• January 16th, 2012

    Partner, Investor: Japan’s Top Social Network Mixi Backs Video Startup ShortForm

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    Back in March of last year, we wrote about how video curation seemed to be growing up, or at least taking some strides forward. Its progress being evidenced in part by a young startup called ShortForm, a social network for video jockeys. Or, better said, ShortForm is attempting to let all those video enthusiasts out there create and curate their own personalized channels of web video, pulling that… → Read More

    August 25th, 2011

    Channeling Turntable.fm, ShortForm Shows Off Live VJ Video Parties (With A Custom TechCrunch Social)

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    Turntable.fm is so hot right now. In fact, when it comes to tweets, the synchronous social music platform may even have more Klout than Pandora or Spotify. With the rise in popularity of Turntable, it’s only natural that video curation platforms would be eager to take a cue from the music dance party site and bring that disco to videos.

    Two weeks ago, we covered the launch of Chill, which in… → Read More

    May 5th, 2011

    Google I/O: ShortForm Curates Sandbox Startup Demo Videos Into A Single Channel

    Google I/O, Google’s developer (cough, nerd) conference, comes to San Francisco next Tuesday for two days of peace, love, panels, and coding. Each year, the conference plays host to its so-called “Sandbox”, in which developers and startups demo their apps, code, and technical delights. This year, thanks to ShortForm, a video curation community, those startup demos can all be found in one place … → Read More

    March 31st, 2011

    Video Curation Is Growing Up, ShortForm Hits One Million Visitors

    With 35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, the Google-owned video behemoth would be the second largest search engine were it standalone site. Web video has become a powerful medium. But, I think it’s also fair to say that this powerful medium is in serious need of curation. What if you’re just looking for a quick laugh, a short video, and don’t want to wade through billions of videos… → Read More