Comments on: AOL Acquires Truveo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:34:07 -0800 hourly 1 By: Somewhat Frank http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-1572154 Somewhat Frank Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:47:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-1572154 <strong>Truveo Video Search: Tim Tuttle Explains...</strong> Truveo, a video search startup which was acquired by AOL in 2006, recently redesigned the site and I have to is super. It offers a new layout that slices and dices its aggregation of videos from across the Web so users are bound to uncover videos that ... Truveo Video Search: Tim Tuttle Explains…

Truveo, a video search startup which was acquired by AOL in 2006, recently redesigned the site and I have to is super. It offers a new layout that slices and dices its aggregation of videos from across the Web so users are bound to uncover videos that …

]]> By: Truveo Growing 50% Per Month, Says Video Search Becoming More Important : Forecast-Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-1448785 Truveo Growing 50% Per Month, Says Video Search Becoming More Important : Forecast-Blog Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:54:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-1448785 [...] which was acquired by AOL in early 2006, is considered to be one of the best video search engines on the Internet. It looks [...] [...] which was acquired by AOL in early 2006, is considered to be one of the best video search engines on the Internet. It looks [...]

]]> By: ::lemonup::News, Technology, sports, cars, movie, video, blog, travel, mp3, picture, computer, notebook » CastTV Raises $3.1 Million, Battles Google And AOL In Video Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-1356834 ::lemonup::News, Technology, sports, cars, movie, video, blog, travel, mp3, picture, computer, notebook » CastTV Raises $3.1 Million, Battles Google And AOL In Video Search Tue, 01 May 2007 06:51:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-1356834 [...] arguably has the best video search technology through their acquisition of Truveo in early 2006. Google also has a growing video search engine that includes both Google [...] [...] arguably has the best video search technology through their acquisition of Truveo in early 2006. Google also has a growing video search engine that includes both Google [...]

]]> By: Deal Roundup for April 25: EQO; Netlog; CastTV » EPR Network Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-1351284 Deal Roundup for April 25: EQO; Netlog; CastTV » EPR Network Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-1351284 [...] See our post and screenshots here . AOL arguably has the best video search technology through their acquisition of Truveo in early 2006. Google also has a growing video search engine that includes both Google [...] [...] See our post and screenshots here . AOL arguably has the best video search technology through their acquisition of Truveo in early 2006. Google also has a growing video search engine that includes both Google [...]

]]> By: Leading Information Technologies :: CastTV Will Revolutionize Video Search :: October :: 2006 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-301699 Leading Information Technologies :: CastTV Will Revolutionize Video Search :: October :: 2006 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:45:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-301699 [...] A notable success in video search is Truveo, which launched in 2005 and was acquired by AOL in early 2006 for an estimated $50 million or more. Truveo had a unique way of searching video content. First, finding video can be hard, and Truveo does a good job of locating video on indexed web pages. Second, Truveo looks at text surrounding video links, as well as metadata included in the video file itself, and makes intelligent assumptions about the video. [...] [...] A notable success in video search is Truveo, which launched in 2005 and was acquired by AOL in early 2006 for an estimated $50 million or more. Truveo had a unique way of searching video content. First, finding video can be hard, and Truveo does a good job of locating video on indexed web pages. Second, Truveo looks at text surrounding video links, as well as metadata included in the video file itself, and makes intelligent assumptions about the video. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AOL Video、Paramountを追加したものの依然水準以下 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-295565 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » AOL Video、Paramountを追加したものの依然水準以下 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-295565 [...] 先週、われわれは主要な映画ダウンロードサービス (CinemaNow、MovieLink、GUBA、Amazon Unbox、iTunes) について比較記事を載せた。AOL Video はハリウッドのＡ級映画のダウンロード販売(AOLが買収した Truveo検 索サービスを利用したウェブビデオの検索機能のフルサポートを含む)の他にも、さまざまな機能を提供している。これらの付加機能は別として、AOLを他の 主要なオンラインビデオ販売サイトと比較してみると、サービスとしては平均的だが、価格は高め、映画のタイトルのバリエーションとしては最下位に近かかっ た。AOL は他に抜きん出たサービスを構築することはできずにいる。 [...] [...] 先週、われわれは主要な映画ダウンロードサービス (CinemaNow、MovieLink、GUBA、Amazon Unbox、iTunes) について比較記事を載せた。AOL Video はハリウッドのＡ級映画のダウンロード販売(AOLが買収した Truveo検 索サービスを利用したウェブビデオの検索機能のフルサポートを含む)の他にも、さまざまな機能を提供している。これらの付加機能は別として、AOLを他の 主要なオンラインビデオ販売サイトと比較してみると、サービスとしては平均的だが、価格は高め、映画のタイトルのバリエーションとしては最下位に近かかっ た。AOL は他に抜きん出たサービスを構築することはできずにいる。 [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » AOL Video Adds Paramount, Product Still Lags Market http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-294470 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » AOL Video Adds Paramount, Product Still Lags Market Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:39:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-294470 [...] We wrote about the major movie download services (CinemaNow, MovieLink, GUBA, Amazon Unbox and iTunes) last week. AOL Video offers a number of services beyond the sale of premium movies (including full web video search care of their Truveo acquisition). Putting those features aside, we’ve compared AOL Video to the other major services. The product is average compared to the others, although prices are on the high side and the movie selection is near the bottom of the list. AOL certainly hasn’t created a standout product yet. Unlike CinemaNow and (soon) MovieLink, AOL does not offer a “burn to dvd” feature. [...] [...] We wrote about the major movie download services (CinemaNow, MovieLink, GUBA, Amazon Unbox and iTunes) last week. AOL Video offers a number of services beyond the sale of premium movies (including full web video search care of their Truveo acquisition). Putting those features aside, we’ve compared AOL Video to the other major services. The product is average compared to the others, although prices are on the high side and the movie selection is near the bottom of the list. AOL certainly hasn’t created a standout product yet. Unlike CinemaNow and (soon) MovieLink, AOL does not offer a “burn to dvd” feature. [...]

]]> By: All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-258082 All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging » JenIT Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-258082 [...] Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...] [...] Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...]

]]> By: House of Benjamin Blogness » Blog Archive » CastTV Will Revolutionize Video Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-257003 House of Benjamin Blogness » Blog Archive » CastTV Will Revolutionize Video Search Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:04:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-257003 [...] A notable success in video search is Truveo, which launched in 2005 and was acquired by AOL in early 2006 for an estimated $50 million or more. Truveo had a unique way of searching video content. First, finding video can be hard, and Truveo does a good job of locating video on indexed web pages. Second, Truveo looks at text surrounding video links, as well as metadata included in the video file itself, and makes intelligent assumptions about the video. [...] [...] A notable success in video search is Truveo, which launched in 2005 and was acquired by AOL in early 2006 for an estimated $50 million or more. Truveo had a unique way of searching video content. First, finding video can be hard, and Truveo does a good job of locating video on indexed web pages. Second, Truveo looks at text surrounding video links, as well as metadata included in the video file itself, and makes intelligent assumptions about the video. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » CastTVは動画サーチに革命をもたらすかもしれない http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-239783 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » CastTVは動画サーチに革命をもたらすかもしれない Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:03:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-239783 [...] 動画サーチで目覚しい成功を収めた企業と言えばTruveo。2005年にラウンチしたこの会社は、2006年はじめにAOLが推定$50M(5000万ドル)かそれ以上で買収した。 Truveoの動画コンテンツ検索はとても手法がユニークだ。まず第1点。Truveoはインデックスしたウェブページ内で動画の所在を検知する、とても賢いやり方で動画検索という難業を手際よく行っている。第2点。Truveoは動画ファイル自体に挿入したメタデータだけでなく動画リンク周辺のテキストも見て、動画の内容をインテリジェントに判断してくれる。 [...] [...] 動画サーチで目覚しい成功を収めた企業と言えばTruveo。2005年にラウンチしたこの会社は、2006年はじめにAOLが推定$50M(5000万ドル)かそれ以上で買収した。 Truveoの動画コンテンツ検索はとても手法がユニークだ。まず第1点。Truveoはインデックスしたウェブページ内で動画の所在を検知する、とても賢いやり方で動画検索という難業を手際よく行っている。第2点。Truveoは動画ファイル自体に挿入したメタデータだけでなく動画リンク周辺のテキストも見て、動画の内容をインテリジェントに判断してくれる。 [...]

]]> By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Deep tagging video http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-239598 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Deep tagging video Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:42:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-239598 [...] Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch article “All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging” discusses how “deep tagging” video content posted online can help others locate content of interest faster than search engine algorithms: Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...] [...] Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch article “All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging” discusses how “deep tagging” video content posted online can help others locate content of interest faster than search engine algorithms: Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-236891 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » All The Cool Kids Are Deep Tagging Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:13:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-236891 [...] Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...] [...] Figuring out how to search the meta data around rich content (tags and lots of other descriptive data) is big business. Truveo, a video search startup that launched in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by AOL for at least $50 million, helped solve this problem (but still falls woefully short of perfect). A new unlaunched startup, CastTV, takes rich media searching another few steps forward (much more on them in a later post). But even these new search companies can’t find all of the content in a video or audio file, and certainly can’t take you right to where that content is presented. [...]

]]> By: Accro au Web » Blog Archive » links for 2006-01-14 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-88851 Accro au Web » Blog Archive » links for 2006-01-14 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:54:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-88851 [...] links for 2006-01-14 Microsoft hopes to cash in with click-on ads Suite un mémo “‘interne” de R. Ozzie largement divulgué, Microsoft parie sur les technologies liées à la pub en ligne qui ont fait le bonheur de Google. Article également intéressant en ce qu’il démontre que Microsoft tente de s’émanciper du PC. E (tags: TV media web microsoft) Om Malik on Broadband : » Silos Are For Grain, Not VoIP De l’importance de la compatibilité des terminaux pour le développement de la voix sur IP. A mettre en perspective avec le maquis tarifaire dont les abonnés de Free font depuis peu les frais (non-gratuité des appels à destination des opérateurs alte (tags: voip telephony telecom skype) Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype, The Bandwidth Hog Skype utilise les ressources CPU des PC des utilisateurs finaux. Cela est bien connu (principe du peer-to-peer), mais qu’en adviendra-t-il lorsque les terminaux seront des téléphones Skype ? (tags: security skype voip telephony telecom p2p) TechCrunch » How did I not hear about Teleflip before now? Est-ce qu’un service équivalent existe en France ? Ce serait bien commode. (tags: internet messaging web telecom telephony sms) TechCrunch » 1000Tags - Another Stupid, Brilliant Idea Comme le site à un million de dolars, l’idée qui marche une fois seulement ? (tags: folksonomy tag) TechCrunch » AOL Acquires Truveo Avec le développement de contenus multimédias sur le Web, un service d’indexage de ces contenus devient une nécessité pour pouvoir les trouver facilement. Rappelle l’initiative de Chirac sur quaero. Flickr. (tags: mp3 music tag search flickr) Transnets, des gadgets aux réseaux: Skype au quotidien Skype ne coûte rien et permet l’audioconférence. C’est vrai que c’est génial. A comparer avec l’article de Om Malik sur le même sujet. Les telcos n’aiment pas beaucoup skype… (tags: telephony skype social) [...] [...] links for 2006-01-14 Microsoft hopes to cash in with click-on ads Suite un mémo “‘interne” de R. Ozzie largement divulgué, Microsoft parie sur les technologies liées à la pub en ligne qui ont fait le bonheur de Google. Article également intéressant en ce qu’il démontre que Microsoft tente de s’émanciper du PC. E (tags: TV media web microsoft) Om Malik on Broadband : » Silos Are For Grain, Not VoIP De l’importance de la compatibilité des terminaux pour le développement de la voix sur IP. A mettre en perspective avec le maquis tarifaire dont les abonnés de Free font depuis peu les frais (non-gratuité des appels à destination des opérateurs alte (tags: voip telephony telecom skype) Om Malik on Broadband : » Skype, The Bandwidth Hog Skype utilise les ressources CPU des PC des utilisateurs finaux. Cela est bien connu (principe du peer-to-peer), mais qu’en adviendra-t-il lorsque les terminaux seront des téléphones Skype ? (tags: security skype voip telephony telecom p2p) TechCrunch » How did I not hear about Teleflip before now? Est-ce qu’un service équivalent existe en France ? Ce serait bien commode. (tags: internet messaging web telecom telephony sms) TechCrunch » 1000Tags – Another Stupid, Brilliant Idea Comme le site à un million de dolars, l’idée qui marche une fois seulement ? (tags: folksonomy tag) TechCrunch » AOL Acquires Truveo Avec le développement de contenus multimédias sur le Web, un service d’indexage de ces contenus devient une nécessité pour pouvoir les trouver facilement. Rappelle l’initiative de Chirac sur quaero. Flickr. (tags: mp3 music tag search flickr) Transnets, des gadgets aux réseaux: Skype au quotidien Skype ne coûte rien et permet l’audioconférence. C’est vrai que c’est génial. A comparer avec l’article de Om Malik sur le même sujet. Les telcos n’aiment pas beaucoup skype… (tags: telephony skype social) [...]

]]> By: Le blog de Mr Pooxi / Mr Pooxi's blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8571 Le blog de Mr Pooxi / Mr Pooxi's blog Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:34:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8571 <strong>Video Search Engine Truveo Acquired by AOL...</strong> Jeff Clavier, French VC working and living in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, announced on his blog in this note Search Consolidation Act #1: Truveo goes to AOL that the video search engine Truveo has been acquired by AOL! Rumours... Video Search Engine Truveo Acquired by AOL…

Jeff Clavier, French VC working and living in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, announced on his blog in this note Search Consolidation Act #1: Truveo goes to AOL that the video search engine Truveo has been acquired by AOL! Rumours…

]]> By: Core Dump http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8370 Core Dump Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:29:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8370 <strong>AOL acquires Truveo...</strong> AOL yesterday acquired the video search engine Truveo. This is interesting in light of Google paying $1 blilion for AOL's 5% and even stinks of betrayal. Techcrunch's post with the news here, also covered by Jeff Clavier here.They use some...... AOL acquires Truveo…

AOL yesterday acquired the video search engine Truveo. This is interesting in light of Google paying $1 blilion for AOL’s 5% and even stinks of betrayal. Techcrunch’s post with the news here, also covered by Jeff Clavier here.They use some……

]]> By: Mashable* http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8280 Mashable* Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:17:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8280 <strong>Truveo Bought By AOL - Who Knew?...</strong> Paul Kedrosky reports that the video-search company Truveo was acquired by AOL late last year. It’s the first I’ve heard of it. UPDATE: Paul must have been early - looks like the rest of the blogosphere just got the news. Some are say... Truveo Bought By AOL – Who Knew?…

Paul Kedrosky reports that the video-search company Truveo was acquired by AOL late last year. It’s the first I’ve heard of it.
UPDATE: Paul must have been early – looks like the rest of the blogosphere just got the news. Some are say…

]]> By: Carlos Leyva http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8275 Carlos Leyva Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:21:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8275 Does the combination of hard to duplicate technology plus a network effect equal a killer app? I think so, especially if the network effect happens at a velocity that allows a platform (technology & key processes in the value chain)to be built before the gorillas awaken. Does the combination of hard to duplicate technology plus a network effect equal a killer app? I think so, especially if the network effect happens at a velocity that allows a platform (technology & key processes in the value chain)to be built before the gorillas awaken.

]]> By: Ed Dunn http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8268 Ed Dunn Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8268 It appears that a boom of established tech/media firms 'buying out' rising tech stars to avoid competition or VC capital seeding of those stars. This only proves two thing (1)The status quo dotcom/media companies cannot create new ideals or feel secure with their current strategy against new and rising competition. They should be scared. I smell the fear from radio station managers knowing their best djs can be signed away to XM or Sirius with a contract like Stern. (2) People in the know can salvage a mediorce or quickie web 2.0 company and sell it to these larger firms and pocket some nice cash. It appears that a boom of established tech/media firms ‘buying out’ rising tech stars to avoid competition or VC capital seeding of those stars.

This only proves two thing (1)The status quo dotcom/media companies cannot create new ideals or feel secure with their current strategy against new and rising competition. They should be scared. I smell the fear from radio station managers knowing their best djs can be signed away to XM or Sirius with a contract like Stern. (2) People in the know can salvage a mediorce or quickie web 2.0 company and sell it to these larger firms and pocket some nice cash.

]]> By: Klim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/comment-page-1/#comment-8264 Klim Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:30:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/10/aol-acquires-truveo/#comment-8264 That's interesting... I was only thinking the other day what would become of Truveo. Hadn't heard of it since it launched.' That’s interesting… I was only thinking the other day what would become of Truveo. Hadn’t heard of it since it launched.’

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