What it does

The Tour de France, that most renowned of all cycle races, just recently began. Now of course, many fans can’t actually make it France to watch the event, but they can get all the latest coverage from the web. Veetle, an online broadcasting site with 14 channels and over 25,000 viewers from all over the world, is the perfect place to go. Not only can you catch the Tour de France, you can also catch Wimbledon highlights, and for those with different interests, there’s anime, movies (James Bond, the Departed, and La Vie en Rose are just some of the films in line today), music, travel programs, and news. As a member of the site, you can upload your videos in TV and HD quality or broadcast live using DVD, a tuner card, webcam or your own TV. To watch programs, you will have to download the Veetle TV player (it’s rather slim at 3.9mb); from there, you can watch from your browser.

In their own words

“Veetle is a Silicon Valley startup seeking to give the power of high quality video broadcasting back to the people. On Veetle, you can watch video broadcast in TV and HD quality. What's more, you can broadcast your own content in high quality too!



It's always been the case that high-end video broadcasting can be done only by a few big media companies. Now, with Veetle, that power is in your hands. As long as you provide us with a good video source, we can broadcast it in high quality. Well, if you give us the video shot using your cell phone, we'll still broadcast it. But don't blame us if it's not in HD :)”

Why it might be a killer

Veetle provides high quality HD content uploaded by users like you; it also allows for live broadcasting. Both of these features have yet to be seen on Youtube and other similar sites, which means, those looking for HD quality or live video will turn to Veetle. It gives users more flexibility.

Some questions

Veetle’s design seems outdated—it could use a redo. Will Veetle run into the same sort of copyright lawsuits as its counterparts have? How will it gain more users?

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