Contact Information: Sarith Honigstein Footbo sarith.h@footbo.com Lisa Bennett Kaltura (212) 981-3965 lisa.bennett@kaltura.com
Footbo Selects Kaltura's Open Source Video Platform for Full Management of Its Rich-Media Content
The Social Network Dedicated to Football (Soccer) Upgrades Its Multimedia Functionalities With Kaltura's Comprehensive Video Management and UGC Framework
| Source: Kaltura
LONDON and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 6, 2009) - Footbo, the leading football
(soccer) social network, announced today that it has selected Kaltura, Inc.
(http://www.kaltura.com), developer of the first open source video platform
for video management, creation, interaction, and collaboration, for full
management of the site's rich-media content, and for supporting interactive
rich media capabilities for its users to upload and comment on video
content.
"As our site continues to develop and gain traction, we are determined to
provide our users with the ultimate experience -- a big part of that is
related to video, which of course is a critical part of any sports-related
social network," said Mani Honigstein, CEO of Footbo. "As our site evolved
we felt the need to look for an advanced video platform that provides
features and functionalities whose development and service require domain
expertise. Kaltura's platform emerged as the best solution for Footbo -- it
handles both standard and enhanced video capabilities, it's very flexible
and easy to integrate."
Footbo has integrated Kaltura's video management platform, allowing Footbo
admins to manage and moderate video content, create playlists based on
tags, ratings and other criteria, track video statistics and usage, and
more. Kaltura's platform also enables users to upload videos and photos and
import them from leading social networks and content sites. Kaltura's
platform enables Footbo to easily add over time more advanced interactive
functionalities such as content discovery, subtitles, remixing and editing
tools.
"We are so excited to be working with Footbo -- they have launched such an
amazing concept and really provide a home for avid football fans around the
world, especially in Europe," said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura Chairman and CEO.
"The main message we're hearing in the market is that publishers want to
enhance their online video capabilities, but at the same time keep costs
low. Our flexible open source framework allows sites of all sizes to launch
the most robust range of video tools and applications at a fraction of any
alternative cost."
About Footbo
Footbo is the leading online social community for football lovers
worldwide. Fans and amateur players can connect and interact, receive
customized information, share content/media and express their knowledge and
emotions. Created by people who are truly passionate about the beautiful
game, Footbo is based in London, UK. For more information, visit
http://www.footbo.com. Press contact: press@footbo.com
About Kaltura
Kaltura provides the first open source platform for the creation and
consumption of video and rich-media web applications. Already in use by
thousands of web publishers, integrators, and application developers,
Kaltura's free and flexible platform enables any site to add advanced video
and photo functionalities including uploading, importing, editing,
annotating, remixing, publishing, syndicating, searching, monetizing, and
monitoring. Kaltura's open source code is publicly available in the form of
a free Software Development Kit as well as video extensions and plugins for
leading open platforms, including content management (Drupal), blogging
(WordPress), and collaboration (MediaWiki). Kaltura also provides
supplemental paid services that include maintenance and support,
integration and professional services, streaming and hosting, ad serving,
content syndication, and aggregation of related third party services.
Founded in 2006, Kaltura's team includes top notch advertising, marketing,
and media executives as well as open source experts and seasoned technology
entrepreneurs, including co-founders of ICQ, Cyota, and Destinator
Technologies. Since its public launch in September 2007, New York-based
Kaltura has won numerous awards and endorsements, including the coveted
TechCrunch40 People's Choice award, Mashable's 'Open Web' award, a TWS 'top
10 Israeli web startup,' an AlwaysOn 'Global 250' company, a LeWeb 'top 30
start-up,' Esquire Magazine's '8 most promising Web 3.0 companies,' and
TVWeek's 'Five Online Video Startups to Watch in 2009.' For more
information, visit http://www.kaltura.com.