San Francisco - May 7, 2008 – Revision3, the TV network for the Internet generation, will begin syndicating its award winning content to Viddler, one of the web’s fastest growing video sites. Episodes of shows including “Diggnation,” “The Totally Rad show,” “Tekzilla” and “PopSiren,” can also be viewed at www.revision3.com and on each show’s individual site.
“Here at Revision3, we’re always looking for exciting and innovative ways for viewers to watch and interact with our programming,” said Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3. “We love the advanced features of Viddler’s streaming video player – they’ve done an amazing job building in interactivity and navigation. We’re thrilled to be a part of the action.”
Both Revision3 and Viddler are dedicated to building communities around online video. Viddler brings together multiple viewers by allowing them to share and view each other’s comments about the shows they are watching. By partnering with Viddler, Revision3 continues its commitment to anywhere, anytime, any service accessibility and engages old and new fans in exciting ways.
“Revision3 is creating some of the best video content for the Web,” said Rob Sandie, President of Viddler. “With this syndication partnership we are excited to drive conversation and engagement to Revision3 and Viddler.”
About Revision3:
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is a TV network for the web, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.
The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager, because they couldn’t find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. With more than 35 million downloads to date (and 4.2 million per month), Revision3’s programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide range of platforms, including Apple iTunes, Hulu, DivX, YouTube and PyroTV. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple Nano, on a computer or a TV.
About Viddler:
Viddler is the innovative, open and robust online video platform where novice and professional video podcasters engage viewers through interactive conversations. Through Viddler’s timed tagging technology, people can interact at specific moments in the video through tags, text or video comments in the timeline. Viddler’s strength is in putting its community first: giving members robust, flexible sharing features, large file uploads and the ability to record directly with webcam. Viddler participates in revenue share with content creators through sponsorships and advertising. In addition, Viddler’s APIs give content creators additional capability to recreate the conversational experience on their sites.
For more information or to schedule an interview contact Shawna Seldon, The Rosen Group, 212 255 8455 or Shawna@rosengrouppr.com
