networks for LonelyPlanet.tv

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limelight.jpgLimelight Networks, a content delivery network (CDN) for digital media, announced that Lonely Planet, a trusted source of independent travel information for more than 30 years, has selected Limelight’s advanced CDN service to drive its new LonelyPlanet.tv travel video channel, offering original travel programming over the Internet for its worldwide community of travel enthusiasts. Lonely Planet selected Limelight’s CDN solution because of its platform’s ability to accommodate Lonely Planet’s ever-expanding library of digital media and to reliably deliver a high-quality user experience to LonelyPlanet.tv contributors and viewers throughout the world.

The LonelyPlanet.tv Web site went live in April with six channels and more than 75 videos. The site has since grown exponentially to encompass more than 1,600 videos, and it has become a popular destination for world travelers who view it as a resource for both information and entertainment. The new online video network, which showcases user-created videos as well as original documentaries produced by Lonely Planet Television, has quickly become an engaging online hub where viewers can share their travel adventures by uploading 3- to 5-minute videos from a computer, cell phone or web cam.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 11:45 am

VideoEgg gets $15 million funding

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VideoEggFast-growing video ad network VideoEgg raises $15 million worth of funds from Focus Ventures and previous investors WPP, Maveron, and August.

Founded in 2005, San Francisco-based VideoEgg delivers video solutions for online networks, providing users tools that make video editing, posting, serving and sharing fast and easy. Along with this, they also deliver ways to integrate advertising within user-generated videos.

Serving over 20 million videos a day, VideoEgg continues to grow its network of, not only users, but partners as well.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 7:50 am

Prevention.com relaunches

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prevention.jpgPrevention.com has relaunched, featuring deep encyclopedic content, customizable multimedia tools, a robust and growing video library, social networking features, top expert and community blogs, and more — all within a new design that is modern, engaging and nimble.

“We’ve ratcheted up functionality– so each user’s specific interests are easy to find; built community hubs to encourage connections and provide our audience with direct access and dialogue to Prevention’s experts; and integrated customizable multimedia tools– personalized training calendar programs, health trackers, weight loss journals, diagnostic quizzes, brain games and more,” says Prevention.com Editorial Director Nicola Bridges, who orchestrated the new site.

“As the 10th largest magazine in the country, Prevention already serves nearly 11 million readers. With the relaunch of Prevention.com, we’ll be able to provide a home base for the swelling population of users turning to the web for their health information needs. Prevention.com now truly reflects the authority of this 57-year-old brand and is poised to be a digital health resource leader,” added Liz Vaccariello, Prevention Editor-in-Chief.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 10:24 am

13,000 media outlets in 193 countries now sourcing video content on The NewsMarket

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thenewsmarket.jpgThe NewsMarket, the online platform for media and marketing professionals to manage, share and exchange video content, announced that it now has media users in more than 13,000 separate media outlets in 193 countries.

Growth of individual sign-ups from news professionals within these outlets has jumped 72% so far this year. The sharpest growth though comes from the 200% increase in the volume of video published on The NewsMarket by leading brands such as Microsoft, McDonald’s, Volvo Cars and Nintendo.

The media has been able to also tap into a broadening array of content from new categories of customers placing their video on The NewsMarket’s platform. Three of the most popular online communities– Facebook, LinkedIn and Second Life– have selected The NewsMarket to distribute their video content to the widest audience globally. Other new content is coming from innovative brands such as iRobot and icons such as Snoopy.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 12:03 pm

InterSearch Group forges strategic agreement with Shopping.com

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intersearch.jpgInterSearch Group, operator of industry specific web portals such as www.Banks.com, www.IRS.com, www.Look.com and www.Camps.com announced that is has signed an e-commerce partnership agreement with Shopping.com, an eBay company.

InterSearch is leveraging Shopping.com’s robust online catalog of 60 million product SKUs in over 280 categories by integrating product listings with related user content on some of its premium portal sites. Both companies will immediately begin to integrate product listings from top online retailers in some of Shopping.com’s most popular categories, such as: the Cars category with www.Banks.com, the Sports & Outdoors category with www.Camps.com and the Health & Beauty and Gifts categories for www.Look.com, among others. These integrations will add a variety of new content channels and incremental revenue streams to the premium sites.

“We are very excited about this new partnership with Shopping.com and the mutual value this brings as we continue to build out our content and offerings for our user base on our properties,” said Executive Vice President of Revenue Development for InterSearch Group, Robert Hoult. “We believe this relationship provides both companies with significant incremental revenue opportunities through the introduction of Shopping.com’s product line to our expanding user base,” concluded Hoult.

Originally posted on September 5, 2007 @ 10:15 am