Yidio
TypePrivate
Optional
IndustryVideo aggregation
FoundedSan Francisco, California January 1, 2008 (2008-01-01)
FoundersBrandon 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]
Websitehttp://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 Amazon Prime, Crackle, Crunchyroll, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, Showtime, and over 100 others.[8][9] 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.[10]

History

Yidio was founded by Brandon and Adam Eatros in January 2008, and debuted in June that same year.[3][11] In November 2009, Yidio raised $350,000 from angel investors Alan Warms, Jim Collis, Bill Luby, Jamie Crouthamel, and Lon Chow.[4][12] It added Yidio Alerts for Facebook and Twitter in 2011.[13][14] Yidio released a mobile app for iPhone in July 2013; its Android app followed soon after.[2][7][10] The Yidio app was featured in the "Mario's Top 3" segment on The Today Show on July 28, 2013.[15]

References

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