Comments on: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

By: Mercado TIME - 1

Mercado TIME - 1 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:31:30 +0000

[...] $16.5M in Venture Funding – Panorama Capital Leads $9.5M Series A Funding in GridNetworks, Inc. – Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15M – Best Buy takes minority stake in Mydeo for video sharing – Fora.TV Raises $2M Seed Round From [...]

By: mDialog Taps Some Angels

mDialog Taps Some Angels — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:35:57 +0000

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By: James D Kirk

James D Kirk — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:07:57 +0000

MPEG-4 H.264 / AVC IS the future of television and video delivery. There’s little doubt about that as most online CDN’s are either currently using the protocols or are gearing up to deliver to most devices via MPEG-4.

By: How to Get Funded by Appealing to iPod Users

How to Get Funded by Appealing to iPod Users — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:17:55 +0000

[...] content is also available to be viewed on Apple products, like iPhones, iPods and AppleTV, as VentureBeat [...]

By: Jesfun

Jesfun — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:42:42 +0000

I think, like most firms that receive angel / venture funding, that nobody is betting that they’ve got a 100% chance of making it big with mdialog. And if not in technology / social networking, then where?

But like you said, mdialog is providing content producers with an outlet that uses already-standard viewers (unlike Jaman), and as people get used to HD-quality video, and hardware developers create better, smaller devices, perhaps mpeg4 h.264 is the way to go. Who knows? I don’t. But if I had $3MM, I might.

By: AnonCoward

AnonCoward — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:40:48 +0000

There is a demand for high quality video across portable devices and set top boxes. The success of the iTunes store demonstrates this. The question is how can a small/independent content provider gain access to a distribution channel?

Diversity is good. Whether mDialog or another company provides this channel, the market will sort out.

By: A. Smith

A. Smith — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:44:26 +0000

Dan,

I’m in agreement with both you and SamTSV. We’re seeing signs of over investment in many sectors including social networking, voip, video, and mobile to name just a few.

Prince said it best… “Party like it’s 1999″.

By: SamTSV

SamTSV — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:22:19 +0000

I think the Facebook deal is more of a Bubble indicator then this but, historicaly events start to pile up like pieces in a puzzle. I believe that we will look at the Skype writedown as a signal that we should have seen as the beginning of the end.