P2P and web video sharing service Veoh will relaunch Tuesday with some important new features and a new look. Cynics looking for interesting video sites post-GooTube will find Veoh of real interest. The company has Michael Eisner on its Board, content deals with companies like Us Magazine and United Talent Agency and most important - some very good looking technology.
Starting this week, all users of Veoh will be offered video recommendations using an algorithm developed by Ted Dunning, developer of MusicMatch (now Yahoo!Music). Pro users can charge viewers to rent or own DVD quality videos downloaded through the P2P Veoh player. Pro users can have their videos automatically cross-posted to YouTube, Google Video and MySpace Video and automatically transcoded to QuickTime for iPod viewing.
Pro users will receive reports on the number of views and comments their videos have recieved across YouTube, Google Video and MySpace Video. This is likely to become a popular service; the viral video trackers at VidMeter will launch a similar service across 13 sites next week.
Other new features will include a very nice multi-video embeddable player. The functionality isn’t as flexible as a number of other companies’ offerings but it looks great. Users can display their favorites or other channels they’ve subscribed to.
Perhaps the biggest part of the relaunch will be the P2P Veoh Player. It will support full length downloads from Veoh, torrents, video sites around the web and any RSS feeds. A new browser bookmarklet will let you download videos from any site. The company highlights YouTube, Metacafe and others - presumably there’s some transcoding going on. The Veoh player can also be connected to your TV and controlled by remote. It’s like Joost for User Generated Content as well as select content partners.
All in all, it’s a very impressive relaunch. Presuming that users are willing to download the P2P application to their desktops, Veoh could end up seeing very wide use. If it does well in ease of use (and it looks like it does) it could fit the bill as a top-notch one-stop video service.
This looks interesting. BTW, I believe a “welcome back” is in order Marshall.
can’t say much about it, but after viewing the site - i must say if anything can hang with youtube, metacafe and google video - it’s this site.
seems to have a solid management and backing
i think there’s more than enough room in this market to have 4 key players.
but with that copyright thing/revenue spilt bs lingering in the air for this industry; it’s still somewhat a splinter on your spine to work this area
Thanks Josh, I’m just filling in for a short while here.
Woah - very impressive stuff. I would’ve counted veoh out but this is huge.
Should be interesting to see how this all plays out.
Will YouTube end up the next VisiCalc, while sites like veoh keep improving the user expereince and adding functionality (a la Lotus 1-2-3)? Doubtful, due to network effects, but anything’s possible.
- EP
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joost too. I think in hind sight, i think everyone will realize how stupid google was to buy youTube. If you watch any high qaulity video on it; it slows to a crawl.
The video tracking feature looks very good. They have features that will a lot of people to the site.
I would love a one stop shop where you could access all the major video sites through one embeddable player. If they keep going with new features and can scale then this is the type of site that should have Google sweating…
Veoh’s first boost was from porn content. Will users download an extra player…just because?
I’d rather use Stage 6 and see high-quality Divx content if I was going to go non-FLV proprietary.
Doesn’t Azureus and others already do this?
The algorithms are quite on the mark - and the advanced search options are impressive….
A must use resource!
I’ve downloaded the previous Veoh player. It was pretty fast, but I wasn’t impressed with the quality of the video…not worth the install.
I expected to see them refocus on the embedded web player, but sounds like they still haven’t shaken the original concept which is based on a desktop application. Love the idea of P2P video distribution (don’t we all), but I expect player adoption is going to be a real issue.
Who, for instance, has taken the time to download the Google Video desktop app? If GOOG can’t pull it off, what are the odds Veoh has what it takes?
I am soo confused, soo many video sharing website…whats the goal to steal some users from UTube…..
Francis - you win my personal comment of the night award.
There is another video site which act as one stop shop where you could search and access all the major sites. Apart from providing video search and socialization feature, it also provides platform for video syndication.
http://www.ulinkx.com/video/se.....;s=youtube
What about the possibility of photo AND video sharing along with features that users are looking for?
I know of one which does… http://www.sevenload.com
Yes, it seems odd that the new video hosting sites are cropping up like anything. They are not just hosting videos to get some of the large share that GooTube has but are also comming up with new ideas so that they stand out from GooTube and attract users. Dabble.com is a community video hosting site, Blinkx is one of the best video search site i have accross and they are trying on speech recognition algorithm for search. Similarly, “It will support full length downloads from Veoh, torrents, video sites around the web and any RSS feeds” sounds a good addtion to normal video hosting. I would certainly give it a try with the P2P and see how it work.
I certainly realize that video is the “hot” spot on the web, so I certainly don’t blame anyone for getting in to the game. Even though it certainly makes lots of news around here when something like YouTube / Google acq. happens, I think there is PLENTY of room left for new players to try and be the market lead as a large portion of the population has never even heard of YouTube.
The revenue models (ad supported or pay-per-download/subscriber) seem logical too, so no issue here.
However, my concern for this sector comes with the fact that video is rather influid. In other words, I can read a blog at my own speed or come back to it or skim it or whatnot. I can listen to an iPod at the gym or in the car or while studying, etc. But watching a video is a more attention-demanding activity. You can’t cruise down the street on your bike watching a video on your phone. You can’t mow the lawn watching a video. Aside from the fact that watching a video taxes your ‘consumption resources’, you also can’t “shorten” the time it takes to consume a video like you can something written.
I guess what I’m saying is, “Is there really enough ‘room’ out there for a new style video service to be integrated in to our lives? Or is it more likely that this technology is actually going to try and replace our already deeply integrated TV watching habits?” If it’s the former, I think the market is going to be painfully small for all the attention being given it. If it’s the latter, I say “good luck” as it is going to take a LONG time to hit a critical mass.
“I am soo confused, soo many video sharing website…whats the goal to steal some users from UTube…..” - Ash
A lot of sites…but believe me…we have not even scratched the surface of the online video opportunity…
Anyone notice the “videos” in that player? hahahahahahaha
Colin I think we are talking about a generation that has grown up with mouse in their hands rather than a remote control…..I think its a lot easier for them to fire up youtube or another site and watch videos then wait for a week to watch 24…..
All I can say is that I really love jeff rosenfeld. He is one sexy beast. That big brain of his really turns me on. What a catch.
I’ve used Veoh for several months now. I’m impressed with their new launch and the ability to consolidate my viewing. Definitely advantageous over the plethora of video sites.
i think veoh is the youtube killer for 2007. the videos are high-res, they have the player
compared to joost, they have the community features. if they play their cards right, they can be the new star
Well if its any interest to you try this map.
Hello, I thought your comment covered a lot of the topic, but perhaps you could got a bit more in depth on the last part. Thanks