Yahoo! Video

Infobox Website
name = Yahoo! Video



collapsible = yes
url = [http://video.yahoo.com/ video.yahoo.com]
commercial = Yes
type = Social network service
registration = Optional
owner = Yahoo!
author = [http://www.yvideoblog.com/ Yahoo! Video Team]
launch date = 2006 To Present
current status = Active
slogan= It's On
revenue =

Yahoo! Video began as a video search engine and re-launched in June 2006 with the ability to upload and share video clips. A new site was launched in February 2008 with a new design and move away from crawled video content. The site now consolidates all premium video from across Yahoo! properties with user-generated uploads and premium partner content. A new comedy network sponsored by Butterfinger was launched on April 1, 2008.

The free service provides users with a means to search and play videos directly from Yahoo! Video, save them to their 'favorites' page, subscribe to partner networks, create playlists, and embed videos and playlists on web pages and blog posts.The homepage contains editorially-featured videos that change daily and skew towards comedy, viral videos, talented users, odd stuff, animation, and premium entertainment content.

StupidVideos, the Onion, JibJab have a business relationship with Yahoo! Video with a branded network on the site.

Technical notes

Yahoo! Video supports Windows Media, ASF, QuickTime, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2, and offers a 16:9 aspect ratio, 150 mb uploads, and 700 kpbs transcoding.

Yahoo! Video accepts videos in WMV, ASF, QT, MOD, MOV, MPG, 3GP, 3GP2 or AVI format.

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References

External links

* [http://video.yahoo.com Yahoo! Video] (Official Homepage)
* [http://www.yvideoblog.com/ Yahoo! Video Blog]