sevenload 3.0
The rumors you’ve heard over the last few days… are TRUE. So let’s make it official: We’re working on a relaunch version of sevenload, that’ll be going online at the beginning of 2008!
A lot has changed since the very first public Beta version of sevenload (in German) in April of 2006. This includes how everyone uses the web today and how much Web 2.0 has changed our interaction with the internet. Technologies have been improved, internet connections have gotten better and faster, and users have rapidly become accustomed to new features and technological advances. As a young platform, we were able to celebrate our first successes with our partners and today, several million of our videos are viewed daily. Innovation and creativity are constantly pushing us towards our ultimate goal!
sevenload was strengthened this year and last through company investments made by Hubert Burda Media Research & Development, media ventures and dw capital. We concentrated on doing business with will-known companies and developed sites such as BMW-web.tv and sportsfreunde.de. The German site grew and grew in terms of partnerships with various content creators and has grown to over 200 Specials in 25 different categories, while the English site has also continued to grow as well and is looking forward to a slew of new Specials in the New Year. But let’s not forget one of the most important aspects of this whole process- our team and our spirit has also grown immensely and has also gotten more experienced.
But what about our users and the community? In order to answer this question we need to be very clear: We know that user expectations in this market are very high. Up to this point, we have always taken any ideas, comments or criticisms from our partners as well as our users very seriously, but typically remained somewhat quiet in our responses and did not make most of them official.
sevenload does not want to be a video search engine like YouTube. And in comparison to other video platforms, we are not just a platform for funny clips and television show snippets.
On the one hand, sevenload is a portal for creative thinkers and film makers, for friends and family, and on the other hand a real working company that (as a platform) is continuously growing. Often times, we’re compared to other sites in this aspect – but sevenload is going to define its own market, a market that will be able to differentiate itself from typical video platforms.
And so therefore, our motto is: show more, offer more, promote more and ask for more. With our relaunch in 2008 sevenload will become more of a Social Media Network than just a photo and video platform. A website that will offer its community multiple technological and content changes/enhancements, a revenue sharing model for content owners and other various enhancements. Over the next couple of weeks, you’ll be able to track these changes in Ibo’s, Axel’s, Mike’s and the sevenload Corporate Blogs. Our hope is to change the media landscape together with you – and for that we need your feedback and are looking forward to your questions, praise and critiques!
2 Responses to “sevenload 3.0”
Can’t just wait for it..
Thanks for reveling the new plans.
This sounds to good to be true. It would be very wise to build a public api.