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Revver Unveils First Marketplace for Viral Internet Videos; First of Its Kind Viral Advertising Network Will Empower People Who Watch, Make, Share or Sponsor Videos to Benefit from Online Viewing.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Revver, Inc., the first marketplace for viral videos A video that spreads quickly via the Internet. It is often a short clip on a video sharing site such as YouTube that people reference in blogs, e-mails and instant messages. See viral marketing. , is launching from beta today with a comprehensive service for enabling viral video commerce online. By creating the first Viral Advertising See viral marketing.  Network (VAN), Revver connects people who watch, create, sponsor or share videos in the only marketplace for viral Internet videos Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer.  that creates a win for every stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. . Its brand new Web interface will complement innovative new tools and services that further promote online video commerce and community.

Revver provides more than video hosting and the ability to reach viewers with ads. Revver matches individual videos with advertising, encourages video sharing See video sharing site.  and then uses its proprietary technology to track videos as they are viewed across the Internet. By rewarding users with a percentage of the advertising revenue generated, Revver creates a virtual marketplace for online video. Now, new tools and services will empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems  people to share, track, advertise and make money from online videos more effectively than ever before.

"Revver is a next generation service for the online video market," said Steven Starr, Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Revver, Inc. "We embrace the viral power of the Internet to help people benefit from the popularity of videos no matter where they are viewed online. By leveraging the Internet as one big platform for commerce, Revver has created a real marketplace for this new medium."

Beginning today, users who make or share videos through Revver will be able to utilize new tools that foster commerce and community. These news tools make it easier for users to watch, organize and share content within the Revver community and the world. By adding these new features, Revver will also expand its network to increase video views and the revenue opportunities for all its users.
Users can now:

    --  Create their own Web page, complete with individual URL, and
        populate it with their videos or other "Revverized" videos,
        using their own template or a 'skin' from Revver.

    --  Use the new Revver dashboard to:

        --  View valuable analytics, including how much money videos
            make over time

        --  Send and receive messages from other Revver users

        --  Publish their own Web pages

        --  Create collections to track and organize their favorite
            videos

    --  Add a "widget" or video strip to their own Web site which will
        automatically feed Revver videos based on preferences they
        chose.


Part online advertising network and part publishing platform, the Revver marketplace offers key benefits to every user:

For video Makers:

--Revver pays users to share their videos with the world.

--Revver is the only service that allows users to freely share, track and make money from their videos online.

For video Sponsors:

--Revver has created the first Viral Advertising Network (VAN), the only solution for tracking viral video advertising campaigns.

--Revver's innovative technology lets advertisers and marketers create meaningful viral advertising campaigns and receive invaluable performance analytics.

For video Sharers:

--Revver is the only service that lets users make money from sharing or hosting others' videos.

--Revver lets users simply share videos or customize their own Web sites, giving them access to great content and paying them to share it.

For video Watchers:

--Users who are not interested in earning money can still use Revver to aggregate and share videos online.

--Revver offers the same sharing and account interface features to viewers as other users.

About Revver

Revver is the first online service that truly leverages the viral power of the Internet to create a marketplace for online videos. Revver matches individual videos with advertising, encourages video sharing and then uses its proprietary technology to track videos as they are viewed across the Internet. By rewarding users with a percentage of the advertising revenue generated, Revver creates a virtual marketplace for online video. Revver's contextual advertising Contextual advertising is the term applied to advertisements appearing on websites or other media, such as content displayed in mobile phones, where the advertisements are selected and served by automated systems based on the content displayed by the user.  capabilities also connect advertisers to specific demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data.  with a unique collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each  algorithm algorithm (ăl`gərĭth'əm) or algorism (–rĭz'əm) [for Al-Khowarizmi], a clearly defined procedure for obtaining the solution to a general type of problem, often numerical. , which maximizes ad performance. For more information, visit www.revver.com.
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