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Type of business
  
Private

Website
  
www.CastTV.com

Founded
  
2006

Founders
  
Edward Ong, Alex Vikati

Type of site
  
Video search engine

Current status
  
Acquired

Parent organization
  
Tribune Media Services

Headquarters
  
San Francisco, California, United States

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CastTV was a former Internet video search and aggregation company based in San Francisco, California. After the company was acquired by the Tribune Company in 2010, its popular consumer website was closed down and the core technology was used to build various enterprise data products, including Online Video Data, which powers the universal video search for Google, Roku, TiVo, and other online video providers.

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CastTV was founded in 2006 by Edwin Ong and Alex Vikati. Services included a video search engine and the licensing of video search technology to media companies.

CastTV's search index incorporated both popular and longtail content, including TV shows, movies, celebrity, news, sports and viral videos. The company filtered out expired videos, duplicate videos, and video spam.

History

  • Early 2006: CastTV is founded by husband and wife entrepreneurs, Edwin Ong and Alex Vikati.
  • December 2006: CastTV secures its first customer: Gemstar - TV Guide.
  • April 2007: CastTV raises a $3.1M Series A from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and additional funding from investors including Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen. Advisors include Rajeev Motwani and Timothy Chou.
  • 2008: CastTV launched consumer beta.
  • December 2010: Acquired by Tribune Company.
  • 2011: Tribune launched Online Video Data product powered by CastTV technology.

    • References

    CastTV Wikipedia
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