Career Opportunities
With our recent
expansion into Boston we are looking for talented self-starters to join
our team. We are currently offering the following positions:
Director of Business Development
We have an immediate opening for a Business Development Director with experience in the content delivery and online video marketplace. The position will be responsible for growing and leading the Boston and Virginia sales teams. We are looking for someone who has deep sales and general management experience with a strong sense of sales performance, go to market planning and business integration.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and mentoring for other team members
- Present value-vision to industry decision-makers
- Retain, hire, train, and lead an industry field team to exceed goals
- Develop sales plan complete with goals, strategies, metrics and time lines
- Contribute, implement and manage sales and marketing productivity programs
- Develop and maintain executive level relationships within the online video industry
- Develop and execute a go to market plan, targeting content owners and publishers
- Follow and understand industry trends, business model and technology advantages
Requirements:
- Multi-lingual skills excellent to have
- Outstanding communication with peers
- Prior management experience in other areas
- Provide ongoing liaison with channel partners
- 6+ years of regional sales management experience
- Strong knowledge of Internet content delivery business models
- Possess formal sales training in solution-selling and value-selling
- Successfully execute complex sales cycles with C-level executives
CDN Sales Executive
Our CDN Specialist role is a technical sales position which will be instrumental in the planning, development and management of go to market strategies and partnerships. This position has a key focus on building the sales funnel and meeting monthly and quarterly business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze performance metrics and provide strategic business counsel
- Deliver "value added" consultation focused on partner business issues
- Articulate our value proposition in various media and to various audiences
- Support partners in developing and presenting appropriate customer solutions
- Interact proactively with clients to provide the highest level of customer service
- Setup meetings with key decision makers and grow long-term client relationships
- Identify and engage sales leads through networking and outbound communications
- Ability to coordinate and manage projects with partners, vendors, and corporate clients
Requirements:
- Experience in the new media and creative agency vertical
- 2+ years in the content delivery and/or streaming media space
- Excellent knowledge of Internet technologies, trends and strategy
- Strategic thinker and creative type with strong business consulting skills
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
- 6+ years of sales, business development experience working with Fortune 1000 clients
Senior Web Developer
We are looking for a well rounded senior web developer with both front-end web design skills and back-end development skills. Position requires advanced knowledge of web development in PHP, Apache web server, administration database development with MySQL and general UNIX system administration. Developer will be responsible for coding, scripting, architecting and optimizing, testing, debugging, deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing software.
Responsibilities:
- Provide time estimates for scoping documents
- PhotoShop design specific usability and typography
- Code for search engine optimization and accessibility
- Help to define directory structures and naming conventions
- Develop clean, valid, cross-browser-compliant XHTML & CSS
- Design, document and program functional prototypes, task flows and wire frames
Requirements:
- XML and XSLT experience is a plus
- All candidates MUST have a portfolio of your best work
- Transforming Photoshop designs into XHTML/CSS layouts
- Programming: PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, RSS VBScript, JavaScript
- Deep knowledge of LAMP development (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Intermediate to advanced understanding of JavaScript programming & DHTML/Ajax
CDN Solutions Architect
Our Content Delivery Solutions Architect (SA) position is technical with a key focus on exceptional customer service. The Solutions Architect is responsible for technical leadership, project management, systems analysis and architecture, implementation and client training.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing Statements of Work and managing the project
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with multiple clients
- Business consulting for technical and business trade-off decisions
- Work with clients to analyze, design, develop and support custom CDN solutions
- Continuously improve the implementation process and quality of services provided to clients
Requirements:
- Excellent client-facing and presentation skills
- Project management and implementation experience
- Experience with tiered systems and client-server architectures
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, technical or related field
- Demonstrated consulting experience, with a high level of technical expertise
- Technical knowledge of CDN, IP networking, Streaming, CMS, and System Architectures
To apply and be considered for any openings please provide the following:
- Send your cover letter and resume as an attachment via email
- Date you would be available to start
- At least two references
- US citizenship or work visa is required
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The Eventure 360 Team
Velocix Selected by MediaCorp to Stream Game Shows
Velocix is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show, Deal or No Deal.Online Video in UK: YouTube vs. BBC
Hitwise reported recently on the dramatic growth of online-video viewing in the UK. Time to start faking a Brittish accent in my vlogs. The most interesting part of this, for me, is that YouTube's total
traffic is higher than the next 10 properties combined. And YouTube's
69% share of the top 10 is followed by a paltry 5.6 percent share by
the BBC. Can it last?
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Internet Video vs Digital TV
There is a reason why Content Delivery Networks exist. They exist because the internet is a best efforts medium. The internet will always be a best efforts medium, if only because of Net Neutrality. If all bits are created and delivered on an equal basis, then there is no way to be sure that the bits carrying your TV show will be delivered with any Quality of Service assurances.CBS Launches Test of HD Video Streaming
New York
- CBS (NYSE: CBS) has launched a test of high-definition streaming on its website, offering
some clips in H.265/AVC format at 480p resolution through an HD player,
TechCrunch reported. The company plans to offer 720p and 1080p as well. Hulu,
the joint venture video service from News Corp. and NBC Universal, is also
experimenting with HD streaming, and currently offers 360p, 480p and 720p --
although the latter is delivered through progressive download rather than
streaming, due to bandwidth constraints.
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Velocix Adds Live Video Streaming Solutions to Portfolio
Velocix announces the addition of a complete family of Live Video Streaming solutions to its current product portfolio. The Velocix Live Streaming product family includes: Velocix Live Video Streaming for Adobe Flash & Microsoft Windows Media, together with Velocix Live Audio Streaming.NBC: P2P Is Evil -- Except When We Use It
Why there is a lot of speculation on exactly what may happen to Limelight in terms of a potential acquisition, my bet is on AT&T or Level 3, there is also the possibility that Limelight may team up with other CDNs to fight Akamai's 703 patent if they are not acquired.Akamai Awarded $45.5 Million In Patent Ruling Against Limelight Networks
A
few hours ago, a ruling came down in the Akamai and Limelight Networks
patent suit awarding Akamai $45.5 million dollars finding that
Limelight Networks infringed on Akamai's patents. Akamai is also asking
the court to issue a permanent injunction prohibiting Limelight from
continuing to sell CDN their services.
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Dragonfly Lands $3 Million for Video Content Delivery Network
Dragonfly, a provider of Internet video distribution services, announced on
Thursday that it has raised $3 million in funding from a group of strategic
individual investors.
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Magnify.net Secures $1 Million in Financing
Magnify.net secured an additional $1 million in financing to continue to grow the popular Video Broadcasting and Discovery Platform.Panther Express Closes $15.75M Series B Funding
Panther Express announced the completion of a $15.75 million Series B round of venture financing led by Index Ventures. Gold Hill Capital and existing investor Greylock Partners also participated. Panther will use the funds for international expansion and further infrastructure investment to support its growing list of customers.
TidalTV Raises $15 million; 4oD Surpasses 100 Million Streams
From Advertising.com alums comes TidalTV who have raised $15 million to launch an online video platform delivering premium television content. TidalTV is expected to be more like Hulu than Joost. TidalTV is especially focused on advertising, and promises targeted and interactive ads. Guess we'll find out more after their website becomes more than just a landing page.EveryZing Offers Video SEO
EveryZing,
a search startup using speech-to-text to analyze what's inside video,
is launching a product to help media sites promote their video content.
The company had switched to a business-to-business focus when it raised
a $10 million Series B round last June, and new product "ezSEO"
is the fruit of those labors. Its original podcast search engine is now
a "a good proof of concept and sandbox but not any part of our revenue
success," according to EveryZing CEO Tom Wilde.
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Stage6 video portal shuts down
DivX is shuttering its Stage6 video sharing portal, admitting it was chewing resources it does not have. DivX launched the service to showcase its media player technology. It attracted nearly a million users but without revenue to pay for the high cost of quality video delivery it was doomed.How On Demand Video Transcoding Enables More Personalised Advertising Opportunities
The business of online television and video is growing at a incredibly fast rate, and as well as user created and free content, revenue based video models are also building up.
Whether it's the YouTube AdSense revenue sharing scheme, or
Yahoo's recent acquisition of Maven Networks, it's clear that companies
are realising the importance of creating revenue from video.
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Game On for CDNetworks
from Contentinople
AdSense for Video!
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Online-Video Site, Revver, Completes Fire Sale
I was one of the most active Revver creators soon after the video site launched two years ago (see "Getting Rich on Revver"), and paved the way for ad-revenue sharing with creators. This very blog was an offshoot of an unofficial Revver blog called Revverberation.
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Report: Views of Pro-produced Web Video Content Up 50.3%
Salinas,
Calif. - Online video views
delivered through professionally-branded sites from major media companies rose
50.3% in 2007, to 33.5 billion, according to a new report from AccuStream iMedia
Research.
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Yahoo Buys Maven Networks for $160 Million
Yahoo has long mulled building a YouTube competitor on Flickr, and now they've purchased a piece of that puzzle.
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BBC iPlayer Increasing Popularity Of Online TV | 1.5 Billion Downloads Estimated For 2008
The
BBC iPlayer is seemingly proving more popular than anyone could have
predicted, with its success even prompting estimates for total UK
online viewing to be scaled dramatically upwards.
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CDN CacheLogic Rebrands, Changes Company Name To Velocix
This evening, UK based content delivery network CacheLogic re-launched their company website and changed their name to Velocix.
Some may be familiar with the Velocix name already as it was previously
used by the company as part of their product offering branding. This
comes hot on the heels of the company closing $25 million last month.
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thePlatform (Rightfully) Brags about its Partners
thePlatform, a Seattle-based video publishing and distribution service owned by Comcast, is doing a big partner announcement tonight. Many of these are old deals, but thePlatform is right to call attention to the impressive library of partners it can offer to its customers. This includes new arrangements to support advertising from Adap.tv, content delivery from Cisco, and playback technology from Move Networks.PermissionTV Releases New SmartPlayer Video Viewer
PermissionTV has launched their new SmartPlayer. The innovative platform offers major brands, media companies and publishers, the technology to engage audiences, enhance relationships, drive advertising revenue and maximize customer value through rich, interactive video experiences. PermissionTV's patent-pending SmartPlayer technology responds to viewer needs and preferences in real time to deliver the most relevant and engaging user experience.QTrax spends one million on launch promo, then delays launch
Now this is embarrassing: The ad-supported P2P music service QTrax was supposed to launch at midnight today with the music of all four major labels.from P2P Blog
Web Video Analytics Firm Visible Measures Lands $13.5 Million
Boston
- Visible Measures, a start-up developing a system to measure the behavior of
Internet video audiences, announced on Monday that it has raised a $13.5
million second round of funding, led by Mohr Davidow Ventures.
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HBO's Baffling Broadband Plan
HBO has announced that it is finally going to start offering its content online (in a somewhat meaningful way) through its new HBO on Broadband service. But the initiative seems so unnecessarily complicated that one has to one wonder if HBO gets a sick thrill out of frustrating its customers.Will Joost Last The Year? | Doesn't Live Up To The Hype & Can't Compete With Hulu Etc
Joost
was due to be the next big thing, and created such a buzz in its
infancy, was talked about positively all around the blogosphere and
beyond. Now, that seems to have all but ended, with the latest talk around
the Internet being all negative, and even discussing the possibility of
the company and service not being able to last until the end of the
year.
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BBC iPlayer Off to a Flying Start
Since its official launch on Christmas Day (an interesting choice, given the proportion of technology journalists who were probably incapable of rational thought at that time), the BBC iPlayer has reportedly received a spiffing reception from the Great British Public. Three points are worth notingVideo Demos: Grid Networks, Move Networks, BitGravity, and Solid State Networks
Within the past
year, a host of new content delivery companies based on P2P and other
delivery solutions are stepping up to challenge the traditional way of
delivering video. But confusion still reigns as to exactly how their
technology works, what their value propositions are, and how they
differ from other solutions in the market. This special demo session
will give four new companies in the space the chance to showcase their
technology and answer questions about their solutions. Come see
first-hand what Move Networks, Grid Networks, Solid State Networks and
BitGravity have to offer. Bring any questions you may have, as these
companies will join Dan Rayburn for a Q&A session after their demos.
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How Fat is Online Video's Long Tail?
The answer is: it depends. The question was asked today by Lester Craft over at Usertainment Watch: How fat will online video's "tail" be? (That is, the
virtually infinite period of time following the burst of views a video
gets upon its initial appearance.)Chris Anderson's notion of the long
tail is that it's typically quite thin or flat, and that it is
primarily the extended length of availability (vs. the comparatively
short life of products sold in typical brick-and-mortar stores) that
enables online offerings to remain profitable as many small sales
accumulate over time.
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Microsoft & Limelight Rumor: Understanding What Limelight Networks Offers
Last week seemed to be the week of many CDN rumors, one of which was Microsoft being interested in buying Limelight Networks. While I have no idea if that is the case, the blog posts and articles that followed the rumor were a great example showcasing how many people really don't understand the product offering that the different CDN providers have in the market today. Too many are still comparing one CDN provider to another unfairly. The term "content delivery" is used way too generically these days and folks tend to speak to it as if it covers every type of content under the sun, even when it doesn't.Akamai Analysts Too Caught Up In Apple's New Movie Rental Service
All
week long I've gotten lots of questions about Apple's new movie
download service and what this means to Akamai. There is a lot of
speculation out there about Apple's new service, but now that it has
been officially released, I'm not sure why analysts who cover Akamai
are so concerned about the impact they think this has on Akamai?
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Architecting A Video Transcoding System | Associated Problems & Solutions
After reading the well written and thought provoking article
about
Architecting a Video Transcoding System by Brian Peebles, I
thought I'd talk a bit about the problems and consequent solutions in
this field.
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US Roo Group plans global expansion
US Internet television company Roo Group is increasing its efforts for global expansion. The company wants to become a specialist in delivering internet-based broadcasting through various set-top boxes and other devices. In 2008, Roo plans to become a leaner and focused company, committed to more disciplined business practices, aggressive sales and content acquisition, and the execution.Could P2P Networks Enable a Google Killer?
Word association: P2P = Napster = disrupted the music industry. P2P technology certainly did that. Skype shook up telecoms and Joost may do the same for TV. P2P (Peer to Peer) networks could be a lot more. They could be the
last big disruptive technology online. The online world is increasingly
getting divided into a few mega firms that can afford to invest
billions in server farms (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay) and
the rest of us. Start-ups may love to have that "pay as you go
infrastructure", but it does create a huge barrier between the big
league and everybody else.
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Study: Many Online Videos Are Fair Use
It seems like not a week goes by without another online video copyright controversy. Just think of the Web 2.0 parody Here Comes Another Bubble. Or the little kid dancing to Let's Go Crazy. Or the whole Electric Slide controversy. Heck, you can't look at anything on YouTube these days without wondering how long it'll be before some lawyer sends over a takedown notice.14 ways to broadcast yourself...live
Thanks
to the meteoric rise of YouTube, anyone with a video camera and an
internet connection can be a star. More recently, they can live stream
themselves to you 24/7, even from a mobile phone. Here we take a look
at 14 companies competing in this sector.
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