Sony’s Grouper becomes Crackle, a “pathway to Hollywood”
The online video site formerly known as Grouper — the one purchased by Sony for $65 million last August — has a new name and a new direction.
Now Crackle, it will be a Sony Pictures-backed online talent studio (our previous coverage here).
The hope is that… Continue Reading
Roundup: Visible Measures, Searchles, suits, Jubii, Obama, Kleiner, more
The latest action:
Grouper sends “cease & desist” letter to Searchles, but it may backfire — Grouper, the online video sharing site now owned by Sony, sends a C&D letter to Searchles to demand it stop taking Grouper videos and placing them in Searchles’ own player skin…. Continue Reading
Grouper’s ScreenBites gives you famous video/TV clips
Grouper has just released a bunch of 30-second or so clips of famous film and TV content from the library of its new owner, Sony.
It has released the first 100 of these clips under a separate channel, called ScreenBites. This is something that Grouper… Continue Reading
Finally, the video lawsuits come — prep for wider war?
Universal Music Group, whose artists include U2, Mary J Blige and Mariah Carey has finally made good on its threat to sue — filing against online video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its musicians’ videos.
These companies are… Continue Reading