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SeeSaw

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SeeSaw is a video on demand portal the aimed to be the UK’s Hulu.

It was founded in 2007 by Channel 4, BBC Worldwide and ITV. The project ran until Feburary 2009 when it was closed down by the UK competition commission. The technology was then sold onto Arqiva who launched a public website in Janurary 2010.

In January 2011 it was announced a investment partner was being sought. In May 2011 it was announced no partner was found and the site would be shutdown. At the last minute Criterion Capital Partners bought a stake in the venture saving it from closure.

Milestones

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  SeeSaw added Adam Levin as Owner.
  Posted 8/16/11 at 6:23am
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  SeeSaw added John Keeling as Platform Controller. (10/1/10)
  Posted 7/17/11 at 5:44am
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  SeeSaw added Matt Rennie as Commercial Director. (10/1/10)
  Posted 7/17/11 at 5:43am
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  SeeSaw added Richard Dines as Director of Product and Technology. (1/1/07)
  Posted 7/17/11 at 5:43am
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  SeeSaw added Ben Gidley as Senior Technical Architect. (7/1/07)
  Posted 5/29/11 at 5:48am
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  SeeSaw received $17M (£10M) in Venture Round funding. (8/1/09)
  Posted 9/6/11 at 7:49am
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  SeeSaw received $15.1M (£7.5M) in Seed funding. (7/1/07)
  Posted 7/15/11 at 7:18pm
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  SeeSaw was acquired by Criterion Capital Partners. (7/1/11)
  Posted 11/28/11 at 1:41pm via gigaom.com
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  SeeSaw — SeeSaw Closes/Goes out of business (10/27/11)
  Posted 10/28/11 at 4:27pm via co.uk
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  SeeSaw — Michael Jackson walks away from SeeSaw and Critereon fail to secure finance (9/2/11)
  Posted 9/6/11 at 7:43am via co.uk
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  SeeSaw — Arqiva seeks investment partner (2/17/11)
  Posted 5/29/11 at 5:51am via arqiva.com
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  SeeSaw — Arqiva Aquisition (8/25/09)
  Posted 5/29/11 at 5:50am via arqiva.com
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  SeeSaw — Project Kangaroo Founded (6/1/07)
  Posted 5/29/11 at 5:42am via capablue.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Homepage
Uploaded: 5/31/11

Sources

1. It’s official: Criterion buys SeeSaw (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. Project Kangaroo Initial Funding [edit]
3. Arqiva Funding [edit]
Capablue History (capablue.com) [edit]
Arqiva buys project Kangaroo (arqiva.com) [edit]
Arqiva Seeks Investment Partner (arqiva.com) [edit]
Guardian (guardian.co.uk) [edit]
BBC News - SeeSaw video-on-demand television website is shut down (bbc.co.uk) [edit]