IBM Watson Media (formerly Ustream and IBM Cloud Video) is an American virtual events platform company which is a division of IBM. Prior to the IBM acquisition, it had more than 180 employees across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Budapest offices. Ustream had received $11.1 million in Series A funding for new product development from Doll Capital Management (DCM) and investors Labrador Ventures and Band of Angels.[1]
IBM Watson Media
Type of site
Video streaming
Available in
English, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Korean
Since 2016, it has been a division of IBM. On April 1, 2018, two years after its purchase, Ustream changed its name to IBM Cloud Video to reflect its new ownership, but rapidly changed that name to IBM Watson Media to reflect the embedded artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM's Watson.
Ustream was born when the founders (John Ham, Brad Hunstable and Gyula Fehér) wanted a way for their friends in the US Army, who were deployed overseas in the Iraq War, to be able to communicate with their families. A product like Ustream would provide them with a way to talk to all of their relatives at once when free time in the war zone was limited.[2]
Early investors included DCM Ventures and Softbank, the latter of which invested $20 million in 2010 with an option to invest additional capital.[7][8] On January 21, 2016, IBM acquired Ustream for up to $150 million.[9] It was combined with Aspera, Clearleap, and Cleversafe to form IBM's Cloud Video [IBM Watson Media] unit. IBM envisioned the use of its technology as part of an enterprise video offering.[10]
Automatic content blockingEdit
IBM Watson Media uses a copyright enforcement service provided by Vobile, which uses a proprietary fingerprinting system to automatically detect copyrighted content.[11][12] This system has been known to generate false positives, blocking content that should fall under fair use, or which has been specifically licensed by the stream originator. In one such incident, the official livecast of the 2012 Hugo Award ceremony was terminated because it incorporated authorized clips of nominated television shows and movies, causing "a flood of livid Twitter messages". The following day, Ustream apologized for the incident and temporarily disabled automatic blocking while they adjusted the system to "better balance the needs of broadcasters, viewers, and copyright holders".[13][14]
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^Gross, Doug (September 4, 2012), Ustream apologizes for killing Hugo Awards webcast, CNN
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IBM Watson Media formerly Ustream and IBM Cloud Video is an American virtual events platform company which is a division of IBM Prior to the IBM acquisition it had more than 180 employees across San Francisco Los Angeles and Budapest offices Ustream had received 11 1 million in Series A funding for new product development from Doll Capital Management DCM and investors Labrador Ventures and Band of Angels 1 IBM Watson MediaType of siteVideo streamingAvailable inEnglish German Hungarian Japanese Russian Spanish and KoreanOwnerIBMURLibm wbr com wbr watson wbr mediaCommercialYesRegistrationOptionalLaunchedMarch 2007 16 years ago 2007 03 Current statusActiveNative client s oniOS AndroidSince 2016 it has been a division of IBM On April 1 2018 two years after its purchase Ustream changed its name to IBM Cloud Video to reflect its new ownership but rapidly changed that name to IBM Watson Media to reflect the embedded artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM s Watson Contents 1 Origin 1 1 History 1 2 Acquisition 2 Automatic content blocking 3 References 4 External linksOrigin EditHistory Edit Ustream was born when the founders John Ham Brad Hunstable and Gyula Feher wanted a way for their friends in the US Army who were deployed overseas in the Iraq War to be able to communicate with their families A product like Ustream would provide them with a way to talk to all of their relatives at once when free time in the war zone was limited 2 Ustream was used by politicians such as Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John Edwards 3 to video game streamers to artists such as Kanye West Tori Amos and the Plain White T s 4 5 Lifecasters such as iJustine and E TARD The LifeCaster 6 have also used Ustream The technology community vague has also adopted Ustream to include Robert Scoble Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo citation needed Acquisition Edit Early investors included DCM Ventures and Softbank the latter of which invested 20 million in 2010 with an option to invest additional capital 7 8 On January 21 2016 IBM acquired Ustream for up to 150 million 9 It was combined with Aspera Clearleap and Cleversafe to form IBM s Cloud Video IBM Watson Media unit IBM envisioned the use of its technology as part of an enterprise video offering 10 Automatic content blocking EditIBM Watson Media uses a copyright enforcement service provided by Vobile which uses a proprietary fingerprinting system to automatically detect copyrighted content 11 12 This system has been known to generate false positives blocking content that should fall under fair use or which has been specifically licensed by the stream originator In one such incident the official livecast of the 2012 Hugo Award ceremony was terminated because it incorporated authorized clips of nominated television shows and movies causing a flood of livid Twitter messages The following day Ustream apologized for the incident and temporarily disabled automatic blocking while they adjusted the system to better balance the needs of broadcasters viewers and copyright holders 13 14 References Edit Cynopsis Digital April 14 2008 WebWare Merry Christmas Mom Ustream links soldiers with home Archived 2008 12 01 at the Wayback Machine December 14 2007 Mark Rizzn Hopkins 2007 11 26 YouTube and UStream Go Political Mashable Retrieved 2010 08 23 Brad Hunstable Founder 2007 11 16 The Ustream TV Blog Blog Archive Plain White T s Event Serves 130 000 Ustream tv Archived from the original on 2010 04 10 Retrieved 2010 08 23 Vilas boas Eric 2010 08 09 Kanye Hits Ustream Talks New Album SPIN Retrieved 2022 09 08 E TARD The 24 7 LifeCaster E TARD TV September 5 2006 Archived from the original on September 17 2012 Retrieved November 4 2015 IBM acquires Ustream Variety 21 January 2016 Softbank pays 20 million for stake in Ustream Konrad Alex IBM Confirms Ustream Acquisition As Part Of Cloud Video IBM Watson Media Unit Targeting 105 Billion Opportunity Forbes Retrieved 2017 08 21 IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream Forms New Cloud Video IBM Watson Media Unit TechCrunch 21 January 2016 Retrieved 21 January 2016 Hunstable Brad 2010 07 16 Launch of Improved Measures to Protect Copyright Holders and Vobile Integration Archived from the original on 2013 02 04 Retrieved 2012 09 03 Vobile Core Technology Archived from the original on 2013 08 05 Retrieved 2012 09 03 Ha Anthony September 3 2012 Ustream Apologizes For Shutting Down The Hugo Awards Livestream Says It Will Recalibrate TechCrunch Gross Doug September 4 2012 Ustream apologizes for killing Hugo Awards webcast CNNExternal links Edit nbsp Wikidata has the property nbsp Ustream username P4017 see uses Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IBM Cloud Video amp oldid 1159483189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
