SplashCast Announces New Partnerships, Technology and Momentum in First 30 Days

by Allen Stern on March 2nd, 2007

SplashCast has released some stats on their first 30 days in operation. The information looks pretty good. I think one of the best things they did was to hire Marshall. He is very well known across the new tech market. Since these techies are early adopters, it allows SplashCast to get "in" quickly. While his official title is Director of Content, he is an evangelist for the company. Their video player is not perfect (yet), but it sure is innovative. There are a lot of useful features that make it quick and easy to make a "cast".

Here are their highlights released today:

The company today announced a strategic alliance with Automattic, the company behind the popular WordPress hosted blog service http://www.wordpress.com/ . SplashCast subscribers can now easily publish their channels directly to a WordPress blog with a simple 'point and click' from their dashboard. Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic, noted: "SplashCast is pushing the envelope with their innovative rich media syndication solution. Having SplashCast integrated into WordPress.com helps our mission to empower our bloggers with the best content creation and publishing tools on the web."
SplashCast also announced today a partnership with IODA http://www.iodalliance.com/ , which distributes thousands of releases from independent labels to digital music and video outlets around the world. IODA's catalog is extremely comprehensive, encompassing more than 2,500 music labels.
Since the company launch on January 30, more than 5,000 new shows and more than 3,000 individual channels have been created using SplashCast – this includes not just talented amateurs, but professional companies that have endorsed the SplashCast Syndication Network to spread viral videos for General Motors(R), Beyonce and more. To watch these and other channels, visit the new SplashCast search catalog at http://web.splashcast.net/catalog .
The renowned TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference http://www.ted.com/ , has also selected SplashCast for video syndication of speakers such as Bill Clinton, Paul Simon and Tracy Chapman and others who have spoken at past events – a remarkable series of endorsements for such a young company.
SplashCast has also achieved more than 1,000,000 player impressions since launching 30 days ago.

Congrats to the team and keep up the good work!