HeyWatch adds “multiple formats in one request” feature.

June 24th, 2010 — 3:40pm

We always try to make HeyWatch even more powerful and comfortable for your business.

That is why, we have just added the “multiple format in one request” feature. It will allow you to automatically encode videos in multiple formats with one unique request. Faster and more efficient, you save time in your global process.

Have a look at the API Documentation to see the changes : http://wiki.heywatch.com/API+Documentation+Download

Do not hesitate to send us your feedback and ideas for new features :
heywatch (at) particle-s (dot) com

HeyWatch officially supports WebM VP8 video codec.

June 21st, 2010 — 2:44pm

We are pleased to say that the implementation of the WebM VP8 video codec is done. From now, you can transcode your videos in the next most popular video codec with HeyWatch.

Just to remind you, here are the technical details:
- Container File Format: WebM
- Video Codec: VP8
- Audio Codec: Ogg Vorbis
- Container DOCTYPE: webm
- File Extension: .webm
- Mime Type: video/x-webm

Please, do not hesitate to give us feedback on it - heywatch (at) particle-s (dot) com

HeyWatch joins Google’s open source video project : WebM.

May 20th, 2010 — 11:34am

We are very proud to announce that HeyWatch is one of the first supporters of this great video project. The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone.

By the way, we join many smart companies such as Mozilla, Opera, Google and more than forty other publishers, software and hardware vendors.

Here are the technical details:
- Container File Format: WebM
- Video Codec: VP8
- Audio Codec: Ogg Vorbis
- Container DOCTYPE: webm
- File Extension: .webm
- Mime Type: video/x-webm

We are very excited because this new format will open the video market and contribute to set up great video standards for the future of the Web. Google makes a fantastic step forward by offering this a high-quality, royalty-free and open source video codec. And, at HeyWatch, we strongly want to be part of this technology trip.

We are currently working on the implementation and a Beta should be available very soon. Stay tuned.

Burger King uses HeyWatch to encode videos for its community.

May 18th, 2010 — 9:22pm

A Double Whopper, please! Whaou, the most famous Burger company, BK, uses HeyWatch to encode video for its basketball community : The Next Best Move. That’s so great and tasty.

The Next Best Move is a promotion in which BURGER KING® invites people to showcase the best moves on the basketball court. You can either participate in person at events in forty-one (41) Markets across the United States, or you can submit your entry online.

BK Corporate selected HeyWatch to upload and encode videos from all BasketBall Fans. They liked the easy and fast way to integrate HeyWatch as their video transcoding engine. For this purpose, they used our REST API.

We are very so pleased and…hungry. Can’t wait.

Tumblr launches direct video upload and encoding with HeyWatch.

March 23rd, 2010 — 7:12pm

What to say, but we are so pleased and honored to work with Tumblr, the trendiest blogging platform. Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors, to your theme’s HTML.

But to become even more powerful and appealing, Tumblr has just rolled out crazy simple native video uploading and encoding to all accounts. This is designed to be an easy alternative to full-blown video sites when all you want to do is post a quick video to your blog. Intuitive, fun and addictive.

And to power that brilliant new feature, Tumblr partners with HeyWatch, leader in professional online video encoding since 2006.

MediaServer - Watch your iPhone/iPod Touch media on your TV via the PS3, XBox 360, XBMC, …

February 22nd, 2010 — 9:28am

We are so proud and honored to announce that our first iPhone application has just been validated by Apple. Its name: MediaServer

With MediaServer, you can turn your iPhone/iPod Touch into a UPnP/DLNA Media Server and play your video (even HD!), photo, and audio files on your TV via all the compliant devices and software such as:

  • XBox 360
  • PlayStation 3
  • XBMC
  • Windows Media Player
  • And thousands more

The photos and videos you recorded with your iPhone are immediately available. Transfer also any media files from your computer to your iPhone/iPod Touch via a simple FTP client (FileZilla for Windows/Linux/Mac FREE).

The UPnP/DLNA devices and software around will automatically connect to your iPhone/iPod Touch without doing anything.

From now, enjoy your content at home, by a friend, anywhere you have a UPnP/DLNA device. With MediaServer, share and watch your media (photos and videos of vacation memories, wedding, party, movies, TV shows, …) with everybody.

Particles at LeWeb’09

December 2nd, 2009 — 3:06pm

Particles will be present at LeWeb’09 next week in Paris, France. The show will take place on Dec 9th and 10th!

With over 1800 participants from 30 countries, LeWeb is the #1 European Internet event.

LeWeb brings together the best and the brightest people of the web industry from attendees to speakers. Take advantage of a unique setting of networking areas around the main stage to meet your peers, to get inspired, to grow your business, to develop partnerships…

We’ll be so pleased to meet you there and introduce our Video Web Services:
- HeyWatch, our Video Transcoding Platform
- HeySpread, our Video Distribution and Tracking Platform

Feel free to contact Eric, our VP Business - eric(dot)fontaine(at)particle-s(dot)com

LongTail Video launches HeySpread and HeyWatch video modules.

November 25th, 2009 — 7:15pm

We are very proud to announce a new partnership with one of the trendiest and powerful Online Video Platform, LongTail Video.

LongTail Video is the premier destination for online video solutions. Whether you’re a webmaster searching for the best online player compatible with dozens of plugins and skins; a consumer looking for a great desktop player; or a publisher interested in monetizing their videos, LongTail Video can help.

The Company’s media players have streamed billions of videos and their AdSolution serves millions of pre-roll, overlay mid-roll and post-roll ads daily. LongTail solves the video puzzle… one piece at a time.

Now, you can select two powerful modules to personalize your LongTail Video platform:
- HeyWatch if you need professional and fully customizable Online Video Transcoding - here -
- HeySpread if you want to mass-distribute and track your video over the Web - here -

Justin.tv uses HeySpread to mass-distribute videos.

October 21st, 2009 — 4:52pm

Hi People,

If you are a live video lovers, you already are a member of Justin.tv. Justin.tv is the largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. With 40 million unique visitors per month and over 500,000 channels broadcasting live video, Justin.tv is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world.

After the Live, each video is recorded as episodes. Justin.tv integrates HeySpread to allow its own users to mass-distribute these episodes over the trendiest video portals and social networks we support. The implementation is done thanks to our REST API. With this features, we help Justin.tv’s users to viralize their content and make it even more popular on the Web.

Kickapps partners with HeyWatch for Video Encoding.

October 12th, 2009 — 1:54pm

Hi People,

If you need a white label social network platform, you already know Kickapps for sure. KickApps provides brands, enterprises and web publishers with solutions that enable them to create and manage next generation web experiences that are social, interactive, dynamic, distributed, and data-informed. KickApps solutions consist of a suite of hosted social and media applications and services that are used by some of the world’s largest websites and brands to grow & engage their online audiences and foster deeper relationships with customers.

KickApps clients include HBO, CW Television Network, National Geographic, Guinness World Records, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Kraft, the Special Olympics and numerous professional sports teams around the world such as the San Francisco 49ers or even the Phoenix Suns.

Kickapps chose HeyWatch to externalize all its heavy video encoding processes. They started having their internal encoding solution. But quickly, they realized that it was too difficult to maintain and so, so expensive. Thus, they decided to contact Pros. Now, they have the Highest Video Quality and they save Money thanks to HeyWatch.

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