Comments on: Ooyala Raises $10M, Disses Competitors

By: The Digital Hobo

The Digital Hobo — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:54:53 +0000

Gotta love when 40% of your "fall by the way side" picks end up acquired. Multicast was picked up by KIT Digital and Episodic by Google. I think his high-level view is a bit blurry.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:37:38 +0000

Obviously a young arrogant CEO who needs a few failures under his belt before he'll live up to his potential. The real problem with Googler is their arrogance. They got lucky but think that they are special. Too bad their Mom's are the only ones with that opinion...

By: fix the math

fix the math — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:13:59 +0000

Nice math, however fix is needed - "$50 per gigabyte (GB) per month exceeding 5GB of managed content for platform access" can be translated to plain English as "storage fee", which should not be multiplied to number of viewers....

so total would end up around $13 even after you exceeded free storage allowance.

By: Google’s Acquhire Binge – GigaOM

Google’s Acquhire Binge – GigaOM — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:36:18 +0000

[...] who might be some of Google’s next targets? Some other ex-Googler web startups include Ooyala, TellApart, Red Beacon, OpTrip, Cuil, imo.im, Chai Labs and Howcast. Other acquirers have also [...]

By: Jon Loweel

Jon Loweel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:44:11 +0000

It seems to me that all these companys are doing the same thing. What is the value? Are they really on the cutting edge? I’m part of a new company that we will be lauching in the next month. We took a unique approach that allows us to transparently integrate the highest performance, most efficient, leading-edge technologies to deliver Peer to Peer (P2P) communications, High Definition Video On-Demand (HDTV) and other types of experiences, using the latest security, and communications technologies. This results in the first and only solution to enable Internet application extensions–without the need for specialized software downloads and installations.

I can say this is very differnet then all the rest that are in this space and we are going to make it affordable to the SMB market. If you would like to learn more please contact me at witjo@hotmail.com, this is really something that you have not seen before.

By: Ooyala Enters Japan with NTT Partnership

Ooyala Enters Japan with NTT Partnership — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:54:08 +0000

[...] has been in the news a fair amount over the last year, as it named a new CEO and raised $10 million in new funds in the second hald of 2009. On the product front, it introduced a live component to its video [...]

By: ooyala pricing

ooyala pricing — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:59 +0000

Why do they make it so hard to find pricing information? Don't they want to be compared with others? What would it cost to provide a 3 minute, ten meg video to an audience of 1000?

Free Trial upgrade shows:"Current fees for this Backlot account are $0.25 per hour for video delivered and $50 per gigabyte (GB) per month exceeding 5GB of managed content for platform access. Your credit card will be billed based on usage at the end of each month."

10 megs averages 3 minutes = 20 (full) views for 1 hour of delivered video for $25c. 1000 viewers divided by 20 = 50 hours @ $0.25 = $12.50 1000 views x 10 meg = 10 gig. 5 Gig free.. 5 Gig @ $50

Total = $62.50

No wonder ooyala pricing is a secret!

By: Raising $10 Investment For Viddler — Robert Sandie

Raising $10 Investment For Viddler — Robert Sandie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:32:10 +0000

[...] funny how fundraising is such a widely written about activity when it really has little to do with product or business [...]

By: Fulcher's Mom

Fulcher's Mom — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:20:37 +0000

Jay – You should be ashamed of yourself. It just goes to show you how little you actually know about this industry. I’ve already heard of at least three large deals that you LOST because your team was found to be both cocky and immature. Sure, you have interesting technology, but so do twenty other online video platforms… and most everyone else provides oustanding service along with it! I thought perhaps that “the boys” brought you in to raise the maturity level, but it appears that you are just another child in a long line of in-house foosball champions.

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:14:45 +0000

How is Ooyala not a homegrown implementation of video. I can't see there's anything unique about Ooyala either? We're all on the same ground technologies wise. It's a matter of how well you tell your stories and make your customers believe you have some unique technologies.