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Bebo was launched in July 2005, in just over a year, the San Francisco based social network has more than 27 million registered members viewing 4 billion monthly page views. According to third party sources such as; Neilson, Hitwise and Media Metrix, Bebo is the largest social networking site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand.
Recent Comscore numbers rank Bebo as the third most popular social network in the US, based on uniques and pageviews, and shows Bebo to have the highest engagement with 720 pageviews per unique in August. Bebo is also considered the most 'sticky' social network as shown by data released in August by Media Metrix.
BeboTV has been given its own brand and is now a big part of the Beboer experience. There are over 5,000 video views per day on the site and the power of user generated content is evident as around 15,000 videos are added by Beboers daily. Great content is at the core of social networking and BeboTV provides the gateway to a constant flow of new material. It is also provides an opportunity for brands to engage with their audiences through sponsored videos and an eye on the world with tributes to Steve Irwin, following his untimely death, and commemorative videos to 9/11 rising to the top of the TV charts in the past few weeks.
Michael Birch, CEO and founder of Bebo commented: "BeboTV has gained a really positive response from Beboers following its re-launch. This is because we have developed a system which means users can always have access to great content whether it's being able to view what other users consider to be the best videos on Bebo, finding out what other people are watching today or simply finding new videos that are of interest to them - this ability to discover is part of the unique nature of social networking. The re-launch of BeboTV has also seen an increasing number of budding producers using BeboTV to launch their independent films."
Birch went on to add: "Bebo is focused on building a site that works for its users and enabling the continued flow of great content is central to this aim."
In keeping with the site, BeboTV offers a simple interface for finding videos and a clear menu system which guides users through a variety of 'TV Channels' including; comedy, sport, music and people: http://bebo.com/TvChannel.jsp?TvChannelId=9
The intuitive layout enables Beboers to navigate easily through each section from 'Recently Viewed' (a real time 'hot list' of the most interesting videos that other users are watching), through to 'Fresh' videos which have been uploaded to the channel within the last few minutes. BeboTV's 'Hot' section indentifies the videos that have been saved to the most homepages during a given week, whilst 'Hottest' indicates the videos that have been saved to the most homepages during their time on Bebo - including such Bebo favourites as the Disney Cars trailer and the ever popular High School Musical.
USERS SWITCH ON TO BEBO TV IN AUSTRALIA
October 6, 2006
Australia, 06 October 2006: Following its inaugural success Bebo, the next generation social networking site, has re-launched BeboTV to offer even more content to its 27 million worldwide users.Bebo was launched in July 2005, in just over a year, the San Francisco based social network has more than 27 million registered members viewing 4 billion monthly page views. According to third party sources such as; Neilson, Hitwise and Media Metrix, Bebo is the largest social networking site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand.
Recent Comscore numbers rank Bebo as the third most popular social network in the US, based on uniques and pageviews, and shows Bebo to have the highest engagement with 720 pageviews per unique in August. Bebo is also considered the most 'sticky' social network as shown by data released in August by Media Metrix.
BeboTV has been given its own brand and is now a big part of the Beboer experience. There are over 5,000 video views per day on the site and the power of user generated content is evident as around 15,000 videos are added by Beboers daily. Great content is at the core of social networking and BeboTV provides the gateway to a constant flow of new material. It is also provides an opportunity for brands to engage with their audiences through sponsored videos and an eye on the world with tributes to Steve Irwin, following his untimely death, and commemorative videos to 9/11 rising to the top of the TV charts in the past few weeks.
Michael Birch, CEO and founder of Bebo commented: "BeboTV has gained a really positive response from Beboers following its re-launch. This is because we have developed a system which means users can always have access to great content whether it's being able to view what other users consider to be the best videos on Bebo, finding out what other people are watching today or simply finding new videos that are of interest to them - this ability to discover is part of the unique nature of social networking. The re-launch of BeboTV has also seen an increasing number of budding producers using BeboTV to launch their independent films."
Birch went on to add: "Bebo is focused on building a site that works for its users and enabling the continued flow of great content is central to this aim."
In keeping with the site, BeboTV offers a simple interface for finding videos and a clear menu system which guides users through a variety of 'TV Channels' including; comedy, sport, music and people: http://bebo.com/TvChannel.jsp?TvChannelId=9
The intuitive layout enables Beboers to navigate easily through each section from 'Recently Viewed' (a real time 'hot list' of the most interesting videos that other users are watching), through to 'Fresh' videos which have been uploaded to the channel within the last few minutes. BeboTV's 'Hot' section indentifies the videos that have been saved to the most homepages during a given week, whilst 'Hottest' indicates the videos that have been saved to the most homepages during their time on Bebo - including such Bebo favourites as the Disney Cars trailer and the ever popular High School Musical.
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