DaCast offers peer-to-peer video streaming broadcasts
We can all watch live video broadcasts on the internet thanks to content delivery networks (CDNs), which set up strategic points online where they can send streams of videos to internet users as efficiently as possible without clogging up the entire web.
But Andolis, a San Francisco startup with French roots, hopes to disrupt that business with a product called DaCast. It uses technology that can do the same thing as CDNs much more efficiently and… Continue Reading
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
GridNetworks, raises $9.5M to take on Joost, BitTorrent, others
GridNetworks, a Seattle-based company that delivers TV-video content over broadband, has raised $9.5 million in a first round of funding. Panorama Capital led the deal, and was joined by two strategic investors that weren’t named.
We wrote about the company a year ago. It faces tough competition, but has its own technology that it says delivers high-quality video more effectively than other companies. It is a hybrid of peer-to-peer and content delivery technology, and says its… Continue Reading
GridNetworks, new video streaming co., wants to steal Venice Project’s thunder –
GridNetworks, a start-up from Seattle that is offering a new video streaming technology, has launched — and wants to steal some of the Venice Project’s thunder.
We downloaded the Grid player software, and are impressed. Check out this example of Little Miss Sunshine (you’ll have to download their software).
It aims to compete with the upcoming Venice Project, which is the company started by the Skype co-founders. Venice is supposed to launch in New York at… Continue Reading