Videos now find you with Shufflr, a social video browser

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Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 12:57 AM IST

With over 36,000 hours of video uploaded on the web every day, Shufflr helps consumers discover, view and share videos they like

With over 36,000 hours of video being uploaded on the web everyday, it's quite a challenge to find videos you like from across the web. Shufflr, is a social video browser that blends learning algorithms and social graphs to steer videos towards you from all over the web – or simply put helps videos find you. Get video recommendations, social video feeds and trending video feeds for a wholesome daily dose of entertainment. Althea Systems, the makers of Shufflr recently closed a $3 million Series A institutional VC round. You can get Shufflr at http://shufflr.tv

Shufflr is your window to the online video universe – you can discover, view, share & collect videos from all over the web. Shufflr’s video sieve sifts through millions of videos on the web and picks videos that are relevant to you based on your profile and viewing history. The social video feed makes it convenient to see what your friends have been watching without them having to send you links to videos they stumble across. You can also see what’s currently trending on the web with a Buzz feed right in your home screen.

“With online video disrupting traditional ways of consuming video, Shufflr is a neat transition from broadcast style video delivery to personalized video on demand. You have a convenient lean back model where videos come to you but with all the interactive, social functionality of today’s web when you need it. ” says Vinod Gopinath, CEO of Althea Systems, the makers of Shufflr.

Shufflr reduces the time you spend looking for videos giving you more time to watch them. With the additional ability to bookmark, tag and search, Shufflr is set to take your online video experience to the next level. You can share videos with the world, follow people with similar tastes and see what they have been watching bringing a Twitter like experience to online video.

The Shufflr desktop client is the first of many applications that is built on Althea Systems’ ShuffleFeed video discovery platform ( www.shufflefeed.com ). The ShuffleFeed platform quickly enables innovative video apps on websites, facebook, notebooks, phones, tablets, televisions etc. Publishers can also leverage this API to enhance their existing offerings with video feeds from ShuffleFeed. Apps using the ShuffleFeed platform allow users to seamlessly shift from one device to the next and continue where they left off. Users also benefit from the fact that content from various publishers is homogenously integrated into the system and are not independent silos, thus enabling seamless search, recommendations and video associations across video sites.

About Althea Systems
Althea Systems (www.altheasystems.com) is focused on building solutions that simplify online video discovery and consumption across multiple screens by stitching together latest technology, the brave new social web and good old common sense

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First Published: Jun 29 2010 | 8:27 PM IST

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