Comments on: Yahoo Video Gets “Streamlined”

By: As Yahoo Compares Itself to TV, Content Acquisitions on the Way – GigaOM

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By: Yahoo May Double Original Video Programming

Yahoo May Double Original Video Programming — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:17:25 +0000

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:48:36 +0000

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By: Is Bing Driving Video Views for Microsoft?

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By: Yahoo Cuts Off Maven Customers

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By: Yahoo’s Bartz: Video “Is So Exciting”

Yahoo’s Bartz: Video “Is So Exciting” — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:08:43 +0000

[...] Menon, VP of the Consumer Platforms Group, intends to depart Yahoo shortly. Earlier this year Shravan Goli, general manager of Yahoo Video, and Neeraj Khemlani, general manager for Yahoo News and Originals [...]

By: Head of Yahoo video quits, Yahoo will bow out of video | NJN Network

Head of Yahoo video quits, Yahoo will bow out of video | NJN Network — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:19:30 +0000

[...] up 35% over last year. (According to Nielson VideoStreams). The layoffs occured in early May and newteevee.com reacted with a negative view of Yahoo’s video service. Yahoo’s various video projects have [...]

By: Finance Geek » Yahoo Video Topper Quits After Layoffs Wipe Out His Staff

Finance Geek » Yahoo Video Topper Quits After Layoffs Wipe Out His Staff — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:02:58 +0000

[...] After those early May layoffs, NewTeeVee’s Liz Gannes posted a scathing review of Yahoo’s video efforts till now: [...]

By: Head of Yahoo Video Division to Leave

Head of Yahoo Video Division to Leave — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:17:47 +0000

[...] departure comes on the heels of major layoffs — 20 to 25 employees, we’re told — on the Yahoo Video team earlier this month, as [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:09:30 +0000

Talked to some more people today -- I guess VAS was supposed to be a unified video player/platform/data set for all of Yahoo, but the specs kept changing?

Also, one source said some 20-25 people were just laid off between Sunnyvale and Dallas video groups. If you have more info, please drop me a line.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:54:25 +0000

@Tom - Thanks for the confirmation, I have been getting similar notes via email as well. What was the deal with VAS?

By: Bogart J

Bogart J — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:28:41 +0000

Yahoo reminds me of the turd I took this morning:

Stinky and motionless with no real purpose other than to go down the tubes.

By: Tom Schmidt

Tom Schmidt — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:15:40 +0000

Yahoo Video has been listless for last yr esp bc the eng team could not ship VAS (video app server) on time. The backend architecture needed a major overhaul. It got so bad that the BizDev team for the Media group could no longer sign new video content partners. Shravan was shown the door in April. The site never made any money despite all the traffic it got from the home page of Yahoo. By the way, have you noticed the home page doesn't promote Yahoo Video as much anymore? There is no formal Yahoo Video unit anymore. It's just a service now and no longer a business unit.