YuMe files for $65M IPO as video ad market continues to soar. Video ad network YuMe is going public.
The startup filed for a $65 million initial public offering today. YuMe provides digital video advertising technology that pairs online videos with relevant audiences. It connects advertisers and video-content creators so videos appearing on mobile devices, computers, or connected televisions can include advertising revenue in their monetization plans. The software also collects data from every campaign and analyzes it so brands and publishers can target the right audiences and optimize their ad budgets. “We help our advertising customers overcome the complexities of delivering digital video advertising campaigns in a highly fragmented environment where dispersed audiences use a growing variety of Internet-connected devices to access thousands of online and mobile websites and applications,” the company said on the form. Eyeballs and advertising dollars are shifting away from television and toward online channels.
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And now, the legendary Silicon Valley inventor is streaming Microsoft’s desktop operating system onto Android devices as well. On Thursday, OnLive — Perlman’s latest entrepreneurial venture — unveiled an Android incarnation of its eponymous OnLive Desktop — a mobile app that lets users access a virtual Windows desktop housed on servers in the cloud. In other words, you can access Microsoft Office and other staple Windows applications from your tablet — even though they can’t actually be loaded on your tablet. The new Android version of the app is available for download from Google’s Android Market. San Francisco-based OnLive began life as an outfit that streamed games onto PCs and other devices, and it’s now using the same cloud infrastructure to stream Windows desktops as well. Flash can run locally on Android tablets. Video Ad Net Calls Out Competitors.
The old maxim in journalism is “show, don’t tell.”
Video ad platform TubeMogul is taking that to heart with a new Tumblr that promises to expose instances where pre-roll video ads are served outside of streams, such as inside display units. The FakePreroll Tumblr so far has just two posts. In one, TubeMogul highlights a McDonald’s ad from competitor YuMe that was served in a display unit. Go See Napster: Mark Greenberg on The Future of Epix. Epix CEO Mark Greenberg does not want to be the next Napster.
He’s got big plans for making his movie channel a vital competitor to the HBOs, Showtimes and Starzes of the world. This month Epix is showing the Marvel superhero movies leading up to The Avengers: Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. At a luncheon with the press, Greenberg showed off the Xbox interface for Epix and the Epix iPad app. 101 Online Video Stats to Make Your Eyes Glaze Over. Video/Rich Media - Online videos help build confidence in purchases. 52% of consumers who watch product videos say those videos make them more confident about purchases, according to Invodo.
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Rashid Majid Al Abbar, vice-president of Home Products Marketing for etisalat, told Gulf News that the company's ‘eLife' package would be on offer by October. "We are looking at opening up our eLife TV to other multiple screens as we have a lot of content on hand," he said. Al Abbar said that etisalat was trying to negotiate content restrictions regarding tablets with networks. Once these get resolved, eLife would run on Apple and Android platforms, either on a data package outside the home or WiFi.
Currently eLife is only offered on fixed home broadband through fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service. Etisalat launched its eLife services in 2010, and Al Abbar said etisalat has invested Dh400 million to improve the IPTV platform. "More than 50 per cent of our customers are on the fibre optic network and the rest on the copper network. Online Videos TV shows and Movies Websites. Report Shows Younger Viewers Increasingly Watch TV On Mobile Devices. QuickPlay Show High Mobile TV Adoption Amongst Viewers. A survey from QuickPlay Media (in a regular ‘Market Tools segment’) has suggested that a majority of people are now interested in and using mobile TV and ‘multiscreen services’ when consuming video and TV content.
The main findings of the survey was that 57% of people are ‘interested’ in the idea of a ’multiscreen video service’, a figure that has risen from the 48% recorded at the same point last year. While tablets are naturally seen as the most popular ‘mobile viewing device’ for longer sittings or when at home, smartphones are still the main device used for mobile viewing (presumably more often in a quick and portable manner). The statistics showed that 35% of respondents had previously tried mobile TV and/or video services, while 27% are regular users of them.
About WVMC. Committee on Information’s Thirty-fourth Session to Be Held at Headquarters 27 April - 4 May. Background Release The thirty-fourth annual session of the Committee on Information, the intergovernmental body charged with reviewing progress in the field of United Nations public information, will take place at Headquarters from 23 April to 4 May.
During the two-week session, delegations are expected to undertake a wide-ranging review of the Department of Public Information and its three subprogrammes — the News and Media, Outreach and Strategic Communications Divisions. The Secretary-General observes in his report on strategic communications services that the Department works to deliver its message to targeted audiences by identifying communications priorities in advance and collaborating with all United Nation partners to ensure the optimal use of resources. “Use of these interactive platforms broadens the reach of the messages of the United Nations and contributes to the overall transparency and accountability of the Organization,” he states.
Intel Talking to Networks About Internet TV Service. Intel has held preliminary talks with entertainment companies recently about creating a service for accessing television shows over the Internet.
The chip maker envisions the service as a bundle of television channels akin to the packages provided by cable and satellite television providers, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions, who did not want to be identified talking about unannounced company plans. Instead of using the service via a set-top box, consumers would tune in with devices that run on Intel chips.
The Intel executive leading the discussions is Erik Huggers, a former executive with the BBC who joined Intel last year. Kathy Gill, a spokeswoman for Intel, declined to comment. The Wall Street Journal first reported news of the Intel discussions with media companies earlier Monday. The Leading Online Video Platform.
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