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Grouper developed video indexing and search optimization tools that gave a big boost to traffic in the time before every major internet portal, especially Yahoo!, had its own video area.
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- Expensive is relative, but not overpaying is a major criteria. - People matter in all deals, so a good “acq-hire” is sometimes worth more than a deal that is accretive to earnings. - Take out a competition? Always good! - Buy low, sell high? We’re
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Now that AOL has shed its Internet access businesses in Europe, it is looking to buy popular video and IPTV "properties" in Europe to expand the reach of its online advertising business, according to an exclusive interview AOL's chief Jonathan Miller gave
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But the next deal, probably for Facebook, is going to come in at a higher cost -- probably at an unsustainable cost. There are just to many people desperate not to miss the social networking train before it leaves the station.
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Nope, we don't need your stinkin' technology, Google is paying $1.65 billion (with a "b") or 1.3% of Google's current value, for a media property. Plain and simple. But what does that even mean?
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Google has to amplify (and protect) it's key revenue stream - ppc. Video ppc is a higher value domain, and a hugely untapped one. Google wants assets at the edges of the value chain which can exert market power against 1.0 publishers - just like it's doin
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a Google-owned YouTube would suck. Google doesn’t get community in the slightest. Google Video’s social filters are terrible. What’s more, they’ll insist on tying YouTube to Google accounts.
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YouTube is winning the hearts of the audience because video search simply doesn’t work. You have to instead rely on the opinions, ratings, and playlist compilations of others to discover good video.
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Because it is a video editor, Jumpcut can also a remix mainstream media microchunks with consumer-generated clips. In fact, Jumpcut powers the video-editing features of Fox Atomic's video blender, which runs video-making contests for MySpace.
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Sony bought a team and is betting that this team can build something with YouTube-like value. Vermutung das Geld mit internetvideos wird in der Kombination aus guten original Inhalten und dem User-Generated Content gemacht.
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Interessante Gedanken wie Apple durch den Kauf von YouTube die Video iPod verkäufe anheizen könnte. Außerdem hätte Apple eine Top50 Seite, was für Werbung und ein Onlinepräsenz sowie ein soziales Netzwerk
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Nach iFilm kauft Viacom nun das nächte alteingesessene Videoportal und fügt es dem MTV Network portfolio hinzu. Durch eine Reihe von Nischenkäufen versucht Viacom den News Corp. Vorsprung durch MySpace wett zu machen. 200 Mio Dollar kostet der Spass
