StumbleVideo now includes content from College Humor, Funny or Die, Vimeo, Dailymotion, veoh.com and vbs.tv.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/), one of the most popular ways to discover new Web sites and videos on the Internet, announces the addition of six new content providers to StumbleVideo (http://www.stumblevideo.com/), including: College Humor, Funny or Die, Vimeo, Dailymotion, veoh.com and vbs.tv. These six new sites are added to StumbleUpon's current list of content providers including YouTube, Google, MySpace and Metacafe.
Launched in December 2006, StumbleVideo discovers videos based on your interests, learns what you like and brings you more. Each video on StumbleVideo has been discovered and rated by StumbleUpon's fast growing community of 5 million users.
A recent study by comScore found that there were over 10 billion videos viewed online in February 2008; a 66% gain from February 2007. As the popularity of online video content continues to soar, users need a more engaging way to discover videos that are personally relevant to them. With StumbleVideo, users can easily channel surf the best rated videos that are suited to their interests -- directly within the StumbleVideo page.
"With so much video continuing to go online, people are moving away from their televisions for entertainment and looking to the Web," said Michael Buhr, general manager, StumbleUpon. "StumbleVideo provides a very simple and engaging way for StumbleUpon fans to experience and discover new video content." StumbleUpon also delivers the engaging simplicity of online video discovery into the living room with a customized version of StumbleVideo for the Wii, Nintendo's acclaimed video game console. According to BusinessWeek, there are approximately 24.5M Wiis in the market today. Wii users simply need to open their browser to http://www.stumblevideo.com/ to be entertained.
Start discovering new videos with StumbleVideo by visiting http://www.stumblevideo.com/.
About StumbleUpon StumbleUpon discovers Web sites based on your interests, learns what you like, and brings you more. With more than 5 million users and approximately 10 million stumbles daily, StumbleUpon is one of the most popular ways to discover great content on the Internet. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco. eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) acquired StumbleUpon in May 2007. For more information, visit http://www.stumbleupon.com/. DATASOURCE: StumbleUpon CONTACT: Kristen Whisenand of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, , for StumbleUpon Web site: http://www.stumbleupon.com/ http://www.stumblevideo.com/
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