14 DAY TRIAL // AOL has always been a company focused on the evolution of its products, so new regional versions of its services are announced every once in a while. Today, the New York-based company has announced the availability of three new regional versions of AOL Video, namely the Canadian, Indian and Taiwanese video portals. Moreover, the company plans to debut three more portals in UK, France and Germany later this year.
"As the only online destination with access to programming from the four major U.S. television networks, content from more than 20 major cable networks and an index of more than 170 million searchable videos, AOL has been at the forefront of the huge growth of online video consumption," said Kevin Conroy, Executive Vice President, AOL. "We're thrilled to be bringing the dynamic combination of AOL Video and Truveo to the rest of the world, giving users direct access to the leading destination for finding and watching video online."
As you know if you've accessed AOL Video at least once, the service is pretty similar with the most popular video sharing service on the web, YouTube. However, AOL explained that AOL Video recorded an impressive growth, bringing no less than 17 million unique visitors each month. Moreover, the page views are now nearly 96 million per month.
"Viewing online video is likely the fastest growing behavior in the history of the Internet, and AOL Video makes it easy for users around the globe to find and consume the video they are looking for," said Fred McIntyre, Senior Vice President, AOL Video. "Consumers want just one place where they can go to find and watch all of the videos they're looking for, and our new international video portals give them just that: a single website that brings together millions of videos from across the Web."
At this time, AOL expands both the main portal and the video portal, bringing the two services in different countries all over the world. Currently, AOL exists in no less than 21 countries around the world, but wants to reach 30 nations by the end of this year.