Comments on: What Went Wrong at Veoh?

By: Five Questions With…7Robot CEO Sarah Szalavitz: Video «

Five Questions With…7Robot CEO Sarah Szalavitz: Video « — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:02:37 +0000

[...] big thinker. 7Robot founder/CEO Sarah Szalavitz previously handled content acquisition for the now-defunct Veoh and produced the environmentally-themed video podcast Zaproot, among other web video shows; [...]

By: Google’s Viacom Suit Legal Fees: $100 Million

Google’s Viacom Suit Legal Fees: $100 Million — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:27:39 +0000

[...] The bankruptcy of Veoh, for example, was blamed by founder Dmitry Shapiro on its lawsuit with Universal Music Group. [...]

By: Veoh Assets Sold to Qlipso

Veoh Assets Sold to Qlipso — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:06:35 +0000

[...] site competed with YouTube early on and raised more than $70 million in funding, but suffered from a number of strategic missteps along the way, including the focus on a desktop player and exorbitant spending of up to $4 million [...]

By: Where On Earth Is the Online Video Arbitrage Model? – GigaOM

Where On Earth Is the Online Video Arbitrage Model? – GigaOM — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:28:56 +0000

[...] by someone on the inside that the company routinely spent big bucks to drive viewers to its videos, yet couldn’t recoup the investment with advertising or product placement. I’ve had the opportunity to look at the [...]

By: Ed Harris

Ed Harris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:41:34 +0000

Dmitry will land on his feet somewhere. I give him 6 months before he secures financing for a new project that will take everyone by surprise.

Just my prediction!

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:09:29 +0000

Thexton’s company is getting ready to deploy a simpler version of NDS Dynamic next year. Getting the Ad Agent out in the field won’t be that hard, either. “The agent invokes very little processor and memory overhead,” he told me. The complete code is just about 140kb, something any current DVR should be able to work with. However, the bigger challenge is to get operators to adopt this type of technology.

By: TheDoggieDish

TheDoggieDish — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:00:31 +0000

I don't really agree with the comments about video aggregation. Models of audience aggregation around video employed by DECA work very well and are profitable. Veoh's problem was scale.

By: Mike Berkley

Mike Berkley — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:21:47 +0000

While the reasons for Veoh's demise above may have been factors, they were minor compared to the elephant in the room: if you don't have extreme reach (YouTube) or exclusive premium content (Hulu), you don't have anything. Online video aggregation has been a bad business (or marginal at best)for EVERYONE who's attempted it. That's the reason for Veoh's demise, the other things are red herrings.

By: Dina

Dina — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:47:25 +0000

Dmitry is a great guy, and he and the founding team at Veoh saw the possibilities for Web video long before just about anyone else.

I wish him and everyone at Veoh much success ahead...and look forward to seeing what they will be up to next.