{"id":3042,"date":"2013-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sproutvideo.wpengine.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:34:40","slug":"video-meets-snail-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\/blog\/video-meets-snail-mail.html","title":{"rendered":"Video Meets Snail Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sproutvideo.com\">SproutVideo<\/a> is excited to share a super cool little video innovation &#8211; just in time for the holidays! If you are lucky enough to live in Australia, you have a new option for seasons\u2019 greetings. Their unexpectedly innovative national post service developed a video-enabled stamp for packages and regular mail.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that\u2019s right. Paper post. Not-on-the-internet-mail is now video-enabled. 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