Comments on: UPDATE: Akimbo Skeleton Crew Looking for a Buyer

By: What’s up with Vudu? Other than the layoffs.

What’s up with Vudu? Other than the layoffs. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:25:01 +0000

[...] director) I don’t get the sense Vudu has run out of time. Not to mention – as seen with companies such as Akimbo and ReplayTV, it’s frequently a slow death in the consumer electronics [...]

By: VOD provider Akimbo shuts down - SoundFood

VOD provider Akimbo shuts down - SoundFood — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:04:03 +0000

[...] video-on-demand provider Akimbo 23. May 2008. has been confirmed by NewTeeVee as having shut its doors. The company says it has so far been unable to raise enough cash to remain [...]

By: Phil Doyle

Phil Doyle — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:52:31 +0000

You need to know your audience first, above anything else, and then it's a simple thing to give them what they want.

Akimbo never knew an audience.

The Business Channel was renting business training videos online to companies worldwide in 2001, and we watched Akimbo and Movielink and others launch with super hype in hopes that an audience would find them.

We were amazed they could spend so much money. It doesn't cost that much to create the business when you have an audience.

We also could not believe it when the "smart" venture captial money poured in to clumsy business models.

I have lost a lot of respect for venture capital's intelligence. They just gamble.

You always start with the audience.

By: no doi

no doi — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:09:55 +0000

Nice scoop Chris. It was only a matter of time. That was one of the single worst business models I had ever seen, I met with that company many times throughout the years, and they NEVER had a good plan.

When they first launched they had more crappy Turkish content than decent stuff -- that is how terribly desperate their content acquisition was. Oh wait, they did get Rocketboom! haha, wow, can I please pay $300 for a box to download Rocketboom's 3 minute show as opposed to watching on my computer? no offense to RB, its a good show, but it took more time to get it to work on Akimbo than 3 minutes.

And it wasn't like anyone was buying set top boxes at the time.. Tivo still had to have ONE profitable quarter, so why did they think they could sell crappy boxes for $300? Plus they had a monthly fee. Wow.

Investors deserve to take a hit for this one. the second worst company ever created next to zocdoc

By: Akimbo streams out of business | Techforlife.info

Akimbo streams out of business | Techforlife.info — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:57:26 +0000

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By: Akimbo streams out of business :

Akimbo streams out of business : — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:11:01 +0000