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Motionbox

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Motionbox is a video sharing service with a lot of other cool and impressive features. Motionbox doesn’t have a client uploader like Crackle (formerly Grouper) and VideoEgg. Users must upload the full video files to the service. Like YouTube, Motionbox transcodes files to flash to reduce file size and standardize viewing. But they also store the original files and allow users (and those authorized) to download those files and/or purchase DVDs with the files.

Video editing is a pleasure on Motionbox. When editing a video, Motionbox breaks it down visually into frames. Users can edit the file extensively, including linking several video files and removing any portions of files. Mashups with other users’ public or shared videos can also be created using Motionbox’s extensive editing features.

All of these changes can be pushed back to the original quality files for downloading or DVD burning. Like YouTube and other services, Motionbox allows tagging of video files. But they also allow deep tagging of parts of video files. Users can open a file, select a portion of the video, and tag it. Viewers are able to skip right to that clip of the video by clicking on the tag. Longer videos can now easily be broken down into linkable pieces.

Motionbox began supporting high definition video in March 2008.

Some competitors/similar companies include: Crackle (formerly Grouper), Youtube, VideoEgg, DailyMotion, and MetaCafe.

Recent Milestones

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  Motionbox was acquired by Snapfish. (7/12/10)
  Posted 7/12/10 at 5:57pm via paidcontent.org
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  Motionbox acquired Viddyou. (10/8/09)
  Posted 10/8/09 at 3:08pm via techcrunch.com
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  Motionbox received $6M in Series C funding. (1/14/09)
  Posted 1/14/09 at 5:24pm via techcrunch.com
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  Motionbox — Motionbox announces support for AVCHD file uploads, Adobe AIR uploader. (9/30/08)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 5:50pm
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  Motionbox received $7M in Series B funding. (12/1/07)
  Posted 12/8/07 at 5:47am
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  Motionbox received $4.2M in Series A funding. (9/1/06)
  Posted 11/30/07 at 7:20am via mashable.com
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  Motionbox added Chris O'Brien as Chairman and Co-Founder. (1/1/06)
  Posted 11/30/07 at 7:12am
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  Motionbox added Andrew Wason as Chief Architect & Co-Founder.
  Posted 11/30/07 at 7:13am
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  Motionbox added Chris Brown as VP Engineering.
  Posted 11/30/07 at 7:14am
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  Motionbox added Josh Grotstein as CEO.
  Posted 4/17/09 at 12:03pm

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Sources

1. HP’s Snapfish Buys Video Sharing Site Motionbox (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Motionbox Acquires Fellow Video Sharing Site Viddyou (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. mashable.com [edit]
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5. Motionbox Raises $6 Million Series C For Its YouTube Alternative (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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