MyPod Studios. Only the Good Stuff!

You're at home, or maybe even at work. You're trying to focus your attention on whatever's in front of you, but it's not really working. So you decide to check out what's online, maybe watch a video or two. Well, you're not alone. According to Media Metrix, over 180 million people in the US watched videos online in August, 2011 alone, continuing a dramatically increasing trend. Why are so many people turning to the Web for video consumption? The answer is easy: convenience, selection, and it's free (compare that to the monthly cable bill!).

MyPod Studios, launched in October, 2010, was built to provide an alternative to the standard issue video networks that litter the Web, and take a slightly more unique approach to presenting online video. Here's just a few of the reasons why we believe viewers will enjoy watching video content on MyPod Studios:

• Each publisher within our network presents their videos in their own, distinct environment, or “Pod,” located at its own URL. We’re not just the run-of-the-mill, cookie-cutter network! Each Pod is designed to reflect the publisher’s brand.
• Each Pod is divided into multiple pages, so that large amounts of content are easy to find - after all, you want to spend less time searching, and more time watching!
• All of our video content is provided by hand-picked, high quality content providers with proven track records. These are videos that we believe to be the most engaging, with strong informational, educational and/or entertainment value. In some cases, these might not be the most well produced videos in the world - in fact, some are downright awful! - but they're all fun to watch.
• We don't showcase everything (sorry, no amateur videos of schoolyard fights here), nor do we focus on any one particular area (we're not just a bunch of how-to videos or a series of Webisodes). Instead, we have pinpointed nine categories that we've organized our content within:
• Entertainment
• Gaming
• Sports
• Health & Fitness
• Food & Drink
• Men's Interest
• Women's Interest
• Web Serires

These categories will expand over time, as more videos are added to the network, but the'll always be organized and easy to find.

Our own logo and branding takes up very little room, so you can concentrate on the videos you came here to view. However, we also make it easy to jump from one Pod to another, or to check out a new category, with an accessible but unobtrusive universal navigation bar.

Of course, we also provide many of the features that you've come to expect from any other online video network, such as the ability to leave comments, subscribe to specific publishers so that you can get updates on new content, save videos to a 'Favorites' page, and more (some of these features will be added or improved in November, 2012).

We love online video, and so we wanted to build a network where we could enjoy watching them. We think we've done that, and we hope you think so too!