Veoh is a USA website.
Veoh is an online service streaming a variety of video entertainment. The company is a subsidiary of Israeli start-up company Qlipso. Qlipso acquired Veoh after the original owners, led by founder and former CEO Dmitry Shapiro, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February 2010. Qlipso made the acquisition to add users and revenue to its multi-user content sharing service. In May 2008, the company grabbed headlines when it made Veoh unavailable in most areas outside North America.
Dmitry Shapiro launched Veoh in September 2005. The company raised millions of dollars from venture capital and media investors, including Time Warner, Michael Eisner, Tom Freston, Jonathan Dolgen, Intel and Goldman Sachs. Veoh distributes content from media companies and material generated by its users, although as of April 2020 many streams are unavailable.
This website is owned by Qlipso.
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Veoh does not offer service in many countries, due to high costs and low
revenues, the New York Times reported on April 26, 2009 in the article "In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit:"
"Last year, Veoh, a video-sharing site operated from San Diego, decided to block its service from users in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, citing the dim prospects of making money and the high cost of delivering video there.
"I believe in free, open communications," Dmitry Shapiro, the company's chief executive, said. "But...
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