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.
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CONTACT:
Kristen Whisenand of OutCast Communications,
+1-415-392-8282, kristen@outcastpr.com, for StumbleUpon
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