Pandora TV

Pandora TV
Private
Industry Internet video sharing
Founded October 2004
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Key people
Peter Kim, Founder and CEO
Samuel Lee, COO
Number of employees
120 (2008)
Website www.pandora.tv

Pandora TV (판도라TV) is a video sharing website that hosts user-generated content. Founded in October 2004, Pandora TV is the first video sharing website in the world to attach advertisement to user-submitted video clips and to provide unlimited storage space for users to upload. The operating company, Pandora TV Co., Ltd., has its headquarters in the Seoul-Gangnam Building in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.[1][2]

In 2007 it was the fastest growing website in South Korea.[3] In 2008 it was the largest video sharing website in South Korea, and it had 3.6 million members. At the time it had 35% of the Korean marketshare for video sharing sites.[4]

The site is available in Korean, and since April 2008, in English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Pandora TV raised over $16 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firms - Altos Ventures and DCM - in two consecutive funding rounds 2006 and 2007, which represents the largest foreign investment made so far on any Korean Internet start-up.[5]

Company history

See also

References

  1. "Privacy Policy." Pandora TV. Retrieved on September 17, 2011. "Seoul-Gangnam Building 5th Floor #727-16, Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu Seoul, Korea 135-921"
  2. "Report Personal Rights Violation." Pandora TV. Retrieved on September 17, 2011. "Copyright Infringement Report Center Pandora TV Inc.5F. Seoul Gangnam Bldg, #727-16 Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-921, South Korea"
  3. "Fast Search & Transfer wins deal with South Korea's Pandora.TV." Forbes. April 25, 2007. Retrieved on September 17, 2011.
  4. Sung, So-young. "YouTube to launch Web site here, where many others have failed." Joongang Daily. January 22, 2008. Retrieved on September 17, 2011.
  5. "DCM invests in Pandora TV". www.dmwmedia.com. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  6. "Global Top 100 Tech Startups 2007 Finalists (Red Herring)". December 2007.

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