Thanks and Congrats to Andy Plesser (Beet.tv)

Published February 21st, 2008 in Internet video, Video News | No Comments »


This post is dedicated to someone I have a great respect for and of whom I am a fan…

His name: Andy Plesser (bio)
His website: Beet.tv

Beet.tv was launched in March 2006. So let me be the first to say: HAPPY-BIRTHDAY Beet.tv!

Beet.tv has become the media source talking about the video revolution we are living.

Andy is accomplishing a unique job by interviewing key players in this industry.

I have followed what he does since Bett.tv’s launch and it’s my favourite source of information for video news.

What Andy created is remarkable for two reasons:

  • First he’s demonstrating how you can create a real niche B2B media from scratch and become a unique source of content for a new industry.
  • Moreover Beet.tv is definitely the new kind of format for Journalism on the Internet: Video and a little text summary. Real multimedia content.

Andy has his own, unique style and I love what he is producing.

So for those of you who do not know beet.tv it’s never too late and you can have an overview of Andy below:

PS: Andy If you read these lines, I will be in SF for the Video Search Summit in April and would love to meet you there (I will come bearing a bottle of fine French wine… :)

Filmmakers, we need you: Trivop is picking up steam!

Published February 4th, 2008 in Breaking News, Filmmakers | No Comments »

I always dreamed to do more and to go deeper into a project. When I launched Trivop, I envisioned that there would be a huge need for people to ’see’ their hotel in video before booking online. When I look at how video on the internet is developing, I am certain that every hotel will have a video online by 2010.

Now I wonder how we at Trivop could move even faster… Since our launch just a few months ago we have produced hundreds of hotel videos worldwide, and I must admit that we have acquired a unique ‘know-how’.

Producing so many videos from scratch in just a few months has probably never been done before. We were able to achieve this thanks to a great team, our talented filmmakers and a very unique workflow tool which we developed to manage the process.

Trivop’s hotel videos have already helped hundreds of travelers choose their hotels, but there are many more to come! How can we move faster and bring more transparency to travelers?

This is where you come in… If you have any ideas to help us get more hotel videos on Trivop, I’m your man: thomas@trivop.com

Demand for videos is growing rapidly and Trivop is intent to meet this demand. This operation is codenamed ‘VideoAgency‘ and you, our valued travelers and filmmakers, will all be a part of it. Stay tuned for more details on this exciting new development.

PS: I just had an idea!! I’m also going to ask the thousands of filmmakers and production companies in our database :-)