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Broadbandtv Corp. (Broadbandtv), a North American provider of aggregation, optimization and distribution of video content via Internet, and Vuze, Inc., the rapidly growing high-res IPTV platform, with an installed base of 18 million client downloads, announced a strategic alliance to offer Broadbandtv’s premium content to Vuze on an advertising supported basis.

Broadbandtv will deliver premium television content for Vuze and will make the programming free to download for Vuze users worldwide. Broadbandtv’s extensive library of premium TV and movie programming exceeds 15,000 titles from around the world and will provide optimized meta-tags utilizing its intelligent “Opti-Find” automated keyword generation technology. This feature will facilitate content searches and ensure that users connect with their desired Broadbandtv entertainment.

“Vuze has an amazing roster of premium content partners,” said Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Vuze, Inc. “Today’s partnership with Broadbandtv will expand Vuze’s expansive library of premium entertainment content to our growing audience of users. Beyond delivering an excellent library of titles, Broadbandtv is at the forefront of content discoverability, which is important because Vuze delivers more than one million hours of high-quality video per month.”

“We are thrilled to add Vuze to the Broadbandtv network, a truly first rate IPTV platform that is exhibiting staggering organic growth,” said Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of Broadbandtv. “We are focused on providing our content partners with unparalleled distribution opportunities with the top InternetTV properties on the net and working with a market leader like Vuze is a big part of that strategy.”

The partnership will offer premium, licensed television content for free online. Broadbandtv and Vuze will share advertising revenue generated from paid sponsorship of Broadbandtv’s content. More than 100 titles from Broadbandtv will be live by the first week of February 2008. Vuze can be downloaded without charge or subscription from http://www.vuze.com.

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Tags: Broadbandtv Corp, Vuze

Vuze, a rapidly growing open entertainment platform for professionally produced content with an established audience of more than 14 million users, announced the immediate and exclusive availability of the hit anime series NEKO Rahmen for worldwide download on Vuze. The company will subtitle the series in English and make the entire 13-episode series available free through advertising support.

NEKO Rahmen marks the first time that an online video platform has secured exclusive rights for anime content directly from the Japanese producers, with the option to create original subtitles in multiple languages. The hit series is based on Sonishi Kenji’s popular comedic cartoon and was the most watched short animation series on Yahoo! Japan official streaming site in August 2007. Vuze will offer subtitles in French, German and Spanish for NEKO Rahmen by early 2008.

Vuze has secured content publishing agreements with some of the premier anime studios in the world including GONG, AnimEigo, Media Blasters and World Events Productions. With the addition of content from these studios, Vuze is now the largest online destination for free, high-res Anime video.

“With deep libraries of high-quality content, Vuze is building the future of online entertainment,” said Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Vuze. “Anime is just the first of many content categories where we will offer the richest and most exciting entertainment experience to be found anywhere.”

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Tags: AnimEigo, GONG, Media Blasters, Vuze, World Events Productions

I often wonder why with millions of people contributing to the rich tapestry of the web, it is full of so much shod. There must be some artistic and creative people somewhere who can produce something marginally interesting (and not necessarily based on a tech genre!). As I surf the web it feels like I am travelling on the Paris metro, wandering endlessly from station to station, looking for something interesting whilst above me is the Louvre.

But as time marches on web technology is getting smarter, and tools are now available for the creative types to put together some interesting content for all to see without having to have a degree in software sciences. As the user generated stuff gets better the film studios and tv networks are getting spooked and are realizing that they need to place a stake in the web world to get their own content seen. So with a little digging it is now possible to see some terrific video content on the web. Here is my guide to some of the best sites out there. [Read more]

Tags: Babelgum, Blinkx, Blip.Tv, Brightcove, Guba, Hulu, Joost, Kyte, Megavideo, Miro, Mobuzz, Podtech, Revision3, Vuze, YouTube