Kewego
Encyclopedia
Kewego is a video platform provider website
. The company is based in Paris, France
. In early 2011, KIT digital
purchased Kewego. Clients include brands such as Orange, Ebay
, Lycos
, M6
, and L'Equipe
. Kewego also operates its own branded video sharing
sites such as www.mykewego.com, www.mykewego.fr www.mykewego.co.uk, and so on.
entrepreneur
s. They founded Multimania in 1995, which they subsequently floated on the French New Market at the Paris bourse in March 2000. It was later sold to Lycos for 220m Euros. Meyer and Heckmann then founded PulseVision in 2003, which was renamed Kewego in 2006.
video hosting platform. Kewego provides all software, hardware and bandwidth necessary to operate a video portal. Videos are converted to Flash Video format and the platform is provided with a branded Flash Video Player.
Kewego also offers a viral video
placement / seeding service.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
. The company is based in Paris, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In early 2011, KIT digital
KIT digital
KIT digital is a global provider of end-to-end video management software and services. The company is headquartered in Prague, and maintains principal offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Buenos Aires, New York, Chennai, Cologne, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan,...
purchased Kewego. Clients include brands such as Orange, Ebay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
, Lycos
Lycos
Lycos, Inc. is a search engine and web portal established in 1994. Lycos also encompasses a network of email, webhosting, social networking, and entertainment websites.-Corporate history:...
, M6
Métropole 6
M6, also known as Metropole television, is the most profitable private national French TV channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world...
, and L'Equipe
L'Équipe
L'Équipe is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of football , rugby, motorsports and cycling...
. Kewego also operates its own branded video sharing
Video sharing
Video hosting services refers to websites or software where users can distribute their video clips. Other sites such as file hosting services image hosting services and social network services might support video sharing as an enhancement to their primary mission, but in general, they are not...
sites such as www.mykewego.com, www.mykewego.fr www.mykewego.co.uk, and so on.
Background
Kewego was founded by Michel Meyer and Olivier Heckmann, two FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
s. They founded Multimania in 1995, which they subsequently floated on the French New Market at the Paris bourse in March 2000. It was later sold to Lycos for 220m Euros. Meyer and Heckmann then founded PulseVision in 2003, which was renamed Kewego in 2006.
Features of the platform
The Kewego video platform is a white labelWhite label product
A white label product or service is a product or service produced by one company that other companies rebrand to make it appear as if they made it.-History:...
video hosting platform. Kewego provides all software, hardware and bandwidth necessary to operate a video portal. Videos are converted to Flash Video format and the platform is provided with a branded Flash Video Player.
Kewego also offers a viral video
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
placement / seeding service.