Archive for the 'Broadband-Wagon' Category
Good News/Bad News: Joost Gets $45 Million, Networks get Fewer Viewers
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 11th, 2007 in ABC, Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, CBS, CNN, Conjecture, Digital downloading, Funding, GooTube, IPTV, NBC, Online TV, TV, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, deals, futute tv, hot betas, joost, social media.Good news: Today Joost announced they raised $45 million bucks with power VC firm’s from around the globe and a YouTube hating media giant. The deal brings together Index Ventures of the EU, Sequoia Capital of Silicon Valley fame, and the Li Ka-shing foundation run by Hong Kong based billionaire, Li Ka-shing. The international focus [...]
Joost Signs Deal with CBS
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 12th, 2007 in BitTorrent, Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, CBS, Entertainment, IPTV, Online TV, deals, hot betas, hot invites, joost, viacom, video.CBS just put out a press release announcing that they have cut a deal with Joost to show “first run and other premium content”. They are slated to launch content through the application in the spring and say that it will come from a bunch of the CBS divisions. The release says that they will [...]
Sony Buys Grouper, Turner Peddles Ads
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello August 23rd, 2006 in Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, Fun with PR, Grouper.com, Sony, Technology & Entertainment, User Generated Content, Viral marketing, Web 2.0, social networking, video.Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that they were buying Grouper.com, one of the 30 plus UGC video sites attempting to unseat YouTube as the King of crap collection. The deal puts $65 million in the coffers at Grouper and CEO, Josh Felser, gets to keep his job. They say they may move the company [...]
