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VIDEO NEWS LIVE: WHERE NEW MEDIA MEETS MAINSTREAM MEDIA

Video News Live, a user driven video community site for people to discover and compare all sides of video media, today officially launched its service which allows people to watch and share new media (user generated content) and mainstream video clips at www.videonewslive.com.

Falls Church, Virginia, USA - November 30, 2007 - Video News Live, a user driven video community site for people to discover and compare all sides of video media, today officially launched its service which allows people to watch and share new media (user generated content) and mainstream video clips at www.videonewslive.com. With the high demand for online video; whether its user generated or mainstream media, Video News Live combines both types of video content in an easy and manageable central location. Video News Live gives users the ability to evaluate all aspects of a specific topic and to create a balanced opinion of their own.

Video News Live currently surfaces more than 150,000 videos from mainstream providers to its users, while user generated video content is being added everyday. Video News Live first started in beta mode at the end of December last year.

"I had the idea of Video News Live when I wanted a site where I could find new media and mainstream media content about a specific topic that interested me." said Fred Chamanara, Co-Founder and Chief Architect.

"Developing a system that allows people to be more informed by integrating numerous sources of video content, ultimately leaving it up to them to create a balanced opinion, is exciting." said Brandon Bango, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer.

Watch Videos that Interest You

Each user that visits Video News Live has the ability to view video content from multiple sources by selecting videos that are currently on the most popular page, browsing through the most recent page, using the search function or browsing a specific category, mainstream provider or user channel. The most popular page is generated and actively updated throughout each day by ranking the most popular videos on the site within the past six days.

Video News Live currently has more than 35 different mainstream providers ranging from CNN and Fox to TheStreet.com and Financial Times to TMZ.com. Users can suggest new providers to be added to the site to offer more of a selection to the community. None of the mainstream provider video content is hosted on www.videonewslive.com, but rather the user is re-directed to the mainstream provider's site to watch the video.

There is also user generated video content available through a recently uploaded page or the user channel page which ranks user channels by most overall views and most subscriptions. As Video News Live gains popularity, the user generated content continues to grow.

Communicate and Participate with Other Users

To gain more control, users can register for a Video News Live account which gives them more features to use throughout the site. Registered users can communicate and interact with each other by creating a dialog of comments and ratings for each video. Users can also favorite specific videos for easy accessibility for themselves and others.

Video News Live supports the upload of user generated video content that is instantly converted into a common flash format viewable across the Internet on every major Web browser today. The video is categorized and described by an informative title and description that the registered user enters.

If a registered user finds a video on a different site, the user can share it with the Video News Live community by submitting a link directly to this video, allowing for a more diversified selection of video content.

Registered users have the ability to subscribe to other user channels to expand their network of video content. These subscriptions are manageable through a list of snapshots of other user channels, showing specific stats and latest uploaded videos.

New features are continually being developed and improved on and the user experience will be fun, easy and valuable as Video News Live differentiate itself from other video media sites.