Congratulations community - we have just reached 60,000 channels on Magnify! It is an amazing number and we have only you to thank.

We are more and more impressed each day with the new and creative work we are seeing on channels. From creating custom designs to building thriving communities and integrating tools like Twitter, you make our job fun! The pure scope of 60,000 channels is mind-boggling and is a real testament to the power of the Magnify Platform and its users.

Your feedback and ideas have always driven the platform and we hope that as we continue to grow (and roll out new and exciting features), you will continue to provide us with ideas, criticism and feedback. What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? What features do you want to see or not see?  Let us know and we can guarantee your voice will be heard. ( Comments (at) Magnify.net )

Thank you again for being part of the Magnify family and give yourselves a pat on the back for the amazing work.

It was just announced that Magnify.net has been named one of the AlwaysOn Global 250! We are thrilled to receive the award and to be recognized as leaders in the digital media space. Read the official release below.

Magnify.net Named AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner

Company Selected as Technology Innovator for 2009

New York, NY, July 29th, 2009 - Magnify.net today announced that it was winner in the prestigious and highly competitive 2009 AlwaysOn Global Competition. Magnify was a winner in the Digital Media catagory. The AlwaysOn Global 250 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets. Magnify.net was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on demonstration of growth, market opportunity, and quality of innovation and customer traction.

Magnify.net  will be recognized at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford, taking place at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, on July 28-30. The conference is co-presented by the Stanford Technology Ventures Prog...

1) Tweetcaster Module. Everyone is talking about Twitter and there is a reason. It’s a great tool that is changing the way we communicate and find information. You can now harness the power of Twitter on your Magnify channel – adding a powerful stream of information and entertainment.

Tweetcaster gives you the ability to search Twitter in real time and display the results on your page in a module. (Example: if you have a channel focused on cars, use the module to search Twitter every time a tweet appears with the phrase "mustang" and display it in a constantly updating stream.)

HOW: Add this great tool by going into your site admin -> "design" tab -> adjust home page layout -> "tools" tab -> Tweetcaster. 

2) Feature a Video: I love coming to a channel and seeing a featured video. By featuring a video, the channel owner is telling me, "this is the good stuff, watch it". As a channel owner, you know better than anyone what the best content on your channel is...

Exciting news announced today! Magnify has selected Highwinds CDN to deliver video for all Magnify channels. We are really excited about using Highwinds, which boasts a powerful, industry leading CDN solution. Read the official release below.

WINTER PARK, Fla., July 22, 2009. Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multiplatform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced a content delivery partnership with video publishing platform developer Magnify.net. Magnify.net has selected the Highwinds CDN to deliver the video assets of its 60,000 customers to online audiences. Magnify.net's extensive customer roster includes a number of customers currently running on the Highwinds CDN, including New York Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, Zappos.TV, Etsy.TV, Reader's Digest Taste of Home, BlogHer, and Cookstr, among others.

These customers benefit from a comprehensive video solution that integrates Magnify.net's video management platform and consistent player controls with Highwinds' reliable and effi...

We know that waiting for uploads can drive you crazy and while a lot of our channel admins have told us that we're faster at encoding (much!), they have also mentioned that they need to put their videos on YouTube. For these users, we've just added a great new feature! Videos uploaded to your channel can now be syndicated to YouTube at the same time. This is a great option for channel owners to syndiacte their content to YouTube with little effort, while maintaining an original content collection on their Magnify channel.

All you need to do is add your YouTube username and password and choose the category you would like your YouTube videos to be published in (Music, News and Politics, etc.) Every time your channel admins and editors upload a new video, they will be offered the option to syndicate the video(s) to YouTube as well.

You can find the option via the following:

1) Sign into your channel and go into your site admin

2) Go to the "channel" tab

3) Click "Manage YouTube Syndication"

We have also created a...

Hi Folks,

We've had an exciting month and are itching to share some of the new features and developments coming out of Magnify. Lets get right into it!

YouTube Syndication

We know that waiting for uploads can drive you crazy.  And a lot of our channel admins told us that we're faster at encoding (much!) but they need to put their vides on YouTube as well. So, we've added a great check box feature. Videos uploaded to your channel can now be syndicated to YouTube at the same time! This is a great option for channel owners to get their content on to YouTube with little effort, while maintaining their original content collection on a Magnify channel.

All you need to do is add your YouTube username and password and choose the category you would like your YouTube videos to be published in (Music, News and Politics, ect.) Every time your channel admins and editors upload a new video, they will be offered the option to syndicate the video(s) to YouTube as well. Here's where...

CHANNEL FOCUS

By Ben Joseph (Magnify.net Intern and Certified Botanist)

I'm still amazed at the number of outstanding Magnify channels I stumble upon every day.  Since beginning my internship at Magnify in May, I've already seen the creation of roughly 3,000 new channels. While I particularly enjoy channels focusing on recent trends or events (iranlive.magnify.net, swineflu.magnify.net, susan-boyle.com), I've also seen incredible sites revolving around general interests and hobbies.

The channel guide is an excellent place to filter out your own personal tastes, with categories ranging from entertainment, business, travel, health, and even animals.  Just browsing through the various categories, I've di...

When TechCrunch writes about your site,  you know you're going to get new visitors,  and traffic,  and comments.  But the comments are always a mixed bag,  and if the TC crowd turns against you they can be downright pointy.  That's why last week's tech crunch article was so gratifying.  While the article itself was a great piece,  and the growth that magnify.net has experienced in the last few months was fun to see chronicled.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/01/joost-meet-the-competition-magnifynet-sees-growth-in-white-label-video-platform/#comments

Here's just a sample of the comments from the article:

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Scott - AdRocket  (@milener)  - July 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm PDT

Magnify is alone in its class, I know the space well. Kyte, and others like it are ’streaming’ services. magnify.net has focused hard on a platform to build your own YouTube with your branding, your site UI, etc.

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 Craig  (@GreenRE)  - July 1st, 2009 at 3:57 pm PDT

Magnify is by far the best free video curating and publishing solution I ha...

For those of you trying to buy,  or re-new purchases with Magnify.net -  we are now 6 hours in to an outage with our payment gateway

Authorize.net. http://twitter.com/#search?q=authorize.net

What we know is that they had a power outage in their Seattle datacenter.

SJC facility can't handle load. We weill update you via our Twitter account:  @magnify.net  or

you can follow the outage thread on Twitter here:  #authorize.net  #fail