Palo Alto, US-based video discovery startup Boxfish bagged $7 million in a Series B funding round led by Atlantic Bridge to beef up its workforce and expand into new markets.
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AOL premium video syndication platform launches in UK
In its first foray outside of North America for its premium video syndication platform, New York, US-based multinational mass media firm AOL Inc launched the AOL On Nework in the UK.
AT&T says Netflix's call for free interconnection as an "arrogant proposition"
Jim Cicconi of AT&T said the call of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for free internet internet connection was an "arrogant proposition" that would require everyone else except Netflix to pay, Reuters reported.
British video-on-demand service Screenburn raises $500K in angel funding
London, UK-based Video-on-Demand (Vod) service Screenburn raised $500,000 (£302,000) in an angel funding round to fuel its expansion for 2014 and to continue monetizing the presence of music and film artists on Facebook.
Skype-owned video streaming service Qik to shut in April
Redwood City, US-based video streaming service Qik will shut down on April 30 after its features have been integrated into Skype, which acquired it for $150 million three years ago.
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After gaining popularity last week for its easy-to-use movie streaming interface and being shut down shortly after that, Buenos Aires, Argentina-based app Popcorn is being revived by torrent site YTS.
Helsinki, Finland-based smartphone giant Nokia now made the Nokia Refocus app available to all Lumia smartphones to allow users to take refocusable photos using their phones.
In a first app merger in the wine sector, San Francisco, US-based wine app Hello Vino purchased wine-focused photo-sharing app Corkbin for an undisclosed amount.
Coull, a Bristol-based online video ad tech firm, has received $4 million from Paul Fraser and other existing angel investors for its latest funding round, TechCrunch reported.
Mountain View, US-based 3D reconstruction firm Matterport is set to release a camera and technology that professional photographers and real estate firms can use to create 3D models of interior and outdoor spaces.
Google gave the Home Office in the UK "super flagger" access to YouTube, allowing them to screen content that they feel are a national security threat, the Financial Times reported.
Alibaba Group Holding will be buying a majority stake in ChinaVision Media Group Ltd in an $804 million deal, allowing it to access TV and movie content, Reuters reported.
Pinterest has published its transparency report on the number of requests it got from government agencies for user data from July to December last year, VentureBeat reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration has filed an appeal to the decision of NTSB Adminstrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty who ruled that the use of commercial drones was legal, TechCrunch reported.
