rushes.cc launches as a creator-focused alternative to Vimeo – RedShark News

rushes.cc launches as a creator-focused alternative to Vimeo rushes.cc is a new European, ad-free video hosting platform for filmmakers that hopes to fill the gap left by Vimeo’s self-implosion, with community features, competitive pricing, no ads, and a definite line on AI. Given the recent decline of the now Bending Spoons-owned Vimeo as a creative community (see Vimeo has Fallen), there is a definite hole in the market waiting to be filled. rushes.cc is one of the new pretenders to what was Vimeo’s throne, a new video hosting platform for filmmakers and creative professionals, launched today by UK-based filmmaker Guy Loftus. Loftus has 15 years of industry experience as a freelance editor, director, and DP, and is founder of production company Studio Future. He says he built rushes after Vimeo removed the curated feed and social features that had made it a go-to platform for UK and European filmmakers. Billed explicitly as a European alternative, the platform is targeting freelancers, small production companies, and working professionals who need video hosting, review tools, and portfolio presentation without enterprise pricing or advertising. “I got laid up after an operation in February last year and couldn’t work for about amonth,” explains Loftus. “I started
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