| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.10.2016 | Verizon Acquires Greylock Partners-backed Vessel’s Technology, Video Service to Shut Down | Verizon has acquired the technology of Vessel, it was announced in a blog post on the latter’s site. No financial terms were disclosed. As a result of this transaction, Vessel, a San Francisco-based subscription video service, will be shutt... |
| 29.10.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 10/29/16 | AT&T bought Time Warner; Groupon acquired LivingSocial; Google purchased Eyefluence
The New York Times Company acquired product recommendation site The Wirecutter and its sibling, The Sweethome. No financial terms of the deal were discl... |
| 27.10.2016 | Term Sheet — Thursday, October 27 | ALL DEAL EVERYTHING
Some very brief notes today, as I spent a chunk of the morning on Twitter’s unusually early earnings call. In case you’ve been following the reported sale talks on that turnaround story, CEO Jack Dorsey kicked off the sa... |
| 26.10.2016 | Verizon acquires Vessel to further online video ambitions, will shut it down October 31 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Vessel announced today that its video subscription service is being acquired by Verizon, where its capabilities will be used to further... |
| 26.10.2016 | Verizon acquires subscription video service Vessel, will shut it down on Oct. 31 | Verizon is buying Vessel, the subscription video service founded by Jason Kilar (Hulu’s former CEO) and Richard Tom (its former CTO).
Vessel enlisted YouTube stars and other video creators, offering early access to their videos for $2.99 a ... |
| 22.09.2016 | Verizon reportedly in talks to acquire Vessel | Vessel is a subcription video service started by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar
Verizon is coming off two major acquisition, first buying AOL for $4.4 billion last year, then Yahoo for almost the exact same price, $4.83 billion in cash, in Jul... |
| 08.03.2016 | Following YouTube Red, video subscription service Vessel goes ad-free for paying subscribers | Vessel, the video subscription startup headed by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, announced this week that it’s moving in a new direction in terms of the advertising displayed on its service. In a move that recalls YouTube’s venture into ad-fre... |
| 07.12.2015 | Miss YouTube Video Responses? Vessel Brings Them Back With Launch Of “Threads” | Vessel, the video subscription service led by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and former Hulu CTO Richard Tom, is expanding in a new direction with the launch of a feature called “Threads,” designed to encourage more social interaction between ... |
| 10.07.2015 | The Diary Of A Cord Cutter In 2015 (Part 10: The Rise Of Niche Video Streaming Services) | While today’s cord cutters are replacing their former TV-viewing activities with popular streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, the shift away from linear television on to on-demand, online streams has allowed a variety of niche ... |
| 06.07.2015 | Technology Empowers Content Creators to Earn in New Ways | Historically content creators have struggled with media and record companies to gain more control over releasing their material and making fairer incomes from their work. Recent advances in technology are providing options that can make thi... |
| 16.06.2015 | Jason Kilar’s Subscription Video Service Vessel Expands To Android | Vessel‘s video subscription service, headed by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, has today expanded to Android. The app is initially offered as an open beta available for download from the Google Play store. The service, whic... |
| 22.04.2015 | Mobile First Entertainment Creates Personalized Mobile Video Apps | It's really no secret that video is the next big thing as far as social media, marketing, and branding. The number of video and streaming apps out there is growing rapidly. Instagram and Snapchat both offer video options now, there's apps l... |
| 20.04.2015 | Vessel Raises $57.5M Series B Funding | Vessel, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a new online video platform service, raised $57.5m Series B funding.
The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners with participation from current investors Benchmark Capital, Greylock Par... |
| 17.04.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 4/17/15 | Sprig, Planet Labs, Courion, NEA, Ascend, Snaps, Acorns, Skyport, 99designs, Adallom, Ticketbis, Ola
Seed stage
Financial technology startup Ascend Consumer Finance raised $1.5 million in seed funding, The round was led by Mucker Capital, w... |
| 17.04.2015 | Subcription video service Vessel raises $58M | Vessel is content provider that gives early access to short-form video for $3 a month
Access to short-format video content has always been free. The biggest player in the space, YouTube, has never asked us to pay anything to watch its video... |
| 17.04.2015 | Three Weeks After Launch, Vessel Gets Another $57.5 Million In Funding Led By IVP | Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has an ambitious plan for transforming the way we think about online video. His new startup Vessel is taking some of the same basic concepts that were successful in getting people to pay to watch streaming versio... |
| 24.03.2015 | Former Hulu CEO Launches Vessel: What To Expect From This Next-Gen Video Company? | Anu Passary, Tech Times 24 March 2015, 09:03 am
Jason Kilar, ex-CEO of Hulu, just launched "Vessel" — an online video platform that will offer free programming for a year.
Following an invitation-only public beta, Vessel is now ac... |
| 24.03.2015 | Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar’s Vessel Launches To The Public | Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today.
The service — which provides early access to videos from YouTube stars through a monthly subscription fee — has bee... |
| 24.03.2015 | Vessel’s video subscription service finally launches on iOS | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Short-form video subscription service Vessel has officially launched on iOS with some interesting partnerships.
Vessel is a mobile vide... |
| 24.03.2015 | Vessel’s video subscription service finally launches on iOS | Short-form video subscription service Vessel has officially launched on iOS with some interesting partnerships.
Vessel is a mobile video service that serves up a selection of content from around the web for $2.99 a month. The video platform... |
| 13.03.2015 | Diary Of A Cord Cutter In 2015 (Part 4: Favorite Apps And Resources) | It’s now been over three months since I’ve adopted the cord-cutting lifestyle, thanks to finally following through on a long overdue New Year’s Resolution. Today, my “TV” diet largely consists of streaming video from the top three services,... |
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| 21.01.2015 | Jason Kilar’s Vessel Opens An Invite-Only Beta Of Its Subscription Video Service | Last month we told you about Vessel, a new subscription video service being launched by the early team behind Hulu. After a month-long creator preview, the service is being made available in private beta to some lucky folks who signed up fo... |
| 05.01.2015 | Tube Centrex Aims To Build Video Apps For YouTube Stars, Luxury Brands, And Others | Billing itself as “the world’s first cross device mobile and digital platform,” startup Tube Centrex is planning to help YouTube stars, media companies, and others build and monetize apps for their online videos
Tube Centrex is led by Fahad... |
| 28.12.2014 | Vessel: New Video-Streaming Success Story or YouTube Copycat? | Christian de Looper, Tech Times 28 December 2014, 09:12 am
Video-streaming services have become extremely popular over the last few years, with Netflix now accounting for one-third of global Internet traffic during night hours.
Streaming se... |
| 19.12.2014 | Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is Working on a YouTube Competitor Called Vessel | Vamien McKalin, Tech Times 19 December 2014, 03:12 am
Since Google bought YouTube many years ago, there hasn't been a single worthwhile competitor, and we doubt that will change any time soon. However, ex Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is making move... |
| 17.12.2014 | With Vessel, Jason Kilar Hopes To Create A Hulu For The YouTube Generation | Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is finally ready to take the wraps off what he’s been working on for the past 18 months… and, well, it looks a lot like Hulu. But while that service was built to usher TV into the digital world, Kilar and his tea... |
| 25.06.2014 | Vessel Raises Funding | Vessel, a San Francisco, CA-based stealth startup, raised its first funding round.
Backers included Benchmark, Bezos Expeditions, and Greylock Partners.
Founded by CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, Vessel is building a platform for video... |
| 25.06.2014 |
Former Hulu Head Kilar's New Company, Vessel, Gets Funding
| Vessel, a new startup founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, has raised a round of funding from Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, and Bezos Expeditions. Benchmark's Bill Gurley and Greylock's David Sze have both joi... |
| 24.06.2014 | Jason Kilar’s New Startup Vessel Comes Out Of Hiding, With Backing By Greylock And Benchmark | Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is finally ready to talk about what he’s been up to over the last year or so. Well, kind of.
Today Kilar, along with ex-Hulu CTO Richard Tom announced that they are working on a startup called Vessel, “whose miss... |
| 24.06.2014 | Former Hulu CEO raises cash from Jeff Bezos, Benchmark and others for stealthy Vessel | Jason Kilar and Richard Tom
Vessel, a stealthy startup led by former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom, has raised a new round of cash from Benchmark, Greylock and Bezos Expeditions, the venture capital arm of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos... |
