Comments on: Veoh: The Opposite of a Video Portal? http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/ Sat, 26 May 2012 05:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What Went Wrong at Veoh? http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467245 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:37:42 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467245 [...] In his requiem for Veoh, Shapiro writes that Veoh “was launched in September of 2005 with a bold goal: To make it possible for anyone with a video camera and a computer to broadcast video to the world.” That might have been the plan at the start, but Veoh tried a number of things over its short lifespan: it tried to attract independent producers with an ad split, tried to bring in premium content and even at one point attempted to fund production of its own content before finally focusing on its Video Compass search and discovery technology. [...]

]]> By: Veoh Gives Up On Life, Preps For Bankruptcy http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467244 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:25:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467244 [...] cuts and shifting focus away from its video aggregation site, with more efforts put behind its Video Compass technology for video search and [...]

]]> By: What Veoh’s Court Victory Means for Online Video Sites http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467243 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:37:43 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467243 [...] standing in the video portal market disintegrate, and now it focuses on an alternate product, the Veoh Compass search plug-in. Founder and CEO Dmitry Shapiro said the company spent “many millions of dollars” on [...]

]]> By: Veoh Lays Off 40, Updates to Follow http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467242 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:21:39 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467242 [...] like its new Compass toolbar — a video search and discovery product which we called “the opposite of a video portal” when it came out. Compass is cool (I still have it installed — a rarity!) but [...]

]]> By: What’s Next for Video Players: Chromeless, Plug-ins, Extensions « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467241 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:02:09 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467241 [...] extensions: Companies like Veoh, RealPlayer (screengrab via last100), and VodPod are bringing bonus features to other [...]

]]> By: John Boyle http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467240 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:56:49 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467240 Veoh was never going to catch YouTube as a video portal. This is an interesting move to perhaps create a variety of products that make it an online video catch all – you can find videos from YouTube and other sites with the videos that maybe YouTube banned for copyright issues.

Of course, this strategy is also dependent on other video sites like MetaCafe, Crackle, etc. staying in the game and having relevent video inventory to draw from.

Regardless, I think it’s a smart move from Veoh.

]]> By: Free Gadget News » Veoh Video Compass browser toolbar adds videos to any search http://gigaom.com/video/veoh-is-now-the-opposite-of-a-video-portal/#comment-467239 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:02:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16493#comment-467239 [...] [via NewTeeVee] [...]

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