TweetDeck is switching its default video Tweeting platform today, from 12seconds to TwitVid. TwitVid.com will serve as the video service across all existing TweetDeck products, as well as all new products released by TweetDeck in 2010.

TwitVid will be integrated into the next iteration of the TweetDeck’s desktop application, which is expected to be launched next month. TwitVid will also be the default video application in TweetDeck’s iPhone application and soon-to-be-released Android application.

Launched last year, TwitVid.com allows users to upload, view and share videos in both HD and SD. Essentially the TwitPic of video, TwitVid rolled out a Twitter video application for the iPhone and unveiled a realtime search engine and analytics platform last December.

Scoring a deal with TweetDeck, one of the most popular and widely-used social media clients on the market, is a huge coup for TwitVid, not to mention the fact that the startup edged out competitor 12seconds for the spot.

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Company: TweetDeck

Website: tweetdeck.com

Launch Date: April 7, 2008

Funding: $3.8M

TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application, currently in public beta, that looks to capture the abundance of social media and display it in a unique columned user interface. In recent months there has been an explosion in social media with hundreds of services offering an abundance of information to the masses. TweetDeck is a realtime application that allows users to monitor that information in a single concise view. TweetDeck currently integrates services from Twitter, Twitscoop, 12seconds, Stocktwits and now...

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Company: TwitVid

Website: twitvid.com

Funding: $6.5M

TwitVid.com is the leading video upload service for Twitter providing the fastest, easiest way to share videos online. In three simple steps, videos are shared with all your friends and followers via your Twitter stream and the “Auto Share” feature enables videos to be automatically broadcast to Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace as well. In an environment like Twitter where speed is essential, TwitVid.com truly caters to its community. TwitVid.com is the only site that enables followers to view videos before...

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