Posted by Mike R on 02/23/07 04:42

I figured this was relevant to all you videographers out there trying
to build your business. Appologies for the advertisement.

Viddia.com (http://www.viddia.com) is now enabling professional
videographers to stream wedding videos online so that their customers
can share with friends and family.

"With user generated video sites like YouTube topping more than 1
million video views each day it is now clear that people have the
interest and the capability to watch video of their friends, family or
even total strangers. We believe the time has come for professional
videographers to embrace this trend and let their customers share
their videos online," said Mike Ripberger, company President.

While many videographers have made samples of their work available on
the Internet, the task of putting each and every video they do online
is time consuming and cost prohibitive. Viddia.com's partnership
program aims to reduce the effort and costs associated with encoding
video, hosting the video, and supporting the viewers.

To use the service, videographers drop an edited wedding DVD in a pre-
paid and pre-addressed envelope that the company provides. The
videographer and the bride are both notified via email when the video
is available online, which is usually within a few business days.

The bride and groom are then given a password protected website for
viewing their wedding video. They have the ability to send out emails
to friends and family that link directly to their video viewing site.

Viddia.com's program allows videographers to advertise their services
to the friends and family of their customers; a key source of referral
business for many videographers. Additionally, viewers can purchase
extra copies of the DVD directly from the Viddia website.

Since launching a beta version of the service in mid November, the
company has since partnered with over one hundred professional
videographers and is quickly growing that number.

Mike Ripberger added: "One of the reasons we created Viddia was that
we were attending a large number of weddings and we always noticed the
photographers and videographers working away. Afterwards, we would
always receive links to view the wedding photos online, but never the
video. We wondered, 'Where is all this video going and why can't we
see it?' At Viddia, our goal is to change that."

About Viddia: Viddia provides services to professional videographers
that help them distribute their work to customers online. Viddia aims
to not only grow each individual partner's business, but to grow the
videography industry as a whole by taking it out of the living room
and putting it in the public eye. Viddia is a privately held company
based in Los Angeles, CA.

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