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Cisco announced Friday that it plans to buy Inlet Technologies, a manufacturer of video-encoding and transcoding products, for $95 million. The acquisition is designed to round out Cisco’s portfolio as part of its new Videoscape solution, aimed at service providers bring video to multiple screens.
AOL has acquired video syndication specialist 5min Media to boost the amount of video it serves on its sites, while boosting distribution of its own video assets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although estimates place the value of the deal at around $50-$65 million.
Move Networks was just granted a patent for its HTTP-based adaptive streaming technology, which could make its intellectual property more valuable. The patent also means that it could pose a threat to Adobe, Microsoft, Apple and others that have rolled out similar technology of their own.
Move Networks, the heavily-backed online video technology company, has been put up for sale, after it had difficulty raising additional cash…
With today’s news that Move Networks has laid off all its employees and is looking for a buyer, here’s a roundup of the rise and fall of the once high-flying startup, as it transitioned from making network TV watchable to selling IPTV technology to ISPs.
A curious tweet appeared on the Move Networks twitter stream this morning, suggesting that the online video company could be on the block — with an asking price of $150 million — and sources say the CEO is stepping down and resigning from the company’s board.
Move Networks made some personnel reductions yesterday associated with a shift from its legacy streaming business to providing a platform for delivering…
Just a few years ago, Move Networks was a high-flying startup with what seemed like unlimited possibility. The company had succeeded where…
A quick look at the Fox.com website shows that the broadcaster has switched technologies for delivery of its online video, transitioning from…
Move Networks, which excused longtime Chief Executive John Edwards amid layoffs in an attempt to hone its focus, has hired a replacement.…
Akamai (s akam) today said it would provide adaptive bit-rate streaming to deliver video content from web sites to the Apple (s…
Move Networks has acquired UK-based virtual set-top box provider Inuk Networks in a deal that adds a broadcast component to Move’s ongoing…
So maybe challenging Akamai ain’t so easy! Move Networks and GridNetworks, both companies that power high-quality video streaming via plug-ins, are getting…
UPDATE: Dan Rayburn has updated information from Move about the layoffs. From his updated post: I’ve now heard back from Move Networks…
Image Metrics Raises $6.5 Million; Series B round for the company that makes really real-looking digital characters was led by Saffron Hill…
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has done an undisclosed amount of strategic investment in already-heavily backed online and now mobile HD video tech…
So Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is also jumping into the online video investment space, and has done an undisclosed amount of strategic investment…
At Intel’s (NSDQ: INTC) Developer Forum in San Francisco, Move Networks announced today that it was going to adapt its high-definition media…
Red hot Move Networks, the heavily-backed provider of high quality online video streaming, has raised a huge $46 million third round led by…
Move Networks, the company that makes online television an enjoyable experience, has raised $46 million in Series C funding from Benchmark Capital,…
Move Networks has been out there raising a big round for a while now, and it has finally closed: the company, based in American Fork, Utah,…
