Viki, a startup based out of Singapore that combines premium videos with crowd-sourced subtitles, has announced two new investors to the board. Blake Krikorian, founder of Sling Media and now corporate VP at Microsoft overseeing XBox, and Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey, are making strategic investments in video site Viki. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the site surpassing the 400 million words subtitled mark (the equivalent of 10,000 novels) and now has 163 … [Read more...] about Viki adds Krikorian and Goldberg as its newest strategic investors
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Caracol Television expands internationally with Viki
Caracol Television has entered a new negotiation with Viki, a global interactive television site that allows its users to subtitle their favourite programmes in over 150 languages. Caracol will top the list of Latin content with productions such as Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord; Made in Cartagena and Broken Promises. With this negotiation, Viki users in Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and New Zealand will be able to enjoy some of Caracol Television's top … [Read more...] about Caracol Television expands internationally with Viki
Viki reaches 10.2m app install mark
Global TV site Viki has surpassed 10.2m total installs of its apps in Q2 2013, a nearly seven-fold increase from last year. Over 41% of the app users watched content on a tablet platform, while iOS users watched on average 2.5 times more than Android users, according to the report from Viki. Facebook and Twitter were most frequently used for mobile video sharing on both Android and iOS systems. In addition, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Thai and Chinese are among the top ten subtitle … [Read more...] about Viki reaches 10.2m app install mark
Increasingly mobile
Nielsen’s recent Mobile Consumer Report found that more people are watching video on-the-go and doing so more frequently. The study says the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) markets boast some of the highest rates of mobile video viewing, with 39% Chinese mobile subscribers and 43% Brazilians viewing mobile video in a 30-day period. The report also says that Japan has the highest penetration of mobile video viewers (46%) of the global markets surveyed, largely attributed to its fast … [Read more...] about Increasingly mobile
MIPTV: Venevision International signs content deal with Viki
Cannes – Venevision International, the global distributor of entertainment content of the Cisneros Group of Companies, has announced the signing of a worldwide content deal with global TV site Viki for the rights to some of its most acclaimed telenovelas, including its latest international hits Eva Luna and Corazon Apasionado (Passions of the Heart). The agreement includes the rights to “Special Editions” of some of Venevision International’s most successful telenovelas, … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Venevision International signs content deal with Viki
Viki brings NBCU programming to Southeast Asia
Global TV site Viki has announced a deal with NBCUniversal (NBCU) to bring hundreds of hours of the broadcaster’s content to viewers in Southeast Asia. Hit reality shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians, popular dramas Law & Order and Friday Night Lights, cult Sci Fi shows like Battlestar Galatica, comedy-drama series Lipstick Jungle and classic cartoons like Woody Woodpecker has been available since Friday, February 1, in … [Read more...] about Viki brings NBCU programming to Southeast Asia
