Vimeo, LLC

Type	Subsidiary, limited liability company
Founded	November 2004
Founder(s)	Zach Klein, Jake Lodwick
Headquarters	New York City, New York, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Dae Mellencamp (CEO)
Owner	IAC (2006–present)
Website	Vimeo.com
Alexa rank	116 (June 2012[update])[1]
Type of site	Video hosting service
Advertising	IAC Advertising
Registration	Optional
Available in	English
Current status	Active
Screenshot 250px Screenshot of Vimeo's homepage

Vimeo /ˈvɪmiːoʊ/^[2] is a U.S.-based video-sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos.^[3] It was founded by Jake Lodwick and Zach Klein in November 2004. They left the company in 2007^[4] and 2008 respectively. The name Vimeo was created by co-founder Jake Lodwick and is a play on the word video, inserting the word "me" as a reference to the site's dedication to user-made video and is also an anagram of the word "movie".^[5]

IAC/InterActiveCorp purchased Vimeo in August 2006, as part of its acquisition of Connected Ventures.^[6] Dae Mellencamp is the Chief Executive Officer of Vimeo. In January 2009, Mellencamp joined IAC as General Manager of Vimeo.^[7]

Popularity[link]

As of December 2011^[update], Vimeo has attracted 65 million unique visitors per month and more than 8 million registered users.^[8] Fifteen percent of Vimeo’s traffic comes from mobile devices.^[9]

Starting 4 May 2012, the site has been blocked in India by several ISPs under orders from the Department of Telecom, without any stated reasons.^[10][11]

Community[link]

The community of Vimeo is large and filled with indie filmmakers and vast numbers of people with a passion for film.^[12] The Vimeo community has adopted the name "Vimeans", meaning a member of the Vimeo community, usually one who is active and engaged with fellow users on a regular basis.^[13]

Notable content[link]

Numerous popular entertainers have used Vimeo to host content. In 2009, Britney Spears used Vimeo as a platform to premier the music video for her single Radar.^{[citation needed]}

The White House posts high-definition versions of its broadcasts to Vimeo.^[14]

Vimeo has helped to offload traffic from Improv Everywhere's servers after new pranks are announced, and continues to host most of their videos. Vimeo was also the original location of Noah Kalina's "everyday" video,^[15] a popular viral video.

Video quality[link]

On October 17, 2007, Vimeo announced support for High Definition playback in 1280x720 (720p), becoming the first video sharing site to support consumer HD.^[16] Uploaded HD videos were automatically converted into 720/30p VP6 Flash video. Since August 2010, all videos are encoded into H.264 for HTML5 support. All videos uploaded before were re-encoded. Non-HD videos re-encode at a maximum of 30 frame/s and they also have significantly higher bitrates than other competing video sharing sites. Non-Plus users can upload up to 500 MB of videos per week, and up to one HD video per week (additional HD videos uploaded within the same week are encoded to SD).

Vimeo Plus[link]

On October 16, 2008, Vimeo unveiled its $60-per-year 'Vimeo Plus' package, which allows users additional weekly uploads (up to 5 GB), unlimited HD videos, unlimited creation of channels, groups and albums, no ads, HD embeds, 2-pass video re-encoding that results in higher quality, priority encoding, and more. The arrival of Vimeo Plus also meant the downgrade of the free version, which up to that point also enjoyed unlimited HD re-encodings per week and unlimited creation of groups/albums/channels.

Since February 2010, Plus users can choose to re-encode their 1080p upload as either 1080p or 720p. As of July 22nd, 2010, the site offers unlimited HD embeds.^[17] As of January 4, 2011, Vimeo Plus users can upload videos that are up to five gigabytes of footage, roughly equivalent to 2.5 hours of HD video.^[18] This makes it possible for full length, high-definition feature films to be uploaded to Vimeo by Vimeo Plus users.

Vimeo PRO[link]

On August 1, 2011, Vimeo introduced the PRO account type for business and commercial use, which allows 50GB of storage, 250k plays, advanced analytics, third party video player support and more.

Everyone except "small scale independent production companies, non-profits, and artists who want to use the Vimeo Service to showcase or promote their own creative works"^[19] must become Vimeo PRO subscribers in order to upload commercial videos or use Vimeo for their business's video hosting needs.

Vimeo Awards[link]

Vimeo's first annual Vimeo Awards took place October 8-9, 2010 in New York City, dedicated towards showcasing and awarding creative video content hosted on the site.^[20] Festival judges for the nine competitive categories included David Lynch, Morgan Spurlock, Rian Johnson, M.I.A., and Charlie White.^[21] The competition received over 6500 entries. Winners were chosen for each category, with the documentary finalist "Last Minutes with Oden" taking home the $25,000 grand prize. Ben Briand's short narrative "Apricot" won the Community Choice Award. The two-day festival included video screenings and workshops from the likes of Philip Bloom, Lawrence Lessig, and DJ Spooky, and an award show hosted by Ze Frank. A 3D projection-mapping displayed on the Vimeo HQ/IAC building concluded the festival. The 2012 Vimeo Festival+Awards commences on the 8th of June and includes speakers like Ed Burns, Loc Dao, Vincent Laforet and Jonathan Gottschall.^[22]

Gaming videos deletion[link]

On July 21, 2008, Vimeo announced that for several reasons they would no longer allow gaming videos, one reason being that:

"Gaming videos are by nature significantly larger and longer than any other genre on Vimeo. Over these last few months they have been the single biggest reasons for our transcoder wait times."

—Blake Whitman, Community Director^[23]

Existing gaming videos were deleted on September 1, 2008. All new uploads are currently subject to this rule.

However, machinima videos with a story of their own are still permitted.^[24]

See also[link]

• Comparison of video services

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Maxim Fadeev Максим Фадеев
Background information
Birth name	Maxim Aleksandrovich Fadeev Максим Александрович Фадеев
Also known as	Max Fadeev
Born	(1968-05-06) 6 May 1968 (age 44) Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR
Origin	Moscow, Russia
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock, trip hop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, composer, music producer, talent manager, television producer
Instruments	Electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Melodiya, Monolit Records
Associated acts	Serebro, Elena Temnikova, Yulia Savicheva, Glukoza, Linda, Star Factory
Website	www.max-fadeev.ru

Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (Russian: Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев) (born 6 May 1968)^[1][2] is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.^[3][4]

Biography[link]

Early life and career[link]

Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR.^[5][6] When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar.^[7] He later attended two universities, both musical, aged only fifteen.^[8]

Fadeev started working with professional musicians in 1989, such as Larisa Dolina and Valery Leontyev.^[9] At the time he was supported by showman and actor Sergei Kirilov, who also presented Fadeev to the world of professional music.^[10]

[edit] 1993–2003: Linda and Star Factory 2

In 1993 Fadeev started managing singer Svetlana Geiman, who would later become famous as Linda. Fadeev was writing, producing and composing her music material.^[11] Having been managed by Fadeev, Linda rose to media attention and a quick shot to stardom followed, backed up by both her over-the-top music contents which pleased the critics, and her offbeat semi-ethnic, Tibet-driven visual personae, epitomised by Vorona video which helped her to be eagerly accepted nationwide. The partnership of the two broke in 1999.^[12] Linda has eventually started writing her songs herself.^[13]

After a great success as a music producer, Fadeev was also successful as a television producer of the second season of Channel One talents show Star Factory, Star Factory 2.^[14] Star Factory 2 eventually rose to prominence many popular Russian singers, such as Yulia Savicheva, Elena Temnikova, Irakliy Pirzhalava, Pier Narciss, Elena Terleeva and the others.^[15] Yulia Savicheva eventually competed for Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, reaching the 11th place. Soon after Star Factory 2 Fadeev started managing singer Glukoza, who became a music star.^[16]

[edit] 2003–present: Monolit Records, Star Factory 5 and Serebro

Behind Olga: Maxim Fadeev (in a cap)

Fadeev established his own recording company, Monolit Records, in 2003.^[17][18] Located in Moscow, it has soon become one of the most influential recording companies in Russia, as well as in the states of the former USSR.^[19] In 2004 Monolit Records produced and published the album of Katya Lely, Джага-Джага, that was certified Platinum in Russia.n.^[20]

In 2005 Fadeev once again turned his gaze to TV-production as a co-producer of Channel One talents show Star Factory 5. He later focused on his new project, a girls band Serebro. The band won the third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, has won numerous awards since and became one of the most popular Russian pop acts of the decade.^[21] The band released their debut album, Opiumroz, on 25 April 2009 for the Monolit Records.^[22]

Fadeev and the Monolit Records have recently opened an audition for new solo female singer.^[23]

Cartoon SAVVA[link]

In 2007 Maxim Fadeev wrote a book named «Savva», later on he wrote the original script for the cartoon of the same name. At the moment company GLUKOZA PRODUCTION is involved in producing a 3D cartoon «Savva». It is known, that Maxim Fadeev's son Savva is the prototype of the main hero of the cartoon.^[24] In 2010 a American screenwriter Gregory Poirier wrote the adaptation of the cartoon script for US market,^[25] with Maxim Fadeev slated to direct the cartoon and compose the score.^[26] The premier of the cartoon will take place in 2013. In 2011 the voice cast was announced, including Sharon Stone, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Pesci, Milla Jovovich, and Will Chase.

Managed projects[link]

Current[link]

• Serebro
• Yulia Savicheva
• Glukoza
• VORON
• Grisha RADUGA
• Olga Romanovskaya

Former[link]

• Linda
• Total
• Irakliy Pirzhalava
• Pier Narciss
• Katya Lely
• Lora
• Konvoy
• Percy
• Victoria Ilinskaya
• Star Factory 2
• Star Factory 5

Discography[link]

• "Tansuy Na Bitom Stekle" (Танцуй На Битом Стекле; Dance On The Broken Glass)
• "Nega" (Нега; Bliss)
• "Nozhnisi" (Ножницы; Scissors)
• "The Red One: Triumph" (Триумф)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (Russian)
• Maxim Fadeev on Myspace
• Maxim Fadeev's channel on YouTube
• Maxim Fadeev's lyrics and translations

A Love
File:A Love.jpg A Love (Sarang) movie poster
Hangul	사랑
RR	Sarang
MR	Sarang
Directed by	Kwak Kyung-taek
Produced by	Jeong Tae-Won Yang Jung-Gyeong
Written by	Kwak Kyung-taek
Starring	Ju Jin-mo Park Si-yeon
Editing by	Park Gwang-Il
Release date(s)	September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)
Running time	104 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

A Love (사랑 - Sarang) is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak Kyung-taek's most notable film is Chingoo. A Love stars Ju Jin-mo from 200 Pounds Beauty and Park Si-yeon.

Plot[link]

At age 17, In ho meets a girl as beautiful as a watercolor painting, and promises to protect her after her brother dies. Although he is the best fighter in his school, he dreams of making his mother proud by going to college. It takes him 7 years to confess to the girl of his dreams. He stabs a gangster in the neck for her, although he wanted to live quietly like everyone else. But to keep his promise to protect her, he stabs Chi-kwon, a notorious mobster in Busan. He devotes his life to working for Chairman Yoo. He buries his love for the vanished girl and gets a second chance while working at the docks. He offers his life to the man who first holds out his hand for him. The girl he cannot forget returns as a love he cannot have. She becomes his patron’s woman and beyond reach... But as he decides to be happy for once in life, cruel destiny rattles everything in his life.

Cast[link]

• Ju Jin-mo - In-ho
• Park Si-yeon - Mi-Ju
• Joo Hyun
• Kim Min-jun

See also[link]

• List of Korean language films
• Korean cinema
• List of Korea-related topics

External links[link]

• Official site (Korean)
• Sa-rang (2007) at the Internet Movie Database
• A Love at HanCinema

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Jeff Hubbard is the 2009 IBA World Tour bodyboarder champion from Kauai, Hawaii.^[1][2] His brother David also won a world title in 2009: the IBA Drop Knee World Tour. Jeff won his first IBA World Title in 2006.

His style is characterized by aerial tricks, and recognized by constantly pushing the boundaries of the sport. His split leg invert and looped 360 airs are a kind of trademark, and he is also regarded as one of the few bodyboarders to ever land an aerial 720. He is a three time winner of the IBA Pipeline Pro bodyboarding contest in 2002, 2006 and 2011.^[3]

Jeff's pro model board, the BZ Hubb 2011 edition has recently come out (with the help of his good friend and shaper Jono Cain) and is one of the most popular board along with his leash signature models. Sponsored by Viper surfing fins as of summer 2008, he is now on Churchill and developed his own Signature "HUBB Makapuu Black Fins" model.

Hubbard recently won the "El Fronton - The Wild Wild Wave Invitational 2010" and the "IBA Pipeline Pro 2011" reaching his third Pipe Title. With the last two high scoring waves (9.75 and 9.5 out of 10) in the last 5 minutes of the final, he dramatically jumped to the top spot after being fourth (and last) for most of the heat.[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Fordham, Mark (2006) "Interview with Jeff Hubbard before his fifth CISC event", globalsurfnews.com, June 14, 2006, retrieved 2010-11-01

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