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May 7, 2008

MeeVee Finds A Home, Acquired By Live Universe

Michael Arrington

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Brad Greenspan’s Live Universe continues its acquisitions spree: they’ve bought troubled Silicon Valley startup MeeVee, we’re heard from multiple sources. This comes less than a month after they announced the acquisition of Pageflakes, another northern California startup.

We do not know the acquisition price, but it is undoubtedly less than the $25 million Meevee has raised in venture capital over the years. The company, which was founded in 2000, let 20% of its staff go in mid-2007, and made more layoffs earlier this year.

Meevee integrates online TV listings with video. In 2006 we compared them favorably to other online tv guides, and the product has evolved significantly since then. Still, they never got the traction they needed for a big liquidity event. Perhaps Meevee will find a comfortable home at Live Universe, which has, among many other properties, a popular online video site called LiveVideo.

The MeeVee team will report to Dan Cohen, the former CEO of Pageflakes, according to our sources.

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  1. frank

    May 7th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Seriously guys, a simple proofread isn’t that hard is it?

    thant?

  2. browse

    May 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    Live Universe? As in, a separate entity from MS Live?

    Sounds a lot like Go.com vs GoTo.com from the last bubble. . .

  3. Kevin Kris

    May 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    I am second.. :)

    @1 good catch.. TechCrunch post a job :: “proof readers wanted”

  4. stone

    May 7th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    this guy is amassing a huge pile of crap

  5. Pelican

    May 7th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Whatever amount they paid, I assure you it was too much.

    -Ex-MeeVee’r

  6. kylintv

    May 7th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Meevee? I like IPTV.

  7. Come on guys!

    May 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Come on LiveUniverse…buy my company too before the “spree” is over :)

  8. JC

    May 7th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Is there something interesting to write about the site?

  9. MarciDesign

    May 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Seriously why such negative comments here? i think all your negative comments will come right back to bite you ALL in the… you know what!

    Kudos to Live Universe!

    M-

  10. bob

    May 8th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Marci

    Why is the only positive post from you who are an insider, with a history of trying to quell the bad press every time Brad gets a dose.

    valleywag.com/people/MarciR/

    come on, your making yourselves look bloody desperate there guys…

  11. MarciDesign

    May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am

    bob,

    Thanks for following my comments around the net, I am flattered!

    I respect my piers and colleagues, I am not afraid to speak my mind and the people who know me, know that I am the real deal and passionate about this industry and am always optimistic and excited about opportunities on the Internet.

    M-

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