WeShow Brings the Best Online Videos to Websites and the Desktop with Two Widget Applications

August 10, 2007; 02:03 AM

WeShow, the human-powered guide to online videos, is making it easier to obtain high quality and ever-changing collection of videos tailored to each viewers specific interests. Officially launching today for bloggers and Web site owners, WeShow onSite combines the dynamic "push" capability of online widgets with editorially selected videos available on the WeShow portal to enhance the Web experiences of blog and Web site visitors. For consumers, WeShow has also launched the WeShow onDesktop, which provides a desktop interface that automatically updates with the best videos on the Web in categories chosen by the user.

Available free of charge on http://www.weshow.com/, WeShow onSite and onDesktop are customizable to provide dynamically updated, high quality entertainment from any of WeShow's 200 channels to meet the viewing preferences of any audience. WeShow onDesktop can also be obtained through widget galleries in Windows Vista, OS X, Yahoo Widgets, Google Desktop and Windows Stand alone version. Once embedded on a Web page, WeShow onSite displays thumbnail images of the ten most recent videos featured on a selected channel. By clicking on the thumbnail, WeShow onSite plays the full video directly on the site hosting the widget.

The same is true for WeShow onDesktop, which allows users to play videos on the desktop by clicking on the video thumbnail without having to open a browser. Users are only taken to the WeShow portal if they choose to click on the "more videos" link.

"WeShow has found a two new ways to provide viewers with the freshest content available on the Web -- through the blogs and Web sites they visit, as well as on their desktop," said Marcos Wettreich, CEO and co-founder of WeShow. "With the introduction of WeShow onSite and onDesktop, we have simplified the process of sharing tailored video content on the Web with minimal effort to all WeShow users. In just a few simple clicks, anyone can display automatically updated videos on their site or desktop in a visually engaging way."

In addition to choosing the subject(s) of the video selection, users can further customize WeShow onSite and onDesktop content, displaying any personal list of video favorites. To display a chosen video feed, users can select from different visual formats -- such as a vertical or horizontal strip -- as well as various colors to best fit their page designs and engage viewers. All of these elements provide an enhanced visual aspect for website owners while offering relevant video clips to readers.

About WeShow (http://www.weshow.com/)

With headquarters in New York, NY, WeShow (http://www.weshow.com/) is creating a revolution in video consumption on the web. It is a human-powered entertainment guide that provides a simple and personalized view of all the top quality videos from around the world. WeShow simplifies the process of finding and viewing your favorite videos by adding a human touch. It is an easy to navigate site that provides a window into the world's most popular video depositories including: YouTube, MetaCafe, Google Video, MySpace, Dailymotion and more. With a team of web editors categorizing and filtering content, WeShow offers visitors quality, relevance and simplicity across 200 channels of video content customized for a variety of different countries and cultures. WeShow is backed by funding from The Pilot Group and other investors.