Light Reading Ranks Top Ten Video Sharing Websites

Groundbreaking report ranks 45 video sharing sites and services by their ease of use, storage limitations, and an array of other features

PRNewswire
NEW YORK
Aug 16, 2006

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/), the world's leading online publication for the telecommunications industry, this week published a new Top Ten List: the Top Ten Video Sharing Websites.

The report is a comprehensive look at the frontrunners in online video sharing, a market that is spurring investment in storage, content delivery networks, consumer electronics, and high-speed bandwidth connections.

The report can be found online, for free, at: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=100934.

"Online video won't be confined to something people watch to entertain themselves on a coffee break," says Phil Harvey, News Editor for Light Reading. "Hundreds of thousands of consumers are beginning to share video online, and that's having a profound effect on how much bandwidth is consumed and how broadband providers make money."

The companies reviewed and profiled in this report include AOL, Blip.tv, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Veoh, Grouper, Jumpcut, Eyespot, MySpace, and more than 30 others.

Contact:
  Amy Averbook
  Director of Marketing
  Light Reading Inc.
  Averbook@Lightreading.com
  212-925-0020 x112
  212-925-3324 (fax)

  About Light Reading Inc.

Founded in 2000, Light Reading Inc. (http://www.lightreading.com/) is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecom and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors who track these sectors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of CMP Technology.

About CMP Technology

CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

SOURCE: Light Reading

CONTACT: Amy Averbook, Director of Marketing of Light Reading Inc.,
Averbook@Lightreading.com, +1-212-925-0020 x112, fax: +1-212-925-3324

Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/
http://www.cmp.com/
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