Yahoo Acquires RayV for "best-in-class quality and content video delivery"

    

Rumors spread two months (see "Yahoo to Buy RayV?" - here) ago are now a reality.
   

RayV (see "RayV Exposes Turn Key Video Streaming to MNOs and ISPs" -  here) site announces that "We are excited to announce we are joining Yahoo's Cloud Platforms and Services Team! Our team began the RayV journey with the goal of building a revolutionary video distribution platform that would provide a better video experience for viewers over the internet, while easing the distribution process for content creators. Over the last eight years, we have done just that".

Congratulations to some of my old VocelTech colleagues!

  

Yahoo's P.P.S. Narayan, VP of Cloud Platforms and Services says in the company's blog (here) - "I’m thrilled to announce that we have acquired RayV, a company with an exciting approach to online video streaming in the rapidly evolving mobile space .. at Yahoo, we are focused on building a video offering that delivers best-in-class quality and content, and can be streamed on-demand and live, on all platforms". 

See "RayV is joining Yahoo platform and services team" - here.

Yahoo to Buy RayV?

Almost two years ago I covered RayV, a provider of optimized streaming video services turn-key solutions (see "VAS Announcements: RayV Exposes Turn Key Video Streaming to MNOs and ISPs" - here).

Orr Hirschauge (ex. The Marker) reports to the Wall Street Journal that "Yahoo is looking to bolster its Web-video technology with another acquisition. The Internet portal is close to finalizing an acquisition of video-streaming startup RayV Inc., according to people familiar with the matter .. RayV may help Yahoo improve the technology underlying its video efforts. Founded in 2006, RayV spent its first six years quietly developing software to improve high-definition video streaming over the Web and to mobile devices. Its software suite, launched in 2012, includes a content-distribution network, a content-management system and digital-rights management"

See "Yahoo Close to Acquiring Video-Streaming Startup" - here.

VAS Announcements: RayV Exposes Turn Key Video Streaming to MNOs and ISPs

   
RayV, a start up providing a turn-key solution of OTT video services, exposed its solution - RayVCloudTV,  yesterday, after two years of working in stealth mode. The solution provides another way for mobile and other operators to recover their revenues lost to Over-the-Top providers (see also "VAS Announcements: Kineto's VoIP Application for MNOs" - here).

The CEO, Shlomi Cohen (pictured), told the Israeli press (Calcalist - here) that "Over $40M were invested in the company; we are about to sign contracts with mobile, cable, satellite and media companies .. we provide software-based end-to-end solution, including video coding and streaming, billing, EPG, advertising engine and interface to social networks .. so far telcos had to invest millions of $ to build and maintain streaming services - we offer a connection to our existing platform, with minimal cost and royalties of $1-2 per subscriber per month".

"we are in the process of signing an agreement with the largest MNO in Europe"