vPod is an “A class†service, in the rapidly evolving and increasingly crowded video sharing space. vPod is doing things that no one else is with transcoding, editing/display and monetization.
vPod will allow advertisers to easily create advertisements, and play them on their own websites and/or insert them into users’ videos. Ads will be inserted at the beginning, middle or end of videos and will range from 10-60 seconds long. Users can opt out of ads by paying a fee. By opting in, they’ll receive a revenue split from vPod – something in the 50% range. Moreover, they take videos from almost any source and, more importantly, transcode for almost any device. Want Mpeg-4 for the PSP? vPod will let you download that format. Mpeg for the iPod? You can have that as well. Just tell vPod your device and it will give you the correct format. And finally, the tools for creating your own “channel†on vPod are excellent. The only Flash is around the player. Everything else is javascript and dhtml.
vPod is in private beta. Sign up on the home page. They are allowing people in slowly, ramping up for a fall launch.
