Microsoft acquires video search startup VideoSurf for $70M
Microsoft has acquired video search startup VideoSurf for an undisclosed amount, reports Israeli business news site Globes.
A handful of publications have indicated that Microsoft paid an estimated $70 million for the company, according to a report from TechCrunch Europe.
VideoSurf specializes in video search technology that scans several video related sites for results, such as DailyMotion, YouTube, Metacafe, Hulu and others. The site’s results focus on specific episodes of web shows, notable individuals and … Continue Reading
Gunzoo lets you search a ‘fabric’ of videos
Japanese company Gunzoo demonstrated a new way to search for videos today.
As shown on-stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Gunzoo’s experience is much slicker than most video search options today, which mainly involve scrolling through thumbnail image previews of each video. The company merges all the videos into what looks like a fabric of videos, all playing at once, which you can zoom into on your own.
The experience of zooming … Continue Reading
More people finding videos on Facebook, but Google still rules: study
Brightcove, maker of an online video platform, and TubeMogul, an online video analytics and advertising startup, just published a report on online video usage in the second quarter of 2010.
The data, which came from a sample of 200 of Brightcove’s media-company customers, shows how consumers are finding video. The most interesting takeaway: Facebook is rising fast as a source of traffic to videos. By the end of the year, it should be second only … Continue Reading
Funny or Die — and the challenge to the Long Tail
Brightcove, maker of an online video platform, and TubeMogul, an online video analytics and advertising startup, just published a report on online video usage in the second quarter of 2010.
The data, which came from a sample of 200 of Brightcove’s media-company customers, shows how consumers are finding video. The most interesting takeaway: Facebook is rising fast as a source of traffic to videos. By the end of the year, it should be second only … Continue Reading
Pluggd "perfects" audio and video search, raises $1.65M
Brightcove, maker of an online video platform, and TubeMogul, an online video analytics and advertising startup, just published a report on online video usage in the second quarter of 2010.
The data, which came from a sample of 200 of Brightcove’s media-company customers, shows how consumers are finding video. The most interesting takeaway: Facebook is rising fast as a source of traffic to videos. By the end of the year, it should be second only … Continue Reading
