Startup Vidyard has raised $1.65 million in an effort to grow its platform for enterprise video distribution. The company hopes to take on existing companies like Brightcove and Ooyala as a way to manage, measure and monetize videos that businesses put on the Internet. Read More »
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DaCast is looking to make live streaming easier with a new offering it calls “streaming as a service.” With a flexible pricing model and easy set up, it hopes to find a sweet spot between enterprise platforms like Brightcove and free live streaming services like Ustream. Read More »
Online video distribution startup Ooyala has received a strategic investment from hardware maker Motorola Mobility. The announcement comes just a day after Ooyala launched new social features, and while Motorola is in the midst of being acquired by Google in a deal worth $12.5 billion. Read More »
IAC’s video sharing site Vimeo now offers a pro product aimed at small and medium-sized businesses that want to host video without paying hundreds of dollars a month to do so. Priced at $199 a year, the service severely undercuts similar offerings from Brightcove or Ooyala. Read More »
San Francisco–based VidCaster is taking the beta tag off its online video distribution platform, opening for anyone to sign up. For example, companies that want to use video for marketing but don’t have the resources to build and maintain a whole site themselves. Read More »
LongTail Video has launched a new freemium model for online video distribution that aims to further commoditize the white-label video platform market. With the cost of bits falling, the startup hopes to control more video distribution, which will let it cash in on more advertising. Read More »
VidCaster seeks to take on Brightcove and Ooyala by taking the pain out of video distribution. While other platforms provide just a player, which requires separate web design and a CMS for the actual website, VidCaster enables customers to quickly create complete video sites in minutes. Read More »
Brightcove announced Monday that it has been granted its first U.S. patent, covering the publishing and distribution of digital media online. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded U.S. Patent Number 7,925,973 to Brightcove, giving some backing to the online video distribution firm’s intellectual property. Read More »
Online video distribution firm Ooyala is beefing up its TV Everywhere capabilities, adding new DRM and authentication features, and expanding distribution to new connected device platforms. The new capabilities will give more flexibility to content providers who want to provide authenticated access to their content. Read More »
Ooyala is adding new features to its video distribution platform, expanding its ability to serve live and secure on-demand video streams to iOS devices like the iPad. It is also extending its analytics to support reporting for Flash- and HTML5-delivered videos. Read More »
Today on the Net: the new Apple TV is reviewed, Real releases a brand new RealPlayer with the ability to watch videos across multiple devices and Ooyala now lets publishers make custom channels for content on Roku set-top boxes. Read More »
Ooyala has raised more than $22 million in a new round of financing, which brings the total amount of money raised to $42 million. Existing investors were joined by new venture money from China and Japan, and Ooyala is now preparing to further its Asia expansion. Read More »
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