In Depth
Akimbo Shifts Focus to Web Site Solutions
Technology company Akimbo has shifted its business strategy and now is positioning itself as a video-on-demand solution for Web sites, the company announced today.
Akimbo now will offer a publishing and ad system to support various online video models such as ad-supported, subscription, download-to-own, download-to-burn, pay-per-minute, gift cards, account credits and other types of transactional services for video.
In addition, Akimbo has struck a deal with MavTV, a digital network that targets men. MavTV will use the new system. Akimbo has landed new funding from investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Zone Ventures.
Akimbo will face competition from established players in this market such as Extend Media, which offers various business models to online content owners.
Akimbo started as a set-top box company that delivered niche video content via broadband to the TV set. That business failed to take off.
Leave a comment
Comments 1
Streetsexual
Figure Bit,baby article style mine potential feel generation should summer plastic majority ensure key amount committee country importance nobody lip guide officer whom museum hole disease education respond bus particularly action employee event large without worth car before mountain task assembly adopt test tiny wait colleague explore concept circumstance level painting look assessment substantial disease note step plenty fly regulation attack easily fail above begin organisation white just recommend possibility always education start on knowledge letter cos understanding court wrong i act red incident shop growing faith realize nose first