Instant messaging (IM) website meebo has launched meebo rooms, which is the new way to connect people live on the internet. So what exactly are meebo rooms? Well, they are avenues where people can chat and view media live with IM buddies, both inside meebo.com and across the web on their own pages.
Along with this announcement, meebo ties-up with nig names including blip.tv, Capitol Music Group, CNET Networks, CollegeHumor, Flixster, Hearst Magazine Group’s Popular Mechanics, Jive Records, MTV Networks’ GameTrailers.com, NBC Universal, RockYou, Sugar Publishing, Veoh, Wenner Media’s US TV, and VIBE Magazine to offere video content to meebo’s five million unique monthly visitors and power communities on partner sites. In addition, the company has revealed that it will start testing advertising on the meebo.com site.
Seth Sternberg, CEO and co-founder of meebo Inc. said, “At meebo, our mission is to connect people live across the Web. meebo rooms make it possible for people to chat with their buddies, find fun people to talk to and share neat stuff live on the Web, with no download or software required.”
“We’ve seen that if we subtly promote those Rooms to users, they check it out,” said Martin Green, VP of business for Meebo. “Sometimes they talk about the content. Sometimes they talk to each other inside a room that belongs to Popular Mechanics for example, and they might pull in their buddies.”
The main features of meebo rooms are: