Hey!Spread is a video uploading service that delivers user generated videos to multiple video sites.
Promoted as “the first video sneezer service”, the aim is simple: only 3 steps to “Spread your videos over the best video networks in one shot.” Users simply select the video they want uploaded, adding a description and tags. In the second step users add their login details for the sites they want the video uploaded to (first time only and user/ pass details are stored for subsequent sessions). The third step: the selected video is submitted to multiple video sites.
Video uploading sites supported include YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, Yahoo Videos, Dailymotion and Blip.tv.
Hey!Spread is not the prettiest site you’ll see this week, but it is practical. Video content creators are moving to multi-point distribution of content and a one stop service like Hey!Spread will definitely come in handy.
We’ve just added 4 videos services more to Hey!Spread:
* Metacafe
* Photobucket
* Bolt
* Putfile
This is an awesome way to make the internet a much more efficient experience, especially for people who are active on the listed sites. It will be interesting to see exactly what other services hey!spread continues to add to their product.
Allen
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You should add Veoh to that list as well. Although they too allow users to upload to multiple sites.
What a name.
Name choice is a bit odd, but spreadem dot com is taken.
Very useful idea, but would it be a search engine too?. Great way for uploading videos massively and make them popular.
Drama 2.0: boys are so awful!
How about “naming appropriately for your web 2.0 startup”
I can’t believe Techcrunch didn’t mention anything about what a horrible, sexist name this is or how degrading for women such a connotation has.
Actually I can, considering what a frat party this all is. Can you give women any respect?
Kari, I doubt that’s the intention, although I’ll admit it’s a pretty iffy choice. But I wouldn’t want to hear ‘Hey! Spread!’ any more than a woman would, believe me.
I don’t think it’s sexist or degrading, or that this is a frat party, as I’m not under like 5′5″ and we aren’t all dressed the same.
Honestly, I think there’s the distinct possibility that they didn’t think about anything other than that a relatively short name with spread (as in your video) in it was available.
Especially when you take a sec to look at the whois info before going on a sexist tirade, you see that the registration information is from Paris and they may not be up on the vagaries of what exactly offends you today.
Another quick note, I think most people respect people that earn it, regardless of sex, so no I don’t just respect ‘women’ because they are women. They are capable of being anything.
Last, the name, while unfortunate, is the latest in a long series of ‘Hey!’ names by Particle-s there, like Hey!Cast and Hey!Watch. Just like Michael has a bunch of ‘Crunch’ names. I doubt they’ve been working all this time to get to the point of plausible deniability over naming something Hey!Spread, but I could be wrong.
I’m very excited to see this. Hey!Watch seems to be the company running this, and I’ve been very pleased with their video transcoding service. I’m in the process of using it to build a site for a client and have been impressed by how well-designed (and speedy) it is. Presumably Hey!Spread will tie into it, which will be handy.
That’s a great service but, according to hitwise, 99+ percent of internet users aren’t interested in going public with their private lives but, like me, they still want to share their video, photo or audio with family and friends. At Quickeo, we’ve a solution for that. It’s as easy as sending an email. It’s private and it’s fun. You just need to get the software at http://www.quickeo.com/tv/index. A minute later, you can create amazing shows and send very catchy emails. (by the way, it’s free) . A good complement for those videos you don’t want on video sites but you are dying to share!
.. And I thought I got enough gaff for working at a company whose name *ends* with an exclamation point..
Kari: it’s not just us guys who are bad. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been walking down the street and had women yell “Hey! Spread!” at me.
Is it me or does the name sounds a little sexual?!
I like the idea and actually I am testing it right now. Hope it will work out alright. Fingers crossed.
The most important think is that you enjoy the service. We made it for that purpose. To be useful, to save time and to make the buzz dead simple. Be sure we never thought to anything sexual with this name. So, please, test the service even if it’s still a Beta and give us you feedback.
Thank you TechCrunch! This is useful. More articles like this please.
Yep the site is not pretty, but sure is functional and useful, handing out my logins….
Vijay
Check videopostrobot it supports uploads to 21 different sites
http://videopostrobot.com?aff_id=4
This service works well. I work for TubeMogul, and we’re launching Load & Track, our universal upload and tracking tool. It’s fast, it works great, and it integrates with our video analytics, so you can track and trend your videos across sites. Check it out and let me know what you think! Our alpha testers received nearly 4x more views by using the tool - study published on our blog at http://www.tubemogul.com/blog/
Best,
Mark