Roundup: File-sharing Pando gets funding, FCC may go after Comcast, Disney expects $1B from online

Roundup: File-sharing Pando gets funding, FCC may go after Comcast, Disney expects $1B from online

Here’s the latest action:

File-sharing company Pando Networks raising $20.9M — Pando Networks, a New York file-sharing company that uses P2P software to allow users to download, stream and share large media files quickly, has raised $8.1 million of a targeted $20.9 million round of capital, VentureBeat has learned. The company has gotten positive press coverage for its ability to send very large files, such as high-def video. The round is includes backers Wheatley Partners and… Continue Reading

AdJug raises “multi” millions of dollars for online ad service

AdJug.com, a London start-up that hooks up advertisers and publishers at an online marketplace, said it launched today with several millions of dollars of funding from Balderton Capital.

Financing also came from Espotting founder Seb Bishop.

The Company will initially focus on the UK market but plans expand into Europe.

It is just the latest of several such advertising marketplaces seeking to create more transparency than publishers can get through other avenues.

According to the statement:

AdJug provides its… Continue Reading