Comments on: No End in Sight for Video Startup Funding http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Miro Makes Move in Crowded Field « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-152037 Miro Makes Move in Crowded Field « NewTeeVee Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:01:53 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-152037 <p>[...] Firefox of online video (and it’s more than a coincidence; Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, has provided funding and advising to PCF). The problem is, Firefox is the Firefox of online video, since watching video [...]</p> [...] Firefox of online video (and it’s more than a coincidence; Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, has provided funding and advising to PCF). The problem is, Firefox is the Firefox of online video, since watching video [...]

]]> By: Anil Gupte http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4066 Anil Gupte Thu, 31 May 2007 06:24:35 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4066 <p>Well, I pity the poor investors. Another Pets.com reprise? If investors want to invest in IPTV, why not Verizon or AT&T? They can buy any technology, and they already own the walled garden in which IPTV will have to play?</p> <p>The real answer is Internet TV - is funding that? Jeremy Allaire, Robin Good and others (including your truly) have blogged about the differences. If you want more information, let me know.</p> Well, I pity the poor investors. Another Pets.com reprise? If investors want to invest in IPTV, why not Verizon or AT&T? They can buy any technology, and they already own the walled garden in which IPTV will have to play?

The real answer is Internet TV – is funding that? Jeremy Allaire, Robin Good and others (including your truly) have blogged about the differences. If you want more information, let me know.

]]> By: Zeppelin Media Blog» Blog Archive » Links for 5/30/07 http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4067 Zeppelin Media Blog» Blog Archive » Links for 5/30/07 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:05:04 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4067 <p>[...] web video is just a fad? Think again. Read No End In Sight For Video Startup Funding. The big guys see the possibilities. Do you? Personally, I think every single web site owner should [...]</p> [...] web video is just a fad? Think again. Read No End In Sight For Video Startup Funding. The big guys see the possibilities. Do you? Personally, I think every single web site owner should [...]

]]> By: Mark Trefgarne http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4068 Mark Trefgarne Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:08 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4068 <p>Its no surprise that the funding keeps flowing to video start-ups! Its all very logical, and until the market becomes settled with a one or two unassailable market leaders, the market will continue to be worth investing in for anybody who wants to ensure their slice of the next big consumer content medium.</p> <p>The time will come, and it may just be a few years from now, when online video consumption overtakes regular TV. As the viewers shift, the ad dollars will move with them. This means that now is the time to build the infrastructure and relationships required to be a leader in this area.</p> <p>Everybody from Google to WPP knows this, and they're wisely fighting to buy their way in at the ground floor to avoid being left behind. I may be biased, but I believe the next global media/advertising giant will be born out of the online video arena. And no, I don't mean YouTube!</p> Its no surprise that the funding keeps flowing to video start-ups! Its all very logical, and until the market becomes settled with a one or two unassailable market leaders, the market will continue to be worth investing in for anybody who wants to ensure their slice of the next big consumer content medium.

The time will come, and it may just be a few years from now, when online video consumption overtakes regular TV. As the viewers shift, the ad dollars will move with them. This means that now is the time to build the infrastructure and relationships required to be a leader in this area.

Everybody from Google to WPP knows this, and they’re wisely fighting to buy their way in at the ground floor to avoid being left behind. I may be biased, but I believe the next global media/advertising giant will be born out of the online video arena. And no, I don’t mean YouTube!

]]> By: - Blog Archive » CTS Media Claims 90% of Chinese Video Ads http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4069 - Blog Archive » CTS Media Claims 90% of Chinese Video Ads Wed, 30 May 2007 11:21:26 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4069 <p>[...] we wrote about Click to See Media and its fresh $8 million in second-round funding from Steamboat Ventures, [...]</p> [...] we wrote about Click to See Media and its fresh $8 million in second-round funding from Steamboat Ventures, [...]

]]> By: NewTeeVee » CTS Media Claims 90% of Chinese Video Ads http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4071 NewTeeVee » CTS Media Claims 90% of Chinese Video Ads Wed, 30 May 2007 08:00:16 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4071 <p>[...] we wrote about Click to See Media and its fresh $8 million in second-round funding from Steamboat Ventures, [...]</p> [...] we wrote about Click to See Media and its fresh $8 million in second-round funding from Steamboat Ventures, [...]

]]> By: Johnny Chan http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4070 Johnny Chan Wed, 30 May 2007 00:47:40 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4070 <p>Great scoop, Liz.</p> <p>Your title's right - there's no end in sight for video startup funding. What's intriguing is what's entailed in the decision making process to fund these startups. Critical numbers that need to be achieved, traffic, press...those things are asked for but there seems to be no solid ground for deciding on which video startup to invest in and which not to.</p> <p>Wonder what the implications will be in a few years if/when the space has normalized a bit more...</p> <p>-Johnny</p> <p>(Full disclosure: our company works with Memocast.com, a foreign films portal for ethnic communities, which is going through funding rounds itself).</p> Great scoop, Liz.

Your title’s right – there’s no end in sight for video startup funding. What’s intriguing is what’s entailed in the decision making process to fund these startups. Critical numbers that need to be achieved, traffic, press…those things are asked for but there seems to be no solid ground for deciding on which video startup to invest in and which not to.

Wonder what the implications will be in a few years if/when the space has normalized a bit more…

-Johnny

(Full disclosure: our company works with Memocast.com, a foreign films portal for ethnic communities, which is going through funding rounds itself).

]]> By: Jackson West http://newteevee.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4072 Jackson West Wed, 30 May 2007 00:18:35 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/no-end-in-sight-for-video-startup-funding/#comment-4072 <p>That's great news about PCF and Miro!</p> That’s great news about PCF and Miro!

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