Odeo was a directory and search destination website for RSS-syndicated audio and video. It employed tools that enabled users to create, record, and share podcasts with a simple Adobe Flash-based interface.
Odeo was originally developed in 2005[1] by founders Noah Glass and Evan Williams, who were the founders of Audioblog and Pyra Labs, respectively, and received funding from Charles River Ventures. Subsequently, Williams bought out Charles River's interest in the company, as well as that of several other investors, and re‑formed the organization under a new company, Obvious Corporation, which planned to develop new products, including Twitter (now X).
On February 19, 2007, Williams wrote in his blog that Odeo was for sale.[3] It was acquired soon afterwards by New York-based Sonic Mountain.[4]
On September 14, 2007, Sonic Mountain announced that it had acquired the technology assets of FireAnt, an RSS video-aggregation website and desktop media player, and that it planned to incorporate FireAnt's technology into Odeo.[5] On March 18, 2008, Sonic Mountain announced that it had acquired Blogdigger, a search engine for blogs and RSS content, with plans to incorporate the technology into Odeo.[6] In June 2008, Odeo was relaunched by Sonic Mountain with a completely redesigned site and an expanded focus on search and discovery for syndicated audio and video.
In March 2009, Odeo began its transition to a fee-based service for large corporations looking to manage their video libraries. Targeting companies that needed to organize and track video usage, Odeo released its “Enterprise Video Management” platform as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Their first customers included such notables as American Express and eGA.
In August 2010, Odeo suspended its support of the consumer site odeo.com to focus its attention on enterprise video.
As of 2017, Odeo's domain has expired and has been sold.
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"Web 2.0 Winners and Losers" - Wired article
February 15, 2024
odeo, directory, search, destination, website, syndicated, audio, video, employed, tools, that, enabled, users, create, record, share, podcasts, with, simple, adobe, flash, based, interface, type, sitepodcast, publishing, aggregationownerobvious, corporation, . Odeo was a directory and search destination website for RSS syndicated audio and video It employed tools that enabled users to create record and share podcasts with a simple Adobe Flash based interface OdeoType of sitePodcast publishing and aggregationOwnerObvious Corporation 2006 2007 Sonic Mountain 2007 2010 Created byEvan Williams Noah GlassRegistrationFreeLaunched10 July 2005Current statusdomain expired in 2017Odeo was originally developed in 2005 1 by founders Noah Glass and Evan Williams who were the founders of Audioblog and Pyra Labs respectively and received funding from Charles River Ventures Subsequently Williams bought out Charles River s interest in the company as well as that of several other investors and re formed the organization under a new company Obvious Corporation which planned to develop new products including Twitter now X Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editKevin Systrom cofounder of Instagram was an intern at Odeo during the summer of 2005 2 On February 19 2007 Williams wrote in his blog that Odeo was for sale 3 It was acquired soon afterwards by New York based Sonic Mountain 4 On September 14 2007 Sonic Mountain announced that it had acquired the technology assets of FireAnt an RSS video aggregation website and desktop media player and that it planned to incorporate FireAnt s technology into Odeo 5 On March 18 2008 Sonic Mountain announced that it had acquired Blogdigger a search engine for blogs and RSS content with plans to incorporate the technology into Odeo 6 In June 2008 Odeo was relaunched by Sonic Mountain with a completely redesigned site and an expanded focus on search and discovery for syndicated audio and video In March 2009 Odeo began its transition to a fee based service for large corporations looking to manage their video libraries Targeting companies that needed to organize and track video usage Odeo released its Enterprise Video Management platform as a Software as a Service SaaS solution Their first customers included such notables as American Express and eGA In August 2010 Odeo suspended its support of the consumer site odeo com to focus its attention on enterprise video As of 2017 Odeo s domain has expired and has been sold See also editVideo aggregatorReferences edit Odeo Inc Private Company Information Bloomberg www bloomberg com Retrieved 2018 01 25 Systrom Kevin Kevin Systrom LinkedIn Williams Evan 2007 02 19 Marketplace Wanted Web Site for Sale EvHead com Archived from the original on 2007 07 20 Retrieved 2007 02 19 Arrington Michael 2007 05 09 Breaking Odeo Acquired By SonicMountain TechCrunch Retrieved 2007 05 09 Arrington Michael 14 September 2007 Odeo Formerly SonicMountain Acquires FireAnt TechCrunch Retrieved 2007 09 14 MacManus Richard 2008 03 18 Exclusive Blogdigger Acquired by Odeo ReadWriteWeb Archived from the original on 2008 03 20 Retrieved 2008 03 18 External links edit Web 2 0 Winners and Losers Wired article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Odeo amp oldid 1190765291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
