MeTubes May 18, 2007
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : Video Sharing , trackbackThe link to MeTubes was sent in by a kind reader (thank you, Monica Patel!) who praised its good interface and easy movie selection.
The concept is similar to BollyClips- MeTubes aggregates the links to media hosted by other sites in one place. They have a big disclaimer regarding this at the bottom of each page, along with a FAQ page polite tip on copyright violations and take-down policy.
But MeTubes is not just about Bollywood, it’s categories range from TV sitcoms and movies to Math, Food and Autos. So you can watch a Bollywood movie or Simpsons show and then a clip on how to jumpstart your car, all in one place now. The video quality is what you would expect elsewhere- its flash based, so doesn’t look good full screen. But its free
, so I’m not complaining.
So there you go, another site pooling together the infinite videos and clips on the internet. No business model except placeholders for ads, so not sure how long they are willing to foot the bandwidth bills.
By the way, I couldn’t understand the text on thier ‘About’ page. Was something about ‘connecting back to family and nurture relationships’, but I’m lost on the connection with the media collection/playback. Enlighten me, if you figure it out.
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Re: the About Page
My guess - It appears they set out to create a place for family videos, and as that didn’t quite take off, morphed into a generic video site, but have not bothered to update the page.
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