We’ve got more holiday treats for you here at TechCrunch. If you run a site on Drupal, the open-source content management software, and want to add collaborative video editing to your site, try Kaltura’s new video module for Drupal. The first 50 readers to download the module from this link will get 100GB of free video hosting and streaming (everyone else gets 10 GB).
Kaltura, which won the People’s Choice award at TechCrunch 40 two years ago, offers a video player with remixing capabilities built in. So site visitors can not only watch videos but edit them and add their own twist. Wikipedia is trying it out. → Read More
Kaltura, the open-source video platform, has released a new version of its MediaWiki extension that allows users to embed and edit video, images, and audio on wiki pages. MediaWiki is a wiki software package that was initially developed for Wikipedia and has since been used by a number of other sites. Kaltura says that the new release “includes a fresh look & feel for the video player, a simplified interface for the online video editor, improved administration capabilities (patrolling capabilities, detailed history and diff pages, etc.), localization to several languages, and better documentation”. While none of these changes sound groundbreaking, the patrolling and history improvements help make the extension better suited to wikis – a necessity given that Wikipedia has partnered with Kaltura to bring video content to the site. Kaltura launched at TechCrunch 40, and was the winner of the People’s Choice spot. CrunchBase Information Kaltura Information provided by CrunchBase → Read More
Crowdsourcing video startup Kaltura is partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation to put its video-mashup technology on Wikipedia. The program, which is starting in beta today, will allow people to create collaborative videos on Wikipedia and other wikis. Kaltura’s video-editing technology allows multiple people to collaborate in creating a video. The addition will eventually make it easier for Wikipedia contributors to add video clips, images, diagrams, animations, and PowerPoint presentations to Wikipedia pages. (They could use some livening up, don’t you think?). As part of this beta, Kaltura is open-sourcing its video/rich media remixing technology. And it will be available to any wiki that runs on MediaWiki software. As part of the program, users will also gain access to a library of videos and other rich media under the Creative Commons license. Kaltura is based in New York City and launched at TechCrunch 40. CrunchBase Information Kaltura Information provided by CrunchBase → Read More
Brooklyn-based Kaltura has earned the honor to present as the 40th company in this year’s TechCrunch40 conference, beating next generation forums provider Tangler by a handful of votes. The company, which has been demoing in our DemoPit all of today, received the most poker chips of any company in the pit over the past two days. Conference attendees were given two chips – one to give to their favorite company in the pit on Monday, and one to give to their favorite company from today’s pit. Therefore, Kaltura is the people’s choice out of about 100 non-presenting companies that have showcased their products at TC40. Kaltura calls itself a “pioneer in collaborative media” and claims that its product enables users to do with video, audio, and animation what wikis have enabled them to do with text. The company works with both both end-users and channel providers. Collaborations are largely centered at kaltura.com, but they can be embedded elsewhere on the net well. Take a tour of Kaltura here. Kaltura was founded in October 2006 and has 20 employees. It has so far received $2.1M in funding from angels and Avalon Ventures. → Read More
