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LookBird Inc. Partners With Vuclip to Power LookLister.Com's Mobile Video Solution

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 06:00 CDT

LookBird Inc. officially announced today their partnership with Vuclip(TM) for LookLister.com's mobile video application. LookLister.com is LookBird's private video hosting and storage service designed to give users the ability to brand their videos with custom frames to deliver a personalized message.

LookLister(SM) is gaining the attention of business and individual users looking for simple and effective tools to meet their video needs. Currently in beta, LookLister offers Flash encoding of uploaded videos, frame customization using FrameCreator(SM), embed links to post and share videos, 5Gb of storage, and video uploads up to 2 hours in length. The FrameCreator(SM) tool allows users to select an image from LookLister's frame gallery or upload an image to frame the video. Features coming soon to LookLister include the auto-embedding of videos into popular e-commerce and auction web sites.

"We are very excited to form this partnership with Vuclip," says Dan Pimpan, C.E.O of LookBird Inc. "Our goal at LookLister is to provide world-class video services by keeping it focused, simple and user-friendly. This way all of our users are ensured the highest quality and reliability as more people and businesses adopt video as their primary marketing and communications platform. By forming strategic partnerships with companies like Vuclip, we are able to bring to market a full range of services in half the time, " says Pimpan.

Vuclip's mobile video technology allows LookLister to reach out to a cross-platform, international mobile audience. "With the integration of Vuclip's API and mobile platform with LookLister.com, LookLister users are now guaranteed that their videos will be viewable on over 2,000 mobile devices and in more than 130 countries. We really liked the way Vuclip has really simplified delivering videos to mobile devices through its API program, an integration which we completed in a matter of days," says Pimpan.

"We look forward to working with LookLister to bring mobile video to its customers anytime, and anywhere they want," said Ashwin Puri, VP of Business Development at Vuclip.

About LookLister

LookLister.com is owned and operated by LookBird Inc., a privately held corporation in Emeryville, CA. It is comprised of seasoned Internet marketing and technical individuals who believe that video will take the place of more traditional web site content and bring in new ways for companies to market their products and services in order to expand personal communication.

About Vuclip

Vuclip is the most widely-used mobile video search site in the world. Vuclip is the only true mobile video search and delivery solution that allows you to access any video on the Internet and watch it on any video-enabled phone. Vuclip can find videos, transcode and optimize them "on the fly," and then deliver them to a user's mobile phone in real-time. The service is free, although standard carrier data charges apply. Vuclip also enables online publishers and content owners to mobilize their video content through its Vuclip Video API Program. Vuclip delivers high-quality mobile video streaming with a rich multimedia experience across all wireless networks and handsets.

Source: Business Wire

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