Video Site Veoh Cuts Access to All But 33 Countries

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2008 - 10:26am.

San Diego - Video-sharing and Web TV service Veoh has shut off access to its site from all but 33 countries, NewTeeVee reported.

"The markets we are exiting collectively represent less than 10% of our viewer base," Veoh's Gaude Paez told NewTeeVee, adding that the move was "not about saving resources but rather re-focusing those resources."

The company will also now look to improve its ad targeting capabilities, and to expand distribution of its content beyond the PC.

Founded in 2003, San Diego-based Veoh has to date raised around $40 million in venture capital, from investors including Time Warner, Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, Spark Capital, Shelter Capital Partners and Firefly3.

The site initially focused on user-generated content, but last year moved more into distribution of content from media company partners.

http://www.veoh.com

Published in DMW Daily, June 2, 2008

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list of video sharing sites

Submitted by Alexis (not verified) on June 2, 2008 - 12:16pm.

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Here is an example of one of

Submitted by Aguacate (not verified) on June 12, 2008 - 7:19am.

Here is an example of one of the first videos that makes fun and is critical of Veoh's new policy of blocking access to its videos to most of the world. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5qjbx_veoh-excludes-85-of-the-world_ne...