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Metacafe Rolls Out Video Game Hub

Video site Metacafe has launched a new video games hub featuring trailers, reviews, news, interviews and walkthroughs for popular video game releases. "Online video is increasingly a primary source of entertainment for today's consumers, so it's important we showcase content in key entertainment categories - such as video games - about which people are passionate," said Erick Hachenburg, CEO of Metacafe.

Video View-Counting Standards Examined

Content creators often decide where to place video clips based on an idea of how many views they'll receive.  Yet new research shows that not all official view counts are created equal, and some of the most popular sites may be given to boasting.

Online Amateur Videos Get Fewer Comments

Professional online video content may attract more comments than user-generated content according to Accustream iMedia Research report, "User Generated Video 2005-2008: Metadata Metrics."Total user-generated videos published in 2007 reached an estimated 1.2 million, along with 26.5 million related comments.

VideoEgg Partners With Three Media Sites

In terms of name recognition, it isn't exactly an A-list collection of companies - no YouTube, no Facebook, no Flickr.  But VideoEgg has partnered with Metacafe, Imeem, and Buzznet, and advertisers should say "thank you" in response.

Searchles Adds To Video Library

Searchles, a social search platform has added to its video indexing to display embeds from video sites Metacafe, Liveleak, Veoh and CollegeHumor.

Metacafe Hosting Digg Channel

Video sharing site Metacafe has launched a new dedicated Digg Channel.

Metacafe Collects $30 Million In Funding

In the land of online video, YouTube is king - there’s no doubting that.  But Metacafe just received some funding, and if $30 million can buy just 0.49 percent of the market, the site may move from eighth place to sixth.

ClipBlast To Index Metacafe Video

Video search platform ClipBlast has partnered with video sharing site Metacafe to automatically index new video posted to Metacafe.

Metacafe Launches User Channels

Online video site Metacafe has launched users channels for video producers and fans to create, update and promote their own entertainment channels.

ClipBlast Expands Video Index

ClipBlast an online video search and navigation platform is enhancing its index by automatically crawling platform providers.