We recently connected over Twitter with a startup called Quick.tv, which has a neat-looking web-based editor for adding interactive overlays. Users can…
Read MoreResearch
One to Watch: Aylus Mobile Video
Aylus Networks is not a name familiar to consumers, but that’s fine — Aylus is looking to sell media-sharing and live-streaming services…
Read MoreOne to Watch: ivi TV Brings TV to PC
Here’s a fresh, not-yet-covered startup we found out about recently: ivi TV. From what we understand, Seattle-based ivi, founded in 2007, is…
Read MoreConviva Raises $20M for Live Video
Tuning into live online video is often an exercise in frustration. So even though Conviva is being somewhat secretive about what it's doing, I'm inclined to give the startup -- which simply says it's building a live video platform -- a pass for the time being, in the hopes it will some day prevent me from tearing my hair out. Conviva is announcing today it has raised $20 million in second round funding. The investment came from UV Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and Foundation Capital, and brings Conviva's total funding to $29 million since being founded in November 2006.…
Read MoreOne to Watch: VideoSurf
Not a week goes by when Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn’t wring his hands in public about the problems of monetizing online…
Read MoreOne to Watch: Nokeena
Nokeena Networks, a stealthy startup working on video delivery, let some details of its existence slip yesterday for a profile of the…
Read MoreOne to Watch: Onecast
We’re tracking a stealth startup called Onecast and/or 1cast that was apparently founded and funded by Craig McCaw, based on a tip…
Read MoreOne to Watch: MediaMerx
All broadband was not created equal, as we all well know. But this fact was painfully illustrated to Tejpaul Bhatia when he…
Read More