April 18th, 2013

Voddler, Sweden’s ‘Spotify For Video,’ Takes Its Freemium Streaming And Sharing Service Global

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Voddler, the Swedish film and TV streaming service that has been described as the “Spotify for video,” is going global to take on Netflix, Amazon, Vdio, BitTorrent, and the many others in this space. Live in Scandinavia since 2010, and Spain since 2012 (where all together it has picked up 1.2 million users), this week Voddler is extending its footprint to the rest of Europe and Russia; and it is… → Read More

February 1st, 2011

Nokia leads $8 million funding round for Voddler, the ‘Netflix of Scandinavia’

Voddler, the Netflix / Hulu / Spotify of Scandinavia, whichever comparison you fancy, has raised $8 million in funding in a round led by Nokia’s venture capital arm Nokia Growth Partners.

The video-on-demand company’s previous backers (undisclosed private individual investors) also participated. → Read More

February 1st, 2011

Nokia Leads $8 Million Funding Round For Voddler, The 'Netflix Of Scandinavia'

Voddler, the Netflix / Hulu / Spotify-for-movies of Scandinavia, whichever comparison you fancy, has raised $8 million in funding in a round led by Nokia’s venture capital arm Nokia Growth Partners.

The video-on-demand company’s previous backers (undisclosed private individual investors) also participated. → Read More

May 12th, 2010

Voddler, the Spotify-for-movies, lands on Android

Voddler, the so-called “Spotify for movies”, has announced its first mobile app for Android.

The free Android app will be rolled out in stages. A version limited to movie trailers is currently being tested with Voddler users, and a more featured offering – full movies, and sharing of playlists on social networks – should be available by the end of this month.

Because the service is… → Read More

November 17th, 2009

Voddler, the Spotify-for-movies, gets more mystery funding

[Sweden] Movie-streaming service Voddler (the so called ”Spotify for movies”) has received about 3.4 million Euros (35 million SEK) in funding from a group of private investors. The money will supposedly go to developing the service.

Voddler has chosen to not to give out any info about the investors or how large their share in the company will be. The company has about 50 share holders to… → Read More

October 29th, 2009

Voddler, the Spotify-for-movies, partners with Paramount and Disney

[Sweden] Voddler, the Stockholm-based online video offering that’s being described as “Spotify for movies”, has signed content partnerships with Paramount and Disney. A deal with Sony Pictures is also said to be eminent.

Voddler, Inc., the company behind the new service, was formed back in 2005 and has offices in Stockholm, Palo Alto, and Beijing. It’s thought to have taken around $16 million… → Read More