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Deal Radar 2008: YuMe

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 11th

YuMe is a broadbrand video advertising network that allows publishers to organize their content into various categories that can be delivered to any device. Co-founders Jayant Kadambi and Ayyappan Sankaran realized that the video ad networks were mere extensions of text and banner ads and that the video ad network had a tremendous potential for

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 3)

Posted on Friday, Jun 22nd

For many venture startups, getting funding is always a significant challenge as well as a strategic milestone (taking too much funding, or not enough). Amir had little difficulty gaining funding in the midst of the greatest boom market, and made what ultimately turned out to be the correct decision in the amount of funding received,

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 21st

There are several very interesting aspects to keep in mind when considering Shopping.com. First, the comparative shopping marketplace was a low-barrier-to-entry marketplace to enter, leading to significant competition. Second, revenue generating strategies were difficult to figure out in the 1997-1999 timeframe. Online advertising as a revenue model had barely started to take off. Finally, once

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 20th

Amir Ashkenazi is the founder of Adap.tv, as well as the former founder and CTO of Shopping.com. Adap.tv is in the midst of the Online Video Advertising fray, on which I have recently written quite a bit. In fact, Danny Cohen suggested this conversation after reading one of those pieces about one of Adap.tv’s competitors,

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