New York, NY—Building on its platform enhancements at WPPI, Animoto, an online video creation service, announced further updates geared toward professional photographers—a partnership with Vimeo, and Animoto Pro Premium, a new tier of service designed specifically to meet the needs of small-to-medium-size business customers.
Animoto Pro Premium is a new tier of its subscription service designed specifically to meet the needs of small-to-medium-size business customers. Building on Animoto Pro, Animoto Pro Premium includes a series of features designed to help professional photographers, real estate agents, marketing agencies or anyone looking to promote their business, by making professional quality video more accessible. The launch marks the beginning of Animoto’s partnership with Vimeo, which enables Animoto Pro Premium subscribers to benefit from the features included with Vimeo Pro—the high-quality video platform used by top businesses, creative professionals and filmmakers.
“Animoto Pro Premium is our most advanced offering yet and allows a level of commercial personalization that will help businesses and photographers promote and sell better with video,” said Brad Jefferson, CEO and cofounder, Animoto. “Partnering with Vimeo to include Vimeo Pro was a natural fit with the offering as it’s the go-to tool for any business or creative professional serious about showcasing, streaming and measuring video content.”
Animoto Pro Premium includes a Vimeo Pro subscription, valued at $199 per year, and offers subscribers the ability to create full-length, high-definition, commercially licensed videos for marketing or selling to other businesses.
“We’re quite excited about this partnership as Vimeo’s core values of quality, creativity and control are exactly in line with the services that Animoto provides,” said Kerry Trainor, CEO, Vimeo. “For the creative professional who wants to ensure that the Animoto videos and other content they create are showcased in the best possible manner, there’s no better solution than Vimeo. With the added value of a Vimeo Pro subscription, Animoto Pro Premium users will now have a robust suite of tools at their fingertips to enhance their videos, drive and measure results and even monetize their content.”
Videos created using Animoto Pro Premium will be showcased in 1080p, and users have access to new video styles designed for businesses and a selection of more than 3,000 music tracks from top licensors, such as Triple Scoop Music.
Animoto Pro Premium annual subscriptions are $499. animoto.com
