[轉載] Ustream 得到 日本軟體銀行 七千五百萬美金的投資

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[轉載]　Ustream 得到 日本軟體銀行 七千五百萬美金的投資

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...rom-softbank/1

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Ustream gets $75 million in funding from Softbank

Ustream, the online service that lets folks broadcast live video from their computers or iPhones, has picked up $75 million in funding from SoftBank of Japan.

Ustream co-founder John Ham says the funding will enable the company to "accelerate our growth," which has been on a tear of late. In December, Ustream got its live video app into the Apple iPhone store, and saw 50 million viewers showing up for live Ustream shows. "We saw a tremendous uptick," he says.

Ustream has been a new player on the award show circuit, with ABC and NBC streaming awards arrivals for the American Music Awards and Golden Globes on Ustream.

Ham eyes potential of more live streaming with Apple's new iPad, the tablet computer that resembles a big 9.7- inch iPod -- but doesn't have a camera or USB slot.

"I see people streaming soccer games on their iPhone, and watching on the iPad," he says. "That's going to be really exciting."

By Jefferson Graham

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(雖是三個月前的新聞 ~ )


另一公司 YouTube 的發展,
到它被 Google 以美金16.5億 買下之前,
YouTube 公司的總花費, 比 七千五百萬美金 還少很多,
也許不到三分之一 ~


另, SoftBank/軟體銀行 也是台灣 TrendMicro/趨勢科技 的最大創投天使,
推測當時 SoftBank 挹注 TrendMicro 的資金 也許不到五分之一,

相較之下, Ustream 的發展 貴了許多 ~


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