Summary
Showbox is an online video streaming platform that enables users to stream and download many videos, commonly movies and TV shows for free. [citation needed]
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 Showbox Video Formats | |
| Founder | Effi Atad, CEO & Co-founder[1] Tomer Afek, Co-founder[1] |
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| Services | Online Video Creation Platform |
History edit
The company opened the platforms to users that registered to its beta in late 2015.
In February 2016, the platform was officially launched, enabling any visitor to sign up and create videos online.
In April 2016, Showbox was featured on the Product Hunt website, coming to the top of the website's lists for that day and week with over 1400 upvotes by the Product Hunt community.[2]
Also in April 2016, Showbox partnered with YouTube's leading Multi-Channel Networks, including Fullscreen, BroadbandTV, StyleHaul, AwesomenessTV, and BuzzMyVideos to enable their communities of creators to access the platform.[3]
In June 2016, the company launched Showbox For Brands, a business-oriented video creation platform, enabling companies to create video content in-house and with their communities and influencers.[4]
In March 2017, the company launched Showbox Engage, a use case of its B2B product launched in 2016, enabling companies to launch user-generated content campaigns with their communities[5][circular reference]
In April 2017, Showbox, and the United Nations announced a partnership around the 70th anniversary of the declaration of human rights, with an annual, ongoing global campaign in 135 languages, inviting people worldwide to create their part of the declaration in a video, from anywhere around the world.[6] In November 2017, Showbox partnered with the Ad:tech and Digital Marketing World Forum conferences (DMWF) in New York to provide their users and communities with a User Generated Content video solution.[7]
Technology edit
Showbox's video creation technology includes an online green screen feature, proprietary computer vision algorithms, deep learning technology to support the automatic creation of videos in the cloud, and advanced video compositing including special effects.[8]
Coverage and awards edit
In March 2015, Showbox was nominated as one of the 10 Israeli startups to take over our TV screens this year.[9][10]
In July 2016, Showbox won the Publicis90 award as part of Publicis' "global initiative to foster digital entrepreneurship".[11]
In March 2017 Showbox was chosen as one of The Culture Trip's 10 startups to watch for in 2017.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "Created for Amateurs, Online Video Editing Platform Showbox Picks up $8M Series A". Techcrunch.
- ^ "Showbox - Create amazing videos right in your browser".
- ^ "Showbox launches cloud video production platform - TVBEurope". www.tvbeurope.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17.
- ^ "Showbox launches video platform so brands can drive engagement". 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Showbox".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/ad-tech-new-york-partners-with-showbox-bring-community-new-cloud-based-video-creation-2230668.htm\ [dead link]
- ^ "Websites Making your Videos : Websites for Making your Videos". TrendHunter.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "10 הסטארטאפים הישראלים שיכבשו את מסך הטלויזיה שלכם [TechDate] | גיקטיים". 15 March 2015.
- ^ "פורבס ישראל". m.forbes.co.il. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.
- ^ "Billionaire's $24m buy". 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Israel, Asia travel guide".
External links edit
- Official website