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WeShow Brings the World's Best Online Videos to Facebook, MySpace and the Desktop

Posted on: Thursday, 23 August 2007, 15:13 CDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- WeShow, the human-powered guide to the world's online videos, is making it easier for Web users to enjoy an ever-changing collection of high-quality videos tailored to viewers' specific interests with new products. Officially launching today for consumers, WeShow onDesktop is a mini-application that resides on the user's desktop and can be launched on demand -- without opening a Web browser -- to enjoy the latest videos from over 200 channels. Similarly, new widgets designed specifically for the social networking communities such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and Ning enable members to easily choose their favorite entertainment categories and broadcast automatically updated videos directly on their profile pages. With the launch of these products and the recently launched onSite -- a video widget application for bloggers and Web site owners -- WeShow provides users with a unique portfolio of video widgets.

Starting today, viewers will also have the ability to select and stream their favorite videos, from video repository sites such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Metacafe, which are outside of WeShow's editorialized collection directly through WeShow widgets and mini-applications. This new feature gives WeShow viewers even greater freedom to customize and share their favorite videos in one simple, convenient place whether on a blog, the desktop or inside of MySpace, Facebook and other social networks.

"WeShow's goal is to make enjoying and sharing the best online videos, from anywhere on the web, effortless and convenient for the broadest audience possible," said Marcos Wettreich, CEO and co-founder of WeShow. "With a complete set of widgets, WeShow has simplified the process of viewing tailored video content on the Web with minimal effort to all users. In just a few simple clicks, anyone can display automatically updated videos on their blog, Web site, desktop or social network page in a fresh and visually engaging way."

High-Quality Videos Delivered to the Desktop

Consumers can download WeShow onDesktop free of charge on http://www.weshow.com/us/widget.action. WeShow onDesktop displays the ten most recent videos featured on a selected channel and allows users to play videos on the desktop by clicking on a video thumbnail without having to open a browser. Users are only taken to the WeShow portal if they choose to click on the "more videos" link.

In addition to choosing the subject(s) of the videos from any of WeShow's 200 channels to be showcased on the desktop, users can further customize their content by choosing to display their personal list of video favorites from nearly anywhere on the Web. To display a chosen video feed, users can select from different visual formats -- such as a vertical or horizontal strip -- as well as various colors.

Share Favorite Videos with Your Social Network

The social networking widgets make it easy for members of MySpace, Hi5 and Ning to share their favorite and ever-changing video collection with their virtual friends by seamlessly copying and pasting a code, available from http://www.weshow.com/us/widget.action, on their profile page.

Users can customize the widget with their favorite WeShow channels or videos from nearly anywhere on the Web. The widget can also be configured to visually match the look and feel of the user's page.

Starting today, Facebook users will have the option of integrating the WeShow widget application in their profile by choosing it from the list of applications available on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/weshow-channels/). Different from widget setup on most of the other social networks, Facebook users configure the application with their selected videos and visual options from within their Facebook profile.

About WeShow (http://www.weshow.com/)

With headquarters in New York, NY, WeShow (http://www.weshow.com/) is creating a revolution in video consumption on the web. It is a human-powered entertainment guide that provides a simple and personalized view of the top quality videos from around the world. WeShow simplifies the process of finding and viewing your favorite videos by adding a human touch. It is an easy to navigate site that provides a window into the world's most popular video depositories including: YouTube, MetaCafe, Google Video, MySpace, Facebook, Dailymotion and more. With a team of web editors categorizing and filtering content, WeShow offers visitors quality, relevance and simplicity across 200 channels of video content customized for a variety of different countries and cultures. WeShow also provides a comprehensive collection of widgets, enabling users to broadcast their video selections. WeShow is backed by funding from The Pilot Group and other investors.

WeShow

CONTACT: Joseph Kingsbury, of Text 100, +1-212-331-8418,josephk@text100.com, for WeShow; Joana Ericson, of WeShow, +1-646-673-8409,joana.ericson@weshow.com

Web site: http://www.weshow.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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