Comments on: What is it with all these Swedish startups? Videoplaza signs new UK deal

By: Videoplaza partners with the UK’s Dennis Publishing

Videoplaza partners with the UK’s Dennis Publishing — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:54:22 +0000

[...] Videoplaza, based in Stockholm and London, targets broadcasters, newspaper publishers and other premium media owners and has to-date partnered with several leading European media companies including Sweden’s TV4 Group, Denmark’s Ekstrabladet, La Vanguardia in Spain, and Myvideorights.com and Incisive Media in the UK (see TCE coverage). [...]

By: Videoplaza partners with the UK ad network Unanimis

Videoplaza partners with the UK ad network Unanimis — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:01:46 +0000

[...] Videoplaza, headquartered in Stockholm, targets broadcasters, newspaper publishers and other premium media owners and has to-date partnered with several leading European media companies including Sweden’s TV4 Group, Denmark’s Ekstrabladet, La Vanguardia in Spain, and Myvideorights.com and Incisive Media in the UK (see TCE coverage). [...]

By: Videoplaza targets iPad with HTML5-friendly ad server

Videoplaza targets iPad with HTML5-friendly ad server — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:01:57 +0000

[...] Ekstrabladet, La Vanguardia in Spain, and myvideorights.com and Incisive Media in the UK (see TCE coverage). CrunchBase Information Videoplaza Information provided by CrunchBase Tweet [...]

By: Videoplaza signs first Finnish partner

Videoplaza signs first Finnish partner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:36:39 +0000

[...] also looking healthy – hence the new exec hired away from video search engine blinx – just last month the company signed up Myvideorights.com, adding to existing British partners Factory Media and [...]

By: Blinkx exec jumps ship to join Videoplaza

Blinkx exec jumps ship to join Videoplaza — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:50 +0000

[...] In his new role, Morgan will be charged with growing the ad server company’s client base and increasing revenue in the [...]

By: CollinForex

CollinForex — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:50:01 +0000

Videoplaza seems nice, but the article lacks answers to all the relevant following question a VC/investor would like to have answered:

What is the business model of Videoplaza? Is it revenue-share, monthly fee, installation fee or all three?

How much does it cost to start using the Videoplaza platform? What is the minimum amount paid that could get me started using Videoplaza?

What is the main value-add of the Videoplaza platform? Statistics, Flash player, more?

What is the revenue projection for 2009? Will it beat the 2008 total revenue (36.000 EUR)?

What is the earnings projection for 2009? Will it beat the 2009 total earnings (-225.000 EUR)?

Founders, shareholders and partners, please fill in here in the comments. The Videoplaza team seems very competent, it is the sloppy coverage of the company that is a bit sad.

By: IdolMasti

IdolMasti — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:44:55 +0000

What is it with all these Swedish startups? Videoplaza signs new UK deal…

[Sweden] First they found a way to make music streaming legal and free, now they’re trying to bring more TV content online through an advertising platform. I’m talking about Swedish entrepreneurs of course. This week Swedish ad-server Videoplaza has si…

By: Wille

Wille — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:40:53 +0000

I think one reason Swedish startups excel in this area is that as a country Sweden has been relatively lenient on online piracy.
I’m definitely not a “no copyright!” or “pirate everything” guy, but at the same time when government has been less active protecting the old defunct business models of old media, it has allowed creative destruction and creative uses to flow.

Swedish startups have a lot going against them in terms of taxation and employment laws, but this one goes in their favour (note: Spotify relocated its main incorporation locale to Luxembourg, as did Skype and many others before them).