Fora.tv, bringing C-SPAN to the Internet, raises cash
Fora.tv, a San Francisco start-up that wants to bring a C-SPAN-like programming to the Web, has raised about $2 million more in funding from Adobe Ventures and former Kleiner Perkins partner Will Hearst.
The announcement is here.
Content partners include C-SPAN and a host of other groups from World Affairs Councils to the Cato Institute and Cambridge University.
Roundup: FunnyOrDie, StumbleUpon sale?, Google’s latest and more
Latest action:
VC firm Sequoia Capital backs Will Ferrell and Adam McKay comedy video site — Called FunnyOrDie.com, the site features a two-minute clip that won a reported 1.5 million page views in less than a week.
StumbleUpon to be acquired? — Several folks (Techcrunch/GigaOm) are reporting that San Francisco social Web site StumbleUpon is in talks to being acquired by AOL, Google or eBay, for a rumored $40 million to $75 million. That’s not very high for… Continue Reading
Channels.com, another guide to Web video
Everyone wants a piece of the El Dorado of video, and the latest Silicon Valley start-up effort is Channels.com.
Channels.com, of Palo Alto, Calif., aims to be your guide for video on the Web, a place akin to YouTube — but where you can go to get any of your favorite shows from places like NBC to the Discovery Channel and scores of other cable and TV broadcasters.
Channels.com is like another company, MeeVee, in that it… Continue Reading