LOS ANGELES, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- VideoJug Corporation, the world's largest producer of factual, online video content (videojug.com), today announced a new video distribution deal with Microsoft and MSN Video. Through the alliance, VideoJug brings its "video encyclopedia of life" to MSN and MSN Video around the globe by delivering hundreds of its expert-driven, high definition videos covering a wide range of topics. The films will be featured on MSN Video, MSN and affiliated platforms and will cover parenting, relationships, travel and several other topics featured on the MSN Video channels.
"MSN Video is among the premier portals for online video, and we couldn't have found a more suitable industry partner than VideoJug," said Joe Michaels, senior director of Business Development for MSN Entertainment and Video. "The sheer size of their online library, the professional quality of their films, and the fact that their content covers such an amazing range of topics makes this alliance an obvious match for us."
To kick off the new relationship, VideoJug has already delivered a catalog of environmental and "green" related films to MSN Video for use as part of an exclusive online media relationship of MSN with the upcoming Live Earth events scheduled for July 7, 2007. As a leading source for environmental expertise and "How To" content, VideoJug will supply MSN with online videos regarding living green, working green and protecting the environment. The films will feature VideoJug's Ask the Expert and "How To" formats, offering hundreds of answers to and step-by-step guides concerning the core issues of the global warming crisis.
Peter J. Schankowitz, the CEO of VideoJug's U.S. operations said, "Our involvement with MSN Video and Live Earth marks a significant milestone for our young company. We're especially thrilled to be part of Live Earth and hope that our films show the world how to save energy and money while saving the planet."
Many of the films feature the likes of such environmental experts and luminaries as actor/activist Ed Begley, Jr., climatologist Professor Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton, "An Inconvenient Truth") and Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental policy Tsar, Terry Tamminen. The VideoJug "green" films can be found at videojug.com, across MSN Video, via the MSN Messenger service and as part of the upcoming MSN live webcast of the Live Earth multi-continent concert event on July 7th.
About VideoJug
VideoJug hosts one of the world's largest, most all-encompassing libraries of factual content online (http://www.videojug.com/). The company's 20,000 professionally-produced, high definition videos cover every conceivable topic and deliver the definitive online "video encyclopedia of life".
VideoJug's content is divided into a variety of formats that include informative "How To" films that take users step-by-step through everything from the lighter, more welcome aspects of life (leisure, hobbies, beauty and style) to the more serious tribulations we all face in day-to-day life (health, legal, money, parenting). The company embraces its mission of being the definitive source for credible answers and wisdom for every conceivable demographic. No matter who you are, no matter what your problem may be, VideoJug is here to help inform and inspire.
Every video on the company's website has been carefully researched and professionally produced or vetted (in the case of user-generated content) with an eye toward quality and value. The films can be downloaded to MP3 players, computers and mobile phones. The content is also unique in that it presents advertisers and business entities in every sector with a way to reach mass audiences via targeted contextual advertisements and sponsorship opportunities through high quality, brand-safe films. VideoJug is also partnering with businesses to produce branded, corporate-sponsored video content (for a variety of internal and external users) at a high level of quality and cost efficiency, generated by the company's proprietary production models and its understanding of how to deliver information of value.
With offices in Los Angeles and London, VideoJug is producing over 5,000 new films each month and is committed to increasing the breadth and depth of its content library, exploring new formats, branching out globally and building a community of users seeking information about life and how to live it to the fullest.
The management team of VideoJug brings together Peter J. Schankowitz (CEO VideoJug America, Inc.) and his UK colleagues David Tabizel (Founder) and Dan Thompson (Founder and Group CEO), formerly Founder and CEO of 365 Corporation PLC respectively, financier Rupert Ashe (CFO), and Chief Technology Officer Hans Stocker (creator of Nothingventured.com and DLJDirect).
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