Yospace

Yospace was founded in 1999.{{cite news|title=Hot picks: Future mobile trends|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6340103.stm|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=18 April 2012}} Its first product, the SmartPhone Emulator, released in April 2000, was a WAP handset emulator of the Nokia 7110. The product was unique at the time as it was the only solution available to developers that provided an accurate rendering of the handset display. The SmartPhone Emulator was released as a downloadable developer tool and an applet that could be embedded into a web page. The developer tool allowed simultaneous display of a variety of different handsets including those from Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola.{{cite book|last=Tull|first=Chris|title=WAP 2.0 Development|year=2002|publisher=Que|isbn=0-7897-2602-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wap20development0000tull/page/17 17–18]|url=https://archive.org/details/wap20development0000tull/page/17}}

In 2005, Yospace launched a user-generated video community called SeeMeTV in partnership with the mobile operator 3 in the UK,{{cite web|url=http://www.hutchison-whampoa.com/upload_docs/2005/10/Telco/1646/1646_eng.htm |title=Hutchison Whampoa Limited — Press Release |publisher=Hutchison-whampoa.com |date=2005-10-18 |access-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406111140/http://www.hutchison-whampoa.com/upload_docs/2005/10/Telco/1646/1646_eng.htm |archive-date=April 6, 2012 }} which was launched shortly after as LookAtMe! on the O2 network in the UK.{{cite web|last=Woods |first=Sarah |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/568071/ |title=O2 unveils 'look at me' video viral service — Brand Republic News |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=2006-07-07 |access-date=2012-03-04}} BeOnTV followed on T-Mobile in 2007.{{cite web|author=James Cameron |url=http://www.mobilegroove.com/latecomer-or-fast-follower-t-mobile-leaps-into-user-generated-content-launches-ugc-tv/ |title=Latecomer Or Fast-Follower: T-Mobile Leaps Into User-Generated Content; Launches UGC TV |publisher=mobilegroove |date=2007-10-15 |access-date=2012-03-04}}

The services offered a means for subscribers to send in videos and pictures via MMS into a moderated gallery from which other community members could download and rate the entries. The service charged for video downloads and paid a percentage of the revenue back to the contributors via PayPal. By March 2006, the operator 3 claimed that over £100,000 had been paid back to contributors.{{cite web|url=http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/March2006/2740.htm |title='SeeMeTV' Tops 4 Million 3G Mobile Downloads |publisher=3g.co.uk |date=2006-03-09 |access-date=2012-03-04}}

The company won numerous awards including being voted Number 1 in “Real Business' Top 50 Companies to Watch in Mobile’,{{cite web|title=Top 50 Mobile companies announced|url=http://mobilecontentnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/top-50-mobile-companies-announced.html|publisher=Mobile Content News|access-date=18 April 2012}} and winning ‘Mobile Innovation Award 2006’ from the Mobile Entertainment Forum.{{cite web|url=http://www.m-e-f.org/news/archived_news/2006/mobile_entertainment_awards_shortlist_announced/ |title=Mobile Entertainment Awards Shortlist Announced : Mobile Entertainment Forum |publisher=M-e-f.org |access-date=2012-03-04}}

The services since combined into a single community under the name EyeVibe.{{cite web|last=Merrett |first=Andy |url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/02/3_and_o2_launch.html |title=3 and O2 launch EyeVibe mobile user generated video site : Tech Digest |publisher=Techdigest.tv |date=2008-02-05 |access-date=2012-03-04}} Yospace sold the service to Australian company Moko.mobi in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://blog.traderdealer.com.au/2011/01/19/asx-company-news-moko-mobi-acquires-eyevibe/ |title=MOKO.Mobi Acquires EyeVibe | Online Stockmarket Trading Update |publisher=Blog.traderdealer.com.au |date=2011-01-19 |access-date=2012-03-04}}

In February 2007, the company was acquired by EMAP for £8.7 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.emap.com/about-us/news/2007-news/emap-acquires-yospace |title=Acquires Yospace |publisher=Emap |access-date=2012-03-04}} EMAP was subsequently acquired by Europe's largest privately held publishing group H.Bauer Publishing. In March 2009, as part of Bauer Media's strategy review, it sold its interest in Yospace to private investors for £1.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8040040/Bauer-sells-businesses-that-cost-13m-for-just-1.50.html |title=Bauer sells businesses ... |publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-07-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.yospace.com/index.php/news.html?page=5 |title=News |publisher=Yospace |date=2010-10-03 |access-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226092339/http://yospace.com/index.php/news.html?page=5 |archive-date=February 26, 2012 }}

During the period under Bauer ownership, Yospace launched yospaceCDS, a SaaS version of the video technology it had been developing for its own consumer services as a platform for digital publishers, media production houses and software developers alike to take video content out to mobile devices.

In January 2019, RTL Group announced their planned acquisition of Yospace for up to US$33 million (approx. €29 million), with transaction scheduled for completion on 1 February 2019.{{Cite web|title=RTL Group to acquire video technology company Yospace|url=https://www.rtlgroup.com/en/press_releases/2019/rtl-group-to-acquire-video-tec.cfm|access-date=2020-11-16|website=www.rtlgroup.com}}

The company is managed by Tim Sewell, CEO{{cite web|title=CATAPULT INVESTS IN MOBILE VIDEO DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY |url=http://www.catapult-vm.co.uk/cat355.shtml |publisher=catapult-vm.co.uk |access-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051706/http://www.catapult-vm.co.uk/cat355.shtml |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }} and David Springall CTO and co-founder.{{cite web|url=http://www.streamingmediaglobal.com/conference/2010/speakers.aspx?speaker=DavidSpringall |title=David Springall speaking at Streaming Media Europe 2010 |publisher=Streamingmediaglobal.com |access-date=2012-03-04}}

Sky, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, GSMA, ITN, Thomson Reuters, Vodafone, CBS Interactive, and Hearst Television have used Yospace technology, and with the most recent addition of BT Sport replacing Microsoft Silverlight.{{cite web|url=http://everycity.co.uk/case-studies/yospace/|title=Managed Cloud Hosting - EveryCity|access-date=30 July 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cedmagazine.com/products/2012/09/yospace-delivers-ad-insertion-through-the-cloud |title=Yospace delivers ad insertion through the cloud |access-date=2014-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511170807/http://www.cedmagazine.com/products/2012/09/yospace-delivers-ad-insertion-through-the-cloud |archive-date=2015-05-11 |url-status=dead }}

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• {{Official website|http://www.yospace.com/}}

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