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Ad-Supported Music, Photo-Sharing Service RIPL Raises $2 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 5, 2007 - 10:22am.

Seattle - RIPL, a provider of advertising-supported music and photo-sharing services, has raised $2 million in its first round of funding, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.

tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Music | Photos | User-Generated | RIPL |

Digital Image Fulfillment Firm EZ Prints Raises $8 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 12, 2007 - 11:24am.

Atlanta - EZ Prints, an Atlanta-based provider of digital image fulfillment technology for retailers, portals, ISPs, digital content owners and professional photo services, has raised $8 million in venture capital from General Catalyst Partners.

tags: Deals | VC | Tech | Photos | Retail | Images | EZ Prints | General Catalyst Partners | Imaging |

CNET News.com: Polar Rose Developing Web Photo Search Technology

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 19, 2006 - 1:08pm.
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Tuesday profiled Polar Rose, a Sweden-based start-up developing technology that aims to make it easier to search for photos on the Web. The company creates a 3D version of a 2D photo, at the same time eliminating extraneous factors like lighting and camera angle. The technology then attempts to match the 3D model to others created from photos on sites like Flickr. Polar Rose raised $5.1 million in its first round of funding last month from Nordic Venture Partners, and plans to launch a public beta in the first quarter of 2007.
tags: Internet | Tech | Europe | Search | Sweden | Photos | 3D | Polar Rose |

Mobile Photo, Video Management Firm PixSense Raises $5.4 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 19, 2006 - 12:09pm.

Santa Clara, Calif. - PixSense, the developer of a service that lets mobile subscribers manage their camera phone photos, videos and other mobile media, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5.4 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by ATA Ventures and Innovacom.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Video | Photos | Cellphones | PixSense | ATA Ventures | Innovacom |

NFL Quarterback Tom Brady Sues Yahoo Over Use of Image

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 8, 2006 - 1:55pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Tom Brady, the quarterback of the NFL's New England Patriots, is suing Yahoo, claiming that the Internet company used his image without his consent in ads for its fantasy football service, Reuters reported on Friday. Brady is seeking an injunction to prevent Yahoo from continuing to run the ads, as well as unspecified monetary damages.
tags: Sports | Internet | Law | Lawsuits | Yahoo | NFL | Football | Copyright | Photos | Portals | Tom Brady |

Scoopt Offers Flickr Users Revenue from Photo Syndication

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2006 - 3:58pm.
Glasgow, Scotland - Scoopt, a citizen journalism picture agency, has offered users of photo-sharing site Flickr the ability to syndicate their photos for sale to news agencies through its service.
tags: UK | Europe | Commerce | Photos | Revenue | UGC | Scoopt | Flickr | Syndication | Scotland |

Yahoo, Reuters Partner on Eyewitness News Photo/Video Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2006 - 2:44pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo on Monday announced new partnerships with a number of media companies, launching an eyewitness news service project with Reuters, adding Fox Business News to its website, and syndicating Yahoo search and classifieds to Media General newspaper sites.
tags: Internet | Video | Online Publishing | Yahoo | Photos | Portals | News | Journalism | UGC | Reuters |

Celebrity Gossip Blogger Perez Hilton Served $7.5 Million Copyright Suit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2006 - 1:00pm.
Los Angeles - Celebrity gossip blogger Mario Lavandeira (a.k.a. Perez Hilton) has been sued for copyright infringement by celebrity photo agency X17, which is seeking $7.5 million in damages.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Online Publishing | Blogs | Copyright | Photos | Perez Hilton | X17 |

Lucidiom Acquires Assets of Digital Media Software Firm Trevoli

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 27, 2006 - 3:18pm.
Vienna, Va. - Lucidiom, a provider of photo kiosk technology, said on Monday that it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Dallas-based Trevoli, a developer of digital media software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
tags: Deals | Tech | Acquisitions | Software | Kiosks | Photos | Lucidiom | Trevoli |

Fabrik Debuts Storage Service for Photos, Videos, Music

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 6:50pm.
San Mateo, Calif. - Fabrik on Monday announced the commercial launch of its service that allows users to upload, store and embed streaming music playlists, slideshows with images and music, video players and other media without joining a public community. The free basic service allows users to share files up to 1GB in total size, while premium, subscription-based accounts allow for up to 100GB of storage, for 49 cents per gigabyte per month.
tags: Launches | Internet | Video | Tech | Music | Storage | Photos | Fabrik |

Facial Recognition & Web Photo Search Firm Polar Rose Raises $5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2006 - 2:41pm.
Malmo, Sweden - Polar Rose, a developer of facial recognition and 3D modeling for visual search applications, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5.1 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Nordic Venture Partners.
tags: Deals | VC | Tech | Europe | Search | Sweden | Software | Photos | 3D | Polar Rose | Facial Recognition |

Mobile Image Delivery Firm Ontela Raises $4.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2006 - 3:44pm.
Seattle - Ontela, a developer of mobile image delivery technology, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in its first round of venture capital financing. Hunt Ventures led the investment round; Oak Investment Partners and Voyager Capital also participated.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Tech | Mobile Deals | Photos | Cellphones | Ontela |

Archos Introduces First 160GB Portable Video Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 1:50pm.
Denver - French consumer electronics firm Archos has introduced the first portable video player to offer a 160GB hard drive. The $599 Archos 504 features a 4.3-inch screen and can hold up to 155 DVD-quality movies, 95,000 songs or 1.6 million photos. The company also offers a 40GB version of the 504 for $349, and an 80GB model for $399.
tags: Launches | Pricing | Video | Tech | Music | CE | Movies | Storage | France | Photos | PMP | Archos |

Photo-Sharing Social Network Fotolog Raises $4 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 3:24pm.
New York - Fotolog, a social networking site based around sharing photos, said that it has raised $4 million in its third round of venture capital financing, from BV Capital and 3i. Founded in 2002, New York-based Fotolog now claims 4.7 million members and 9.7 million unique monthly visitors. The company has raised $12 million since March 2005. Fotolog will use the funds to accelerate growth, for product development and to expand into new markets.
tags: Deals | Internet | VC | Social Networking | Photos | 3i | Photo-Sharing | Fotolog | BV Capital |

Glamour Magazine Taps Blip.tv for User-Generated Fashion Photo Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 4, 2006 - 11:58am.
New York - Blip.tv, a distributor of Web-based TV shows and videoblogs, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with publisher Conde Nast's Glamour magazine to build a user-generated fashion photo gallery on Glamour.com. Visitors to the "Don'tspotting" site will be able to upload photos of "fashion Dos and Don's" they spot on the street, as well as comment on and rate photos.
tags: Internet | Video | Online Publishing | Magazines | Photos | Fashion | UGC | Blip.tv | Glamour |

Shares of Online Photo Service Shutterfly Rise Following $81 Million IPO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2006 - 2:27pm.
http://www.shutterfly.com/Redwood City, Calif. - Shares of Shutterfly rose nearly 4% on the their first day of trading after the Redwood City, Calif.-based online photo service raised about $80.9 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company priced its 5.8 million shares at $15 each, at the top of its expected range. The seven-year-old company, which lets users upload, edit and share digital photos, is trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "SFLY." Since launching its service in late 1999, Shutterfly has fulfilled more than 11 million orders, sold approximately 350 million prints and stored more than 900 million customer photos in its image archives. Shares of the company closed at $15.55.
tags: Deals | Internet | IPO | Commerce | Investing | Photos | UGC | Shutterfly | Stocks |

PhotoCrank Introduces Camera Phone Photo Customization Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2006 - 5:12am.
San Diego - PhotoCrank on Wednesday introduced a beta version of its service that lets users add custom graphics and captions on-the-fly to mobile phone photos. Users can text a camera phone picture to PhotoCrank, choose their customized content, and the photo is then returned with the customized content layered on top.
tags: Mobile | Tech | CE | Software | Photos | Cellphones | PhotoCrank |

Adobe to Launch Site for Sharing of Videos, Photos, Flash Content

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2006 - 11:15am.
San Jose, Calif. - Adobe Systems, the developer of Photoshop and distributor of Flash, this week announced details of a forthcoming media-sharing service that will allow users of its desktop publishing software to upload photos, videos and Flash-based media. Set to launch within a month, Photoshop Showcase will be free for up to 1,000 items, $3.99 per month for 5,000 items and $7.99 per month for unlimited storage.
tags: Launches | Internet | Video | Tech | Adobe | Flash | Photos |

Corbis to License Playboy Image Archive for Commercial Use

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2006 - 3:49pm.
Seattle - Online image archive and licensing agency Corbis announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Playboy Enterprises, to license its images for commercial use. The Playboy archive includes mainly illustrations, as well as pictures of Hugh Hefner and Playboy Bunnies.
tags: Licensing | Commerce | Playboy | Photos | Images | Corbis | Illustrations |

iStockphoto Launches User-Generated Stock Video Licensing Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2006 - 3:47pm.
Calgary, Canada - iStockphoto, an online archive of user-generated stock photography, illustrations and videos, announced on Tuesday the launch of its stock video licensing service. Clips from a library of over 2,000 are now available for purchase in a Web-ready format for $5 each.
tags: Licensing | Video | Commerce | Photos | UGC | iStockphoto |
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