OVGuide
OVGuide is a website aggregator which allowed users to find online video content. The company was acquired by FOTV Media Networks Inc. for over $10M in 2016.
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 OVGuide logo | |
Type of site | Online video website directory and video search engine |
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| Owner | FOTV Media Networks, Inc. |
| Created by | Dale Bock, Founder David Bohnett, Chairman |
| URL | www.ovguide.com |
| Registration | Not required for most services |
| Launched | July 2006 |
OVGuide is a website aggregator which allowed users to find online video content. The company was acquired by FOTV Media Networks Inc. for over $10M in 2016.
Included sites
[edit]Sites are submitted by users and selected based on editorial review. Once a site is approved for inclusion, it is categorized according to its niche content. Editors do not review specific video titles, but look at the overall quality of a site, such as checking for enough unique video content, potential spyware, excessive ads, or other factors which would make a video site unacceptable for inclusion.
Special events
[edit]In 2009, OVGuide participated as one of the exclusive live streamers of Leeza Gibbons' 'A Night to Make a Difference' an Oscar dinner and charity celebration, the first time an Academy Awards Oscar Party was streamed online.
Acquisitions
[edit]In 2010 OVGuide acquired IBeatYou. The total deal was worth $2.975M, with $1.487M in earnout. IBeatYou was later acquired from OVGuide by Photobucket in an all-stock transaction.
Live Matrix was acquired by OVGuide in early 2012. Sanjay Reddy replaced Peter Lee as CEO.
See also
[edit]References
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (June 2020) |
- Spangler, Todd. "FilmOn Buys OVGuide to Bulk Up Online-Video Portfolio". Retrieved 2016-05-20.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - Ettleman, Lee. "Time Top 10 Lists". Archived from the original on 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - Sullivan, Mark, 100 Incredibly Useful and Interesting Web Sites, retrieved 2008-10-03
- "Traffic Rankings: OVGuide.com". Alexa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- Fierce, Online Video, OVGuide.com Raises $5 Million, archived from the original on 2011-05-04, retrieved 2011-07-01
- OVGuide.com to Host Leeza Gibbons' 'A Night to Make a Difference' at Mr. Chow Live Stream, archived from the original on 2011-10-05, retrieved 2011-07-01
- Announcing the 2010 OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies, retrieved 2011-07-01
- Kiplinger's Fabulous Freebies 2009, retrieved 2009-08-30
- Look at Me! 'A' is for Attention, retrieved 2010-06-17
- OVGuide Buys Live Matrix, retrieved 2012-02-18
- Live Matrix, The 'TV Guide For The Web,' Acquired By OVGuide, 8 February 2012, retrieved 2012-02-18
- OVGuide Merges With IBeatYou, retrieved 2012-02-18