Monday February 6, 2012

Amidst ‘Advanced’ Acquisition Talks, RadVision Extends Its Video Solutions To SMBs; Shares Tumble

Well, it’s been an interesting last few weeks (and last few years, for that matter) for Israeli-headquartered video-conferencing specialist, RadVision. Acquisition rumors are currently swirling around the company, based on Israeli newspaper Globes’ report that the company is in ‘advanced’ talks with Avaya, a business collaboration and communications company, for a sale of approximately $200 [...]

Online Video Platform Company Brightcove Files For $50 Million IPO

Online video platform company Brightcove this morning announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with a proposed IPO of its common stock. The company is looking to raise up to $50 million through the offering. Brightcove offers cloud-based solutions for publishing and distributing video and other [...]

Thought Equity Motion Scores $25 Million For Cloud-Based Video Platform

Online video technology and footage licensing services provider Thought Equity Motion has raised $25 million from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the company announced this morning. The company delivers video archive management and “smart content” metadata tools as a cloud service, as well as rights development expertise. Through its Web platform and global sales force, the company [...]

Google Earnings Day! First, Enjoy The Full 2011 Stockholder’s Meeting [Video]

In just about a half hour, Google will announce their Q2 2011 results. After that, at 1:30 PM PT, they’ll do their usual Q&A. Thankfully this time, they’re going back to YouTube to stream the thing, instead of relying on Microsoft’s awful technology for such things. You’ll be able to follow along here, but we’ll [...]

Nintendo Video Hits The 3DS Tomorrow (In Japan Only, Alas)

Nintendo is working hard at making its 3DS less of a “put in a cartridge, play a game” console, and more of an all-purpose gaming/media/social gadget. They’re awful slow at it, though, since their entire system from the eighties on has been the cartridge thing, more or less. Perhaps they looked at Apple and said [...]

Video And Data Management Software Maker DIGIOP Bought By Investor Group

DIGIOP Technologies, a developer of video and data management software solutions, this morning announced that an investor group led by The Carlyle Group has acquired them earlier this month. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DIGIOP offers a suite of video and data management solutions, primarily for the surveillance industry, and plans to launch [...]

LiveU Raises $11 Million For Wireless Video Transmission Technology

LiveU, which markets solutions for live video transmissions over wireless networks, this morning announced that it has raised $11 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by existing investors Carmel Ventures and Canaan Partners. LiveU has raised a total of $23 million in venture capital to date. [...]

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Conviva Scores Another $15 Million For Advanced Video Streaming Solutions

Conviva, a San Matea, California based video streaming solutions provider, has raised $15 million in Series C funding, bringing the total capital secured by the company to a healthy $44 million since its launch in 2006. The round was led by GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures) and joined by existing investors Foundation Capital, New [...]

SpeakerText Automates And Crowdsources Video Transcripts (100 Beta Invites)

One of the big problems with video on the Web is that other than the title, description and some meta tags, it is mostly invisible to Google and other search engines. One way to make video more SEO-friendly is to add transcriptions, but that can get expensive. An angel-funded startup called SpeakerText is (re)launching today [...]