Could Apple spend its $100 billion in cash to create a virtual cable operator to compete with Comcast and the like? Sure. But it would have a really hard time offering a competitively priced service and building a profitable business out of it. Read More »
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Updated. Now we know why Ustream has been raising new funding, and possibly why former CEO John Ham recently stepped down. The startup collected less than half of the $75 million funding round from Japanese mobile and Internet behemoth Softbank that it announced in early 2010. Read More »
Video ad startup Jivox has raised $8.2 million in an attempt to bring its technology to multiple screens. In addition to the funding, which was led by Fortisure Ventures and existing investors Opus and Helion, Jivox will add two new members to its board of directors. Read More »
Vidyo has raised a $22.5 million Series D round of financing led by QuestMark Partners, with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Star Ventures and Four River Group. Since being founded in 2005, the startup has raised a total of $96 million. Read More »
Tremor Video raised another $37 million in venture funding, bringing total funding to $145 million. It plans to use to acquire some smaller competitors, as CEO Bill Day expects a round of consolidation to hit the online video advertising market. Read More »
Roku has raised another $8 million, according to an SEC filing. The round comes just a few weeks after Roku launched the latest version of its broadband set-top boxes, which in addition to streaming video, also features casual games. Read More »
Kontiki announced this morning that it has raised a $10.7 million funding round led by MK Capital, with New World Ventures and Cross Creek Capital also participating in the funding. It says it will use the funds to expand product development and sales and marketing programs. Read More »
TubeMogul has raised a Series B round of funding of $10 million from new and existing investors. The online video advertising and analytics company wants to use the new cash infusion to build out its ad platform, which has proven to be a major money maker. Read More »
Online video companies in China continue to attract investors, as they battle it out for the attention of the 1.3 billion people that reside there. The latest to raise money is Tudou.com, which just announced a $50 million Series E investment led by Singapore-based Temasek Holdings. Read More »
Just so you know, this is not an April Fool’s joke: video conferencing startup Vidyo — the same company that powers the ultra-popular Google Talk video chat client — has raised a $25 million Series C round of financing, it announced… Read More »
At least in terms of branding and industry recognition, Clicker is doing the best job so far of being a television guide for the web. The company — which only launched three months ago at our NewTeeVee Live conference — has… Read More »
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