Zoome
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Type of site | Video hosting service |
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| Owner | zoome Co., Ltd. |
| URL | http://www.zoome.jp/ |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | January 30, 2007 |
| Current status | Closed on August 31, 2011 |
| Company type | Kabushiki kaisha Subsidiary company of ACCA Networks Co., Ltd. |
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| Industry | Internet media service, video hosting service |
| Founded | June 2, 2008 |
| Headquarters | Yūrakuchō, Tokyo |
Key people | Jumpei Kudo: President & Representative Director |
| Website | http://www.zoome.jp/ |
zoome (ズーミー, lit. "zoom me") was a video hosting service in Japan managed by zoome Co., Ltd. (zoome株式会社).
The name is a combination of "zoom" and "me", and means "My broadcasting station & community". zoome supported H.264/MPEG-4 AVC for the first time by a video hosting service in Japan. The site was the second largest video hosting service in Japan, after Nico Nico Douga.
The site was called a "CGM video hosting site" and "The third force" different from YouTube and Nico Nico Douga.[1]
These functions were all free for the zoome user, unlike Nico Nico Douga.
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and HE-AAC highest video quality in Japan: The H.264 video (maximum bit rate 1.5 Mbit/s) and HE-AAC (unrestricted bit rate) can be opened to the public due to no deterioration.
- My Page: zoome mounts SNS. After registration, new users can host videos and diaries visible to the public.
- My Clip: zoome user lists a favorite video.
- Circle: zoome user can make "Circle" over which the user who has the same preference, and participate in other users' circle.
- Telop Command: This is a limited function of the video player of the circle. This is so-called, an upgraded version of Uploader comments of Nico Nico Douga.
- Ranking: Many popular videos can be confirmed by various standards.
- zoome mobile: Cell phone only.