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Type of site | Video on-demand |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | June 30, 2019 |
| Owner | Yahoo! |
| Parent | Verizon Media |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 1, 2006 (as Yahoo! Video)[1] |
| Current status | Closed |
The company Yahoo! ran several similar video services. Yahoo! Video, a video hosting service, was established in 2006. Later, the ability to upload videos was removed, changing it to a more pure video on demand service; the website became a portal for curated video content hosted by Yahoo's properties. In 2011, the service was re-launched as Yahoo! Screen, placing a larger focus on original content and web series. Created for the service were the series Burning Love, Electric City, Ghost Ghirls, Losing It with John Stamos, Sin City Saints, and Other Space. Yahoo! Screen also acquired the sitcom Community for an additional season, following its cancellation after the fifth season on NBC. In January 2016, following a $42 million write-down on the poor performance of its original content, Yahoo! Screen was shut down.[2] In August 2016, Yahoo! announced a partnership with the subscription video-on-demand service Hulu to move its free video library to a de facto successor known as Yahoo! View.[3] Yahoo! View streamed recent episodes of television series from the ABC, NBC, and Fox networks in the United States, as well as a moderate selection of archived programs from various distributors, the "skinny bundle" model.[4] Yahoo! View was decommissioned on June 30, 2019.[5]
- ^ "Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine. July 13, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Thielman, Sam. "Yahoo kills off Screen video service less than four years after launch". The Guardian.
- ^ "Introducing Yahoo View, a TV Watching Experience Featuring Hulu". Business Wire (Press release). August 8, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ Mathews, Liam (August 8, 2016). "Hulu Is Discontinuing Its Free Streaming Service". TV Guide.
- ^ "will be decommissioned on June 30, 2019". Yahoo View.