Viewpoints: acquisitions strategies

Dr. Fathy Yassa
CEO
Yvent Networks, Inc.
United States
What are your acquisition strategies?
We acquire content for mobile consumption over wireless and cellular networks for personal video devices and video phones
We look for both short and long format. Preferably short format for users on-the-go
We primarily focus on independent content providers and producers

What products are you looking for?
We are looking for content from all countries
We are serving multiple languages in addition to English worldwide
Currently we are focused on Comedy, Sports, Lifestyle, and news
What were your key acquisition deals in 2007?
In 2007 we succeeded in attracting new emerging short content from BroadbandTV providing us with sports and lifestyle content, Spotlight Pranks who produced very funny Gotcha Girls, and Horror movies from Maxim Media, and a variety of movie genres from Vanguard Cinema and Echelon Studios
What are your plans for MIPTV?
At MIPTV we are planning on identifying new key content partners to expand our library
We will demonstrate our online video delivery service that has just launched
We will also demonstrate our New Community oriented user generated content delivery system |