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"It's been about a year since we've heard any major news from live streaming video service Veodia, but today's news warrants the wait.  Veodia has raised an $8.3 million Series A round of funding from Clearstone Ventures Partners, the D.E. Shaw group, and an angel group led by iParadigms chairman Steven Berger.  The overall online video space has grown significantly in the past two years, and that includes the online streaming video space as well.  \nIn this increasingly competitive segment of online video broadcasting, Veodia began with a relatively limited set of tools when compared to the current offerings we've grown accustomed to for similar services.  With expanded support across devices, Veodia has managed to stay competitive, and has targeted certain business, school and professional demographics to grow its user base.  \n\nThe funding will be used for product development as well as bringing on new team members, which already includes Etay Gafni as Veodia's new Vice President of Products.  Gafni previously worked at SAP, and has more than 13 years of experience in product development.  \nSounds like Veodia is really hoping to continue a focused effort on targeting certain clients for the use of the Veodia product, but growing all the while.  According to Veodia, this will include a particular product strategy and \"user experience\" that promotes Veodia's advanced options for creating live and on-demand video content.  \nAs Mashable has recently begun to delve into the live video space, I recognize the need for a good broadcaster and viewer experience, as well as support for a wide array of devices and overall ease of use.  Veodia's integrated features for things like distribution across other networks and devices like iPods means that the work is cut down on the user end.  \nSuch features ensure that Veodia is on the right track for improving user experiences, and it's probably a good strategy to continue to focus on specific audiences that can use Veodia's video services for well-defined purposes."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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