A new video sharing site called “TheShowreel” aims to create a public place for content creators to upload and publicize their content, but tailor it specifically to the needs of professionals looking to create demo reels without the extra clutter that comes from sites like YouTube or Vimeo.

”This tool was something I was missing since Vimeo and Youtube does not cater to the professional market. They do not show my work the way it is meant to be seen. Also, this service is something that our freelancers have requested for a long time” says Stefan Ström, co-founder and also a senior TVC editor.

Hanna Kallin, co-founder, explains further”This site is unique in the way that there is nothing out there that gives you the resolution that Theshowreel does. Our premium clients is not looking to be seen next to online advertising and funny home videos. This is their profession, and we have now constructed a site with a function that lets you show your work to the professional market and that without being a internet expert, anyone can use it”

Capable of 1500K bitrates and support for smartphones, downloads, password protection, streaming, and more, it looks like it could be a valuable asset for those individuals looking to showcase their work in a more “professional” arena without setting up all the webserver parts themself.

Full press release after the break.

PRESSRELEASE 091221
Freelance agency UtopiaPeople is launching a premium site for creating online showreels in DVD quality.
Last week UtopiaPeople launched a site for creating showreels. It is a subscribtion based service with a user friendly drag and drop function that has been custom built for TheShowreel. The included software compresses and uploads all formats of quicktime automatically to high quality H262 FLV, which makes this service incredibly easy to use. If quicktime can play it, so can Theshowreel..

Theshowreel has been custom built in cooperation with Swedish streaming experts Navicast, and is geared towards advertising, TV and the film business. The user is not required to have prior knowledge in programming for the web, nor compressing in order to create an internet based showreel with it’s own web address. TheShowreel markets itself both to the freelancers in these areas of work, but also towards companies who want to display their work in DVD quality. The service includes support for Iphone/smartphones, playorder, download, password protection, podcasting and offers streaming in amazing 1500K which gives the viewer a picture with higher quality than a DVD.

”This tool was something I was missing since Vimeo and Youtube does not cater to the professional market. They do not show my work the way it is meant to be seen. Also, this service is something that our freelancers have requested for a long time” says Stefan Ström, co-founder and also a senior TVC editor.

Hanna Kallin, co-founder, explains further”This site is unique in the way that there is nothing out there that gives you the resolution that Theshowreel does. Our premium clients is not looking to be seen next to online advertising and funny home videos. This is their profession, and we have now constructed a site with a function that lets you show your work to the professional market and that without being a internet expert, anyone can use it”