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Re: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

James D Kirk — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:07:57 -0000

MPEG-4 H.264 / AVC IS the future of television and video delivery. There's little doubt about that as most online CDN's are either currently using the protocols or are gearing up to deliver to most devices via MPEG-4.

Re: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

Jesfun — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:42:42 -0000

I think, like most firms that receive angel / venture funding, that nobody is betting that they've got a 100% chance of making it big with mdialog. And if not in technology / social networking, then where?

But like you said, mdialog is providing content producers with an outlet that uses already-standard viewers (unlike Jaman), and as people get used to HD-quality video, and hardware developers create better, smaller devices, perhaps mpeg4 h.264 is the way to go. Who knows? I don't. But if I had $3MM, I might.

Re: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

AnonCoward — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:40:48 -0000

There is a demand for high quality video across portable devices and set top boxes. The success of the iTunes store demonstrates this. The question is how can a small/independent content provider gain access to a distribution channel?

Diversity is good. Whether mDialog or another company provides this channel, the market will sort out.

Re: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

A. Smith — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:44:26 -0000

Dan,

I'm in agreement with both you and SamTSV. We're seeing signs of over investment in many sectors including social networking, voip, video, and mobile to name just a few.

Prince said it best... "Party like it's 1999".

Re: Investors still betting on online video, mDialog snags $3.15 million

SamTSV — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:22:19 -0000

I think the Facebook deal is more of a Bubble indicator then this but, historicaly events start to pile up like pieces in a puzzle. I believe that we will look at the Skype writedown as a signal that we should have seen as the beginning of the end.