Comments on: Ustream Raises an $11.1M Warchest

By: Ustream Eyes Asia With Major Funding Round

Ustream Eyes Asia With Major Funding Round — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:02:27 +0000

[...] had previously raised about $13 million, including $11.1 million in Series A funding from Doll Capital Management and Band of Angels, as well as an additional $2 million it picked up [...]

By: Ustream Adds a Spare $2 Million

Ustream Adds a Spare $2 Million — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:10:24 +0000

[...] funding adds onto an $11.1 million Series A round the Mountain View, Calif.-based company took last year, said spokesperson Shari Foldes. “Due [...]

By: Ustream Cuts Some Staff

Ustream Cuts Some Staff — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:45:54 +0000

[...] is still its big product, supported by Google ads and video overlays. The company last raised funding — $11.1 million from Doll Capital Management and Band of Angels — a year [...]

By: aarel

aarel — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:43:47 +0000

Congrats Ustream. I hear also some other Companys in that field have had great success lately. (eg http://www.kyte.tv)
That business seems to grow more interesting day by day.
thanks for the article

By: Zipityzap

Zipityzap — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:30:51 +0000

I looked at 3 broadcast services – UStream, Mogulus and Justin.TV – for a private broadcast requirement. UStream is the only one that offered free privacy through password protection.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:12:32 +0000

I've always been quite curious... does anyone know how are these personal video startups (JTV and Ustream) are even getting their initial traffic during their baby stages? Where is the arbitrary member coming from. I've never seen any advertisements. I'm certain it can't just be word of mouth given such high numbers.

By: Daniel Graf

Daniel Graf — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:22:57 +0000

Liz,

You have to be careful with alexa and compete rankings – they work for destinations, but not for enabling platforms. Kyte is an enabling platform and more than 97% of Kyte’s traffic comes from destinations, such as http://www.thisis50.com/

comScore works better for overall metrics. Here’s a comScore example that measures unique’s on the web in the U.S. until February: http://www.kyte.com/blog/kyte_comscore_stats/

This doesn’t include international traffic and also no mobile traffic, but it gives you a good indication. In March, Kyte traffic double again, and it looks like April will double again.

Here’s an overview about the Kyte platform: http://www.kyte.com/demo

Cheers,
Daniel

By: James Kim

James Kim — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:17:16 +0000

I read all the other articles and this one stretches things a bit....

By: InLoveWithLiz

InLoveWithLiz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:49:41 +0000

With all due respect OutReach Media you clearly do NOT follow it closely:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/ustream.tv+justin.tv+kyte.tv/?metric=uv

Furthermore if you consider a ‘H.264 Motorcross’ event (your kidding right?) to be an indicator of success you need to be posting elsewhere.

Their technology is good (not great, yet). They do have some notable users and content. But to be fair, this market is still very young and there is a LOT of room for growth & improvement. I agree with Liz, there is no clear leader. However moving to Asia can be a clever move. Lets see.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:57:42 +0000

Outreach Media -- if you look at the stats there is still a lot of parity, no? I don't see a lot of separation from the pack yet.