Date: Jul 11, 2007 10:29 PM
Subject: WeShow Launches Worldwide, Human-Powered Video Aggregator
To: jonathan speed <jonathan@supervine.com>
Cc: tommyp < thomaspaynejr@gmail.com>
bloody hell, this is perrys model with a similar name...
WeShow Launches Worldwide, Human-Powered Video Aggregator
via Mashable! by Kristen Nicole on Jul 11, 2007
WeShow is the latest in human-powered online video aggregators. It launches today in the US, the UK and Brazil.
Its editorial team (of an unknown size) will search the web to find the best online video content so you dont have to wade through irrelevant search results on YouTube, or visit separate video-sharing sites to find the content youre looking for. Organized into an unimaginable number of categories, WeShow takes some of the work out of video search. You can save shows to your favorites list, submit videos youd like to see included in the network, and search its site for the videos youre looking for. While you can leave comments, you cannot rate videos. This is also not a social network, so theres no interaction between users.
The other two sides of the WeShow site are the WeShow Awards and the TV section. WeShow awards take place on a monthly basis and aim to be the webs largest online contest for finding the very best video content. It works almost like March Maddness (only, every month) in that you start with several videos across 10 categories, and each week, youre votes whittle down the competition until youre left with two contenders. No word on the prizes that are offered to winning video clips, but the whole contest could just be a way to further engage users. The WeShow TV Section is merely a specialized part of the site for television content.
If this service sounds familiar, you may be remembering a post I did not too long ago on of company called DailyTube. These services are very identical, and leverage the ongoing trend of using people instead of strictly algorithms to do the searching legwork for us all. So what makes WeShow different? Aside from its monthly contests, the fact that its backed by The Pilot Group, which is owned by Bob Pitman (yeah, the man behind MTV and the ex-COO of AOL Time Warner) doesnt hurt. Yet at this point, WeShow is little more than a hyper-organized, online video aggregator. I think it would be nice to incorporate more editorial commentary for content, and additionally include the ability to subscribe to channels as well as individual shows.
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