AOL launches localized versions of AOL Video
AOL, the Internet division of Time Warner, today launches localized versions of its videoservisa AOL Video in Canada, India and Taiwan. In autumn AOL also intends to introduce versions videoportala in Britain, France and Germany. This was stated in an interview with Senior Vice President AOL Video Fred Makintayer, said agency Reuters.
This initiative is part of Time Warner plans for aggressive global expansion and to transform AOL Video in a free, advertising-free Internet resource, which, however, offers advertising services for other companies.
Make videoservis with American videos available worldwide prevented kopiraytnye license. Now, AOL has entered into a transaction with regional partners who will supply the content local version AOL Video. While it remains unclear whether users will be local versions available videoservisa television, which provide AOL Video companies such as CBS Corp or Hulu - joint venture between News Corp and NBC Universal.
All local videosluzhby AOL based on technology Truveo, which indexes, searches and sorts relevant information about 170 million videos on sites in sixteen countries, including Russia, Hong Kong, Germany and France. When the user finds the necessary video, the system writes it to the site-the source is. Incidentally, in December 2007 was launched Russian-language version of Truveo. Service provides users with a content that interests of the inhabitants of a particular region.
As part of the global expansion of AOL also offers localized versions of the site Asylum in Britain, India, Australia, New Zealand and Italy. Each region will have its own local editor, which will display program with the American Asylum site and create local content.