Yidio

Yidio
Private
Industry Video aggregation
Founded San Francisco, California January 2008 (2008-01)
Founders Brandon Eatros and Adam Eatros
Headquarters San Francisco’s SOMA District, USA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Brandon Eatros (Co-Founder and CEO)
Adam Eatros (Co-Founder and COO)
Number of employees
35[1]
Website http://www.yidio.com/

Yidio, short for Your Internet Video, is a video aggregator.[2][3][4][5] Its platform collects content from multiple subscription-based video streaming providers and allows users to view that content from a single interface.[6]

Overview

Yidio aims to solve the problem of multiple streaming providers offering different content, by gathering all the providers and content onto one platform.[1][7] Yidio consolidates streaming video from providers such as Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Crackle, Crunchyroll, and others.[8] Yidio’s home screen shows new releases and recently aired television programs.[1] The interface organizes movies and television programs by genre or source, shows program descriptions and provides ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.[1] Yidio's platform aggregates over one million TV shows and movies.[9]

History

Yidio was founded by Brandon and Adam Eatros in January 2008, and debuted in June that same year.[3][10] In November 2009, Yidio raised $350,000 from angel investors Alan Warms, Jim Collis, Bill Luby, Jamie Crouthamel, and Lon Chow.[4][11] It added Yidio Alerts for Facebook and Twitter in 2011.[12][13] Yidio released a mobile app for iPhone in July 2013, with its Android app following soon after.[2][7][9] The Yidio app was featured in the "Mario’s Top 3" segment on The Today Show on July 28, 2013.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sarah Perez (Jul 10, 2013). "Yidio's New App Is A Comprehensive Guide To All The TV Shows & Movies You Can Watch On Your iPhone". TechCrunch. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Brent Dirks (Jul 10, 2013). "Yidio Is A Great Video Content Discovery App For The iPhone". AppAdvice. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Kristen Nicole (Jun 3, 2008). "Yidio Video Search: There's Nothin' To It". Mashable. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Liz Gannes (Nov 12, 2009). "Yidio Raises Funding for Web TV and Movie Discovery". Gigaom. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  5. Gretchen Siegchrist. "Find and Watch Movies and TV Shows with Yidio Online and Mobile App". About. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  6. Nina Garin (Jan 10, 2010). "Brothers in arms: The Eatros siblings". UT San Diego. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Phil Hornshaw (Jan 10, 2014). "New Android apps worth downloading: Yidio, Gmail update, Wordspionage". Appolicious. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  8. Jim Lynch (Jul 24, 2013). "Free Yidio app for iOS devices". IT World. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Brad Spirrison (Jul 10, 2014). "New Yidio app brings users "two clicks away" from their favorite TV shows and movies". Appolicious. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  10. Bob Heyman (Jun 12, 2008). "Video Search Engine Start-Up Yidio Vies For Market Share". Search Engine Land. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  11. "Yidio". AngelList. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  12. Andy Plesser (Jun 23, 2011). "Online Video Guide Yidio Launches Personalized Twitter and Facebook TV Show Feeds". Beet.TV. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  13. Cory Bergman (Jun 25, 2011). "Yidio debuts social alerts for TV shows". Lost Remote. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
  14. "Listen to music while swimming with new tech". The Today Show. Jul 28, 2013. Retrieved Mar 5, 2014.
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