GUBA.com is one of the ETBs (early true believers) it was founded in 1998.Thomas McInerney is the co-founder and CEO of GUBA®. 
www.guba.com -- leading the way for Warner Bros online downloads -- rent or buy even MAC!
According to their website, "under his leadership, GUBA became profitable in less than a year after it was founded and has grown at a 67% compound annual growth rate over the last 5 years". Eric Lambrecht, is the Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer.
1st US VIDEO SHARING COMMUNITY TO DISTRIBUTE WARNER BROS...According to Guba's online press release, this premium offering allows users to rent and buy, on a download basis, movies and television shows online. With the launch today, GUBA becomes the first US video sharing community to distribute licensed Warner Bros. Entertainment’s content online.
GUBA LETS YOU RENT OR BUY:
Rentals start at $1.99 per movie with 24 hour unlimited viewing. You can buy extra days for reduced fees -- no need to download again. GUBA also allows users to also buy -- catalog films retail for $9.99 and new releases, out the same date DVDs are released in stores, will go for $19.99. TV shows start at $1.79 per episode.
MULTIPLE FORMATS VIA GUBA:
GUBA is known for it's special intuitive search interface making it easier to download cross platform -- to PC, iPod, PlayStation Portable, and other portable devices. You can watch video in Flash, QuickTime, and Windows Media formats. Good news for Mac Addicts-- you can stream video using Windows Media Center and Apple's Front Row.
In the Associated Press post on this GUBA development -- founder CEO said what makes good sense to the content generation: "Kids in the dorm rooms don't own TVs," said Tom McInerney, co-founder and chief executive of Guba. "They've got computers and that's their source of entertainment."
WHAT DOES GUBA STAND FOR -- what's the acronmym -- well if you were around in the biz in 1998 -- you'd probably know ---
| GUBA | =Gigantic Usenet Binaries Archive |
SLASHDOT story last fall-- honed in on what was unique about GUBA -- here's the excerpt of that story: "Despite the growing popularity of p2p networks,Usenet is the real treasure trove of multimedia content including vintage cartoons, westerns and popular television shows. Nearly two terabytes of data is added everyday to Usenet. GUBA, a seven year old San Francisco company is making it easier to find the information on Usenet through the browser. Its like " Google for Usenet," (Hollywood2020 got that link from mdbriggs.com thx!).
Don't remember USENET? -- look it up at wikipedia.com -- where have have you been -- certainly not in the early social networking circle of usenet and bulletin boards and more....bet you don't even know what multimedia means??
Hmmm GOOGLE must be taking notice of what's happening here...what a buy-out this private company GUBA could be for the right portal play! DID I SAY THAT??
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