ClipShow Revolutionizes Home-Video Sharing Over the Internet
SAN MATEO, CA -- Establishing itself as the premiere, one-stop-shop for home video entertainment, ClipShow (www.clipshow.com) today announced the formal debut of its innovative online, home movie sharing service. The first multi-format, video management system of its kind, ClipShow is revolutionizing the way friends, families and organizations stay connected on the Web. ClipShow's state-of-the-art video processing services, streaming video network and easy-to-use video management system, provide the most complete way for video enthusiasts to watch, manage, process and share their home movies over the Internet.

"ClipShow is the most innovative way we have found to share the positive activities of our members, their families and our community. ClipShow's family oriented site provides a safe forum to bring together our network of ministries, nonprofit organizations and businesses," said ClipShow member, Jon Lewis, President of The Christian Networking Group.

Processing & Digitization
Eliminating time-consuming downloads and the need for costly digitization equipment, ClipShow offers its users a simple, easy means to share their home videos over the Internet. By simply mailing their videotapes (VHS, Hi-8, MiniDV, etc.) to ClipShow, users can have them encoded into a digital format, processed for optimal Internet viewing and uploaded directly into their personal, ClipShow "Video Album." Users with desktop video capabilities (e.g. iMac users or Webcam owners) can simply upload their digital video files directly to ClipShow for processing, optimization and posting. ClipShow provides processing services for a variety of digital video formats, including MPEG, AVI, QuickTime and Advanced Streaming Format (ASF).

Storage & Management
Once clips are posted, ClipShow users are provided with a variety of simple-to-use tools to effectively manage their videos. With the option of making their movies available for public or private viewing, users receive their own ClipShow "Video Album," a personal showcase to conveniently store, manage and display their videos.

Viewing & Sharing
Utilizing ClipShow's customized email feature, ClipShow members have the ability to invite friends and family to their own "movie premiere" with just the click of the mouse. Eliminating the frustration of receiving and trying to view large email video attachments, ClipShow email "tickets" contain convenient direct links to the members' personal "Video Album" for quick and easy viewing. Within the ClipShow Video Gallery, viewers have access to a myriad of simple-to-navigate showcases featuring pet, baby, vacation, wedding and many other types of clips. To enhance the video sharing experience, ClipShow utilizes its innovative processing system to allow virtually any user to view videos using either a 56k or broadband connection. ClipShow also supports all of the major streaming videos formats.

About ClipShow
Founded in 1999 by Charles Dauber, as a means of sharing videos of his newborn son over the Internet with friends and relatives around the world, ClipShow provides innovative solutions to the biggest barriers facing Internet video sharing today; (1.) translating video into a digital format and (2.) viewing video on the Web with a dial-up connection.

"While searching for a way to share videos of my new baby, it became clear that there were other Internet users like myself who were encountering similar problems. Although multiple solutions were available for sharing photographs on the Internet, there was no equivalent service for home movies. ClipShow is the next logical step in helping people to stay connected with friends and family using the Internet," said Dauber.

Since its beta launch in October of 1999, ClipShow has rapidly become a premiere, destination site for video sharing on the Internet, providing an entirely new level of online interaction for its members. In December of 1999, Robin Richards, President of MP3.com, joined ClipShow's Board of Directors.

Leading the way in the expanding online video services market, ClipShow has already developed an impressive base of streaming video and multimedia partners, including Dazzle Multi-Media, Microsoft, Real Networks, Exodus, Intervu and Sun Microsystems.

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