The following letter from Alex Castro, founder and CEO of Delve Networks, was sent to all Delve Networks customers outlining details and implications of our acquisition by Limelight Networks.
Author Archives: alex castro
Limelight Networks Acquires Delve Networks
2 Aug 2010 – 5:08 am
Dear Delve Customers,
Today is the start of a new phase for the team at Delve Networks. We have been acquired by Limelight Networks (read press release). Our entire team, including myself, will be joining Limelight Networks where we will become the Video Platform Solutions business unit.
Last Thursday, Limelight’s CEO, Jeff Lunsford, flew up to our Seattle [...]
Delve Announces Support for WebM – An Open Standard for Video
19 May 2010 – 11:42 am
Today, we’re pleased to announce our support for WebM, an open and free standard for video on the Internet. Part of the reason the Internet has been so successful is because of free and open standards, like HTTP, TCP/IP, and HTML, that served as the building blocks for the web as we know it today.
Over [...]
Alex Castro, Delve’s CEO, to speak at StartupDay 2009
15 Aug 2009 – 5:06 pm
Here at Delve, we’re passionate about entrepreneurship, that’s why when I was asked to speak atStartupDay 2009 I jumped at the chance. StartupDay 2009 is a unique conference because it focuses on ‘pre-entrepreneurs’ which are folks who want to start or join a startup but haven’t already done so. The goal is to take out [...]
YouTube is Doomed?
9 Apr 2009 – 2:00 pm
There was an interesting post on Silicon Alley Insider today predicting the demise of YouTube. The blog post focuses on the economics and rumors that YouTube is losing several hundred million dollars a year.
I think the author has a point, Google has struggled to turn YouTube into a business. But I think YouTube has reached [...]
Video sites continue to grow, but ComScore’s metrics don’t tell the whole story
8 Feb 2009 – 11:22 pm
The latest ComScore video metrics were released last week, and to no one’s surprise, video sites continue to grow at a spectacular rate. Americans watched 14.3 billion videos in December, up 13% from the previous month.
These are certainly impressive numbers, but ComScore’s metrics don’t tell the whole story. The report covers internet video sites. What [...]
Search Inside Obama’s Inaugural Speech
20 Jan 2009 – 7:40 pm
Try Search Inside
We invite you to experience President Obama’s inaugural speech using our search inside technology. To do this, type what you’re looking for into the player searchbar above. A heatmap will show you where information related to your topic appears in the speech. You can move your mouse over the heatmap to see the [...]
ABC delivers half-billion episodes online
11 Jan 2009 – 10:13 pm
At CES, Disney’s Anne Sweeney, revealed that ABC.com has delivered 500m episodes and 1 billion ads. She also mentioned that the company sold “tens of millions” of episodes via Apple’s iTunes. Not too long ago, companies like Disney were hesitant to make the leap online due to piracy concerns, a very valid concern. Now, they [...]
Marketers Bullish on Video for 2009
10 Jan 2009 – 2:07 pm
eMarketer reported that based on a recent study, 66% of marketers plan to focus on video during 2009. This naturally makes sense as users expect more video online and consumers accept video advertising. In fact, according to eMarketer, more than four out of five Internet users will watch video ads in 2012 up from two-tird [...]