AOL launched a new version of video search site Truveo.com today. Truveo is billed as a one-stop destination where consumers can find a wide range of video from across the Web, including user-generated video clips and professionally produced video from leading media brands. The new site is based on the Truveo video search technology that AOL acquired in 2006. From the press release:
“Over the past year, there has been an explosion in the amount of professionally produced video that’s available on the Web,†said Timothy Tuttle, CEO and Co-Founder of Truveo and Senior Vice President of AOL Video. “While today’s popular video sharing sites offer a wide variety of user-generated video, they rarely give users the opportunity to find professional, mainstream video. The new Truveo.com solves this problem, so whether it’s a dog riding a skateboard or the latest episode of The Daily Show, Truveo.com is the one-stop site for finding videos from across the Web.â€
This is a crowded space, but Truveo compliments AOL’s other online offerings, including online television site In2TV.com.