Comments on: Fora.TV Raises $2 Million Seed Round From Adobe and Will Hearst http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:36 -0800 hourly 1 By: Fora.tv adds $2M to bring the Public into the Forum | Viraload http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-2526672 Fora.tv adds $2M to bring the Public into the Forum | Viraload Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:56:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-2526672 [...] TechCrunch Fora.tv raises Seed Round from Adobe and William Hearst [...] [...] TechCrunch Fora.tv raises Seed Round from Adobe and William Hearst [...]

]]> By: Fora.TV Squeezes Another $2 Million Out of Hearst and Adobe, But Still Comes Up Short http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-2281432 Fora.TV Squeezes Another $2 Million Out of Hearst and Adobe, But Still Comes Up Short Wed, 07 May 2008 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-2281432 [...] with some other unnamed investors. Together, with the $2 million in seed capital they invested last October, the company is counting the total as a $4 million A round. Back in October, CEO Brian Gruber told [...] [...] with some other unnamed investors. Together, with the $2 million in seed capital they invested last October, the company is counting the total as a $4 million A round. Back in October, CEO Brian Gruber told [...]

]]> By: BigThink — an antidote to Perez Hilton - - mathewingram.com/media http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1935144 BigThink — an antidote to Perez Hilton - - mathewingram.com/media Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1935144 [...] have called ”the C-SPAN of the Web,” is Fora.tv (which you can read more about here). And there’s a video interview with Ms. Brown at [...] [...] have called ”the C-SPAN of the Web,” is Fora.tv (which you can read more about here). And there’s a video interview with Ms. Brown at [...]

]]> By: Thoughts About BigThink http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1904622 Thoughts About BigThink Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:44:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1904622 [...] is competing for the same audience segment as Fora.TV (see our earlier post), which gathers a lot more video of public intellectuals, politicians, and business celebrities [...] [...] is competing for the same audience segment as Fora.TV (see our earlier post), which gathers a lot more video of public intellectuals, politicians, and business celebrities [...]

]]> By: Roger http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1712508 Roger Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:42:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1712508 I'm happy to learn that Fora.tv is getting some more backing. Fora is a refreshingly departure from the burgeoning plethora of cortically-challenged content. I’m happy to learn that Fora.tv is getting some more backing. Fora is a refreshingly departure from the burgeoning plethora of cortically-challenged content.

]]> By: the world is not only thinking http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711774 the world is not only thinking Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:31:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711774 The world is not thinking only, as fora.tv claimed, since people are watching for more and more hours per day. The internet TV industry will make the world watching more than thinking. By a system with one streaming server and 10Mbps as the uploading bandwidth, one could has his own global TV system, with the quality much better than CDN system applied by CNN/BBC/... There are many commercial system running by this way, try www.mediazone.com, www.Euchannels.net or www.TVkoo.com, which seems to be verified to be green software. The world is not thinking only, as fora.tv claimed, since people are watching for more and more hours per day. The internet TV industry will make the world watching more than thinking. By a system with one streaming server and 10Mbps as the uploading bandwidth, one could has his own global TV system, with the quality much better than CDN system applied by CNN/BBC/… There are many commercial system running by this way, try
http://www.mediazone.com, http://www.Euchannels.net or http://www.TVkoo.com, which seems to be verified to be green software.

]]> By: Ric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711649 Ric Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:25:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711649 As the owner of the first dotTV domain ( http://Free.TV ) , I am excited that they are taking off. Unfortunately, the dot Com Bomb killed off our business plan, although the original site is still up. What people do not realize is that Free.TV is an OpenDomain, and anyone can use it for FREE! If you have a working plan, feel free to contact me and I can let you use the domain. As the owner of the first dotTV domain ( http://Free.TV ) , I am excited that they are taking off.
Unfortunately, the dot Com Bomb killed off our business plan, although the original site is still up. What people do not realize is that Free.TV is an OpenDomain, and anyone can use it for FREE!
If you have a working plan, feel free to contact me and I can let you use the domain.

]]> By: ccnacertification http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711590 ccnacertification Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:52:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711590 $2 million dollars is a lot of money $2 million dollars is a lot of money

]]> By: techyob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711585 techyob Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:50:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711585 This is a big concept, with a big audience. Content like this is an excellent catalyst for building active communities and conversations. Ideas like to be shared, and their proponents heard. Obviously their tagline "The world is thinking" is inspired by ted.com "Ideas worth sharing". This is a big concept, with a big audience.

Content like this is an excellent catalyst for building active communities and conversations. Ideas like to be shared, and their proponents heard.

Obviously their tagline “The world is thinking” is inspired by ted.com “Ideas worth sharing”.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711578 micfo.com Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:46:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711578 I hardly find any interesting news that attract a specific type of readers especially the youngsters. I hardly find any interesting news that attract a specific type of readers especially the youngsters.

]]> By: Jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711428 Jack Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711428 I guess that going for a niche makes a nice change from the likes of Joost, Jalipo, Babelgum, etc who all have pretty much exactly the same content and are struggling for a USP. I guess that going for a niche makes a nice change from the likes of Joost, Jalipo, Babelgum, etc who all have pretty much exactly the same content and are struggling for a USP.

]]> By: Tyler Wright http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711353 Tyler Wright Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:40:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711353 great layout / UI great layout / UI

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1711342 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:35:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1711342 @Omar: this is much less useless than a lot of other sites that come around. It might not appeal to you, but it is possible (IMHO) that there is a large untapped audience for web video out there: the people not interested in fun, but in serious thoughts. Even if there is no such audience I have to applaud Fora.tv's creators for the idea. Execution seems OK on first glance as well. -- http://viibee.com, online dating is fun again @Omar: this is much less useless than a lot of other sites that come around. It might not appeal to you, but it is possible (IMHO) that there is a large untapped audience for web video out there: the people not interested in fun, but in serious thoughts.

Even if there is no such audience I have to applaud Fora.tv’s creators for the idea. Execution seems OK on first glance as well.

–
http://viibee.com, online dating is fun again

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1710870 Steve Ballmer Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:28:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1710870 Suckers one and all. hmmm I wonder what patty is doing nowadays .... http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com Suckers one and all.
hmmm
I wonder what patty is doing nowadays ….

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

]]> By: Omar http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-1710860 Omar Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:24:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/foratv-raises-2-million-seed-round-from-adobe-and-will-hearst/#comment-1710860 And more money goes into an intangible, useless industry. Really now. And more money goes into an intangible, useless industry. Really now.

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