December 11, 2006
YouSendIt and muvee Announce Collaboration
Integration of services allows users to automatically edit home videos and deliver them instantly
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SINGAPORE -- December 11, 2006 - YouSendIt, Inc., the leader in file delivery for business, today announced a partnership with muvee, the pioneer and leader in automatic video production. The two companies have integrated their services into a combined offering that will be marketed as muvee autoProducer 5 with YouSendIt. Users can now easily create automatically edited home videos using muvee autoProducer software, and email them within the muvee application itself using the integrated YouSendIt service.
Making it easier for people to create and then share professional-quality videos of the most important events of their lives is a passion for us, said Pete Kellock, founder and CEO of muvee. Our software lets anyone turn their video clips and pictures into a stylish, edited video production thats set to music in just 3 easy steps. Together with YouSendIt, were giving users a remarkably easy way of creating more compelling personalized content for immediate sharing.
With muvee autoProducer, users simply add the video, pictures and music that they want to use, then choose from one of 24 themed video editing styles to add in visual effects and transitions. The software automatically creates a finished production, intelligently selecting footage highlights and cutting everything to the beat of the users chosen music. Once users have created a muvee, they can click on the integrated YouSendIt link within muvee autoProducer to send the video file they have just created to anyone they would like to share it with. This offering mainly targets consumers who are looking for a quick, easy and effective solution for making and sharing home movies and slideshows, but also extends to professional videographers, including wedding and other event photographers.
muvees software takes the pain out of creating compelling videos, said Ivan Koon, CEO of YouSendIt. YouSendIt takes the pain out of delivering large video files. The process of making and delivering videos just got easier and faster with this new combined service.
A 30-day free trial of muvee autoProducer 5 with YouSendIt is now available for download from www.muvee.com/yousendit. Downloaders can purchase a product key to unlock their trial version, without having to re-download or install the software. There is currently a 20% discount offer on all online purchases of muvee autoProducer 5 with YouSendIt.
Notes to Editors:
About YouSendIt
YouSendIt is the leader in file delivery for business. The company is based in Mountain View, CA and offers professionals in small and medium businesses a reliable solution to move and track large files. Proprietary technology and enterprise-level server farms on both coasts guarantee excellent response and reliability. YouSendIt offers three business subscription plans and a pay-per-use plan, in addition to a free service.
With over two and a half million registered users from 220 countries, YouSendIt transfers over 1 million files per day over 400 million to date. YouSendIt is led by its CEO, Ivan Koon, former SVP, Enterprise Intelligent Documents Business Unit at Adobe, and funded by Alloy Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds.
For more information and to send a big file via YouSendIt, please visit http://www.yousendit.com.
About muvee
muvee is the pioneer and global leader in a dynamic new field: Instant Personal Video. muvee's patented technology revolutionizes home video production, enabling anyone to automatically turn video and pictures into professional-quality productions in hundreds of different styles. Users need no prior experience working with video and each production is created in a fraction of the time that it would normally take using conventional video editing tools. muvees products are available for PCs, camera phones, embedding in CE devices, photo kiosks, websites and other platforms. muvee's global partners include Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Sony, Nikon and LG. For more information, please visit www.muvee.com.
YouSendIt Contact Information:
Rosie Hausler
Sandhill PR
rosie@sandhillpr.com
(650) 996 8806
Florian Brody
Sr. Director Marketing Communications
YouSendIt, Inc.
media@yousendit.com
(408) 887 3456
muvee Contact Information:
Margie Schaffner
BLASTmedia
Margie@blastmedia.com
(317) 806 1425 x 16
Tania Chew
Chief Publicist
muvee Technologies
tania.chew@muvee.com
(718) 354 1221