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Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:44 AM PST
The Chinese online video site Tudou, which has a huge repository of illegal versions of Hollywood and TV content (check Sidereel.com: half of the TV show links lead to Tudou…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 11:01 PM PST
This could go down as the most bone-headed move from a TV network in 2008, or completely inconsequential: The CW network is pulling off its website the one show that…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:55 AM PST
-- Discovery’s Planet Green Launches Shows with TreeHugger.com to Blog in Tandem: In a bid to generate new media buzz before turning Discovery Home into Planet Green, Discovery’s Planet Green…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Apr 2008 10:01 PM PST
And yet, the funding keeps flowing in: EQAL, the new name of the production company behind the pioneering online video series Lonelygirl15, has received $5 million in funding from various…
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 16 Apr 2008 08:25 PM PST
The “gotcha mongers” are having a field day with this: a little over four months after opening up its ad revenue sharing “partner program,” YouTube says that it has paid…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Apr 2008 01:17 PM PST
Strutta, a video site where users can show off their accomplishments, has raised a $1.2 million from GrowthWorks, Telefilm Canada, and other angels, according to NTV. The site, which will…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 04:22 PM PST
PermissionTV, the provider of online video services, has taken $3 million in venture debt from BlueCrest Capital Finance. The Waltham, MA-based company has previously raised at least $18 million through…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 09:42 AM PST
Red hot Move Networks, the heavily-backed provider of high quality online video streaming, has raised a huge $46 million third round led by Benchmark Capital, as well as Cisco (NSDQ:…
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 11 Apr 2008 01:10 PM PST
The Associated Press has created a new syndication feature for its Online Video Network, the video player and uploading service for its 1,800 affiliate member websites. The global news service…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Apr 2008 09:41 AM PST
Many of us look to South Korea for what’s next in broadband media, so… what’s next? Pandora TV, a video sharing site launched there in 2004, has just launched in…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 10 Apr 2008 07:45 AM PST
More and more cash for the live video space… Ustream, a service that lets users broadcast their own live video, has raised an $11.1 million first round from Doll Capital…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 07:22 AM PST
Vignette is acquiring white label video provider Vidavee for $6.6 million. The sale is a testament to how competitive and difficult this space is, as the final price comes in…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 08 Apr 2008 08:21 PM PST
With length limits of 90 seconds, Flickr for video isn’t likely to replace YouTube or other sites for serious video sharing but it may take casual video uploads to the…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 08 Apr 2008 05:14 PM PST
-- MySpace builds out new Hispanic sites: The Fox Interactive social network says it is building on the bilingual MySpace Latino site it launched last year with eight new communities…
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 04 Apr 2008 07:15 PM PST
SheZoom, an online video site focusing on professional and user-gen content for women, has raised a $2 million first round, the company tells us. The backing was provided by several…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 04 Apr 2008 04:40 PM PST
-- *NBCU* to offer original webisodes of its primetime shows: NBC Digital Entertainment will release original web content based on its existing primetime shows this July, Variety reports.. The webisodes,…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:40 PM PST
Social video start-up Seesmic has acquired Twhirl, a desktop client that allows users to connect with text messaging social services like Twitter, Pownce and Jaiku sans browser. Seesmic will use…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 31 Mar 2008 02:45 PM PST
Reality Digital, an SF-based provider of white label video services, has raised a $6.3 million second round from OpenView Venture Partners. The company previously raised $2 million, when its chief…
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 27 Mar 2008 05:25 AM PST
YouTube says it has a new analytics tool that will answer the existential questions its video creators have always been curious about: Who’s watching this? Where do viewers come from?…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:47 AM PST
-- Showtime’s The Tudors to premiere across video sites: As Showtime’s historical drama series The Tudors gets ready to kick off its second season on Sunday, the CBS (NYSE: CBS)…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:04 AM PST
South Park fans can binge on 12 seasons worth of Kenny and the gang—free of charge and, for now, free of ads now ad-supported, courtesy of the latest remake of…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 24 Mar 2008 09:01 PM PST
Social net imeem joins the oh-so-crowded platform party with tonight’s launch of the imeem Media Platform. The platform includes a familiar list of goodies to encourage third-party developers to create…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 20 Mar 2008 09:01 PM PST
Mindbites, a startup in the crowded area of how-to videos, has raised a $1 million first round from True Ventures. Unlike some of the others in this space, the Austin,…
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 19 Mar 2008 07:08 PM PST
MeFeedia, a provider of video search and discovery, has raised a $250k angel round from unidentified investors. The funding announcement coincides with the official launch of its service, which spans…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 18 Mar 2008 08:37 PM PST
One more social media twist for March Madness ‘08 as we hurtle towards Thursday ... Fans will be able to make their own highlight mash-ups set to the tune of…
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