Yidio
Video aggregator
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Yidio, short for Your Internet Video, is a video aggregator.[2][3][4][5] Its platform collects content from multiple subscription-based video streaming providers and allows users to view that content from a single interface.[6]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Optional | |
| Industry | Video aggregation |
| Founded | San Francisco, California January 1, 2008 |
| Founders | Brandon Eatros and Adam Eatros |
| Headquarters | San Francisco’s SOMA District , USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Brandon Eatros (Co-Founder and CEO) Adam Eatros (Co-Founder and COO) |
Number of employees | 35[1] |
| Website | http://www.yidio.com/ |
Overview
Yidio aims to solve the problem of multiple streaming providers' offering different content, by gathering all the providers and content onto one platform.[1][7] Yidio consolidates streaming video from providers such as Amazon Prime, Crackle, Crunchyroll, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, Showtime, and over 100 others.[8][9] Yidio's home screen shows new releases and recently aired television programs.[1] The interface organizes movies and television programs by genre or source, shows program descriptions and provides ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.[1] Yidio's platform aggregates over one million TV shows and movies.[10]
History
Yidio was founded by Brandon and Adam Eatros in January 2008, and debuted in June that same year.[3][11] In November 2009, Yidio raised $350,000 from angel investors Alan Warms, Jim Collis, Bill Luby, Jamie Crouthamel, and Lon Chow.[4][12] It added Yidio Alerts for Facebook and Twitter in 2011.[13][14] Yidio released a mobile app for iPhone in July 2013; its Android app followed soon after.[2][7][10] The Yidio app was featured in the "Mario's Top 3" segment on The Today Show on July 28, 2013.[15]