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Viki

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Viki is a leading international video site with TV shows, movies and other premium content, translated into more than 150 languages by a community of avid fans. With over 1 billion videos viewed and nearly 200 million words translated, Viki uniquely brings global prime-time entertainment to new audiences and unlocks new markets and revenue opportunities for content owners. Viki also syndicates its shows with fan-generated subtitles to partners such as Hulu, Netflix and Yahoo!.

Viki is the first and fastest platform for real-time subtitling of video – from Japanese Anime to Spanish Novelas and the latest Bollywood hits. Community members subtitle their favorite shows into their preferred languages under a Creative Commons license using Viki’s integrated platform, which includes revision history and user-generated edits.

Viki, a play on the words “video” and “wiki,” publicly launched in December 2010 and has offices in Singapore, San Francisco and Seoul.

Milestones

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  Viki added Joi Ito as Board Member and investor.
  Posted 1/29/12 at 12:27am
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  Viki added Changseong Ho as CTO & co-founder. (1/1/08)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am
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  Viki added Jiwon Moon as CPO & co-founder. (1/1/08)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am
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  Viki added Razmig Hovaghimian as CEO & co-founder. (1/1/08)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am
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  Viki received $20M in Series B funding. (10/21/11)
  Posted 10/21/11 at 3:14am via finsmes.com
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  Viki received $4.3M in Series A funding. (12/8/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Viki — Viki launches ad service in partnership with with BBC Worldwid to meet global interest and demand for video advertising opportunities in Asia, Europe and North America (5/15/12)
  Posted 5/15/12 at 9:28am via techcrunch.com
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  Viki — New Anime Series From Legendary Manga Writer Leiji Matsumoto to be Released Worldwide on Viki (3/16/12)
  Posted 3/17/12 at 6:50pm via animenewsnetwork.com
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  Viki — ViKi announces Series B funding of $20M from BBC and SK Telecom and existing investors (10/21/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 9:33am via wsj.com
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  Viki — ViKi named to DLD's prestigious Top 20 Internet Startup list (1/13/11)
  Posted 1/25/11 at 6:43pm via einnews.com
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  Viki — ViKi wins a Crunchie for best International start-up (1/21/10)
  Posted 1/25/11 at 6:40pm via techcrunch.com
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  Viki — ViKi Launches out of beta and announces funding (12/8/10)
  Posted 12/11/10 at 4:33am via prnewswire.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: ViKi Homepage
Uploaded: 2/24/11

Above: New Viki site
Uploaded: 5/22/12

Above: New Viki site
Uploaded: 5/22/12

Sources

1. ViKi Raises $4.3 Million from VC All-Stars to Translate the World’s Video (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. ViKi Closes $20M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
ViKi Announces $4.3M in Series A Funding and Launches Out of Beta (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Congratultions to Crunchies Winners (techcrunch.com) [edit]
DLD Garage Presents its Selection of 20 Internet Startups (media.einnews.com) [edit]
Singapore Start-up Sees Gold Mine In Foreign Language TV (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
Viki Site Streams Leiji Matsumoto's Ozma Anime Worldwide (animenewsnetwork.com) [edit]
BBC Worldwide Extends Its Partnership With Video Site Viki To Cover Advertising (techcrunch.com) [edit]