Contact Information: Lisa Bennett Kaltura (212) 981-3965 lisa.bennett@kaltura.com
Kaltura's Open Source Video Platform Powers Dori Media Group's Novebox.com, the World's First Social Network Dedicated to Telenovela
Novebox Also Features Dori Media Group's New Telenovela Show -- "Amanda O"; Users Can Share, Upload and Edit Rich-Media on Novebox.com, as Well as View, Participate and Even Remix Their Own Episodes of "Amanda O" Using Kaltura's technology
| Source: Kaltura
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 25, 2008) - Kaltura Inc. (www.kaltura.com) announced today
that it has been selected by Dori Media Group ("Dori Media" or "DMG"), the
international media company active in the field of television, with a focus
on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of Telenovela,
to power Novebox.com, the world's first online community dedicated
specifically to Telenovela. Novebox also features the new Telenovela,
"Amanda O," produced specially for the site.
"In order to launch Novebox and 'Amanda O,' we needed a reliable video
platform with interactive capabilities including uploading, remixing, and
video management in addition to social network-related features like
moderation, rating, multi-lingual support and user-related permissions,"
said Ehud Levy, CEO of Dori Media Web.
Kaltura worked with Dori Media to create custom video applications to fit
their specific needs, based on the Kaltura open source framework. Using
Kaltura's open source video platform for video management, creation,
interaction, and collaboration, fans can share and interact in rich-media,
watch episodes of "Amanda O," and even remix their own episodes -- by
mashing up scenes, adding media and choosing alternative endings. During
the first stage of its release, "Amanda O" will be made available to
viewers in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay with other countries to follow.
"It's a real honor to be working with one of the world's largest companies
for telenovelas. Dori Media is proving to be a pioneer in its space with
their revolutionary concept of an online, interactive show. This is the
perfect example of a traditional media company leveraging the Internet to
enhance user engagement," said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura Chairman and CEO.
"Kaltura's extensive and flexible video platform is a perfect solution for
any site -- large or small. Moreover, in the current economic climate our
open source framework and distribution strategy are ideal for spurring
innovation, maximizing penetration, and providing best of breed solutions
at a fraction of the price of proprietary platforms."
About Dori Media Group
Dori Media Group is an international media group that produces, distributes
and broadcasts telenovelas. The group owns approximately 4,300 television
hours that it sells to a wide variety of audiences in more than 50
countries. In Israel, Dori Media is the owner of Dori Media Paran and Dori
Media Darset, which produce daily series and telenovelas for the Israeli
market. It also owns and operates two telenovela channels, Viva and Viva
Platinum. In the Israeli market, Dori Media also packages, produces and
operates all of the movie channels on HOT cable television and the series
channel on HOT Extra. In Indonesia, the company operates the Televiva
Vision 2 channel that is devoted to telenovelas and Baby TV Vision 3 for
toddlers. The Dori Media Group is controlled by Mapal Communications Ltd.
one of the largest media companies in Israel. The group operates from
offices in Israel, USA, Switzerland, Argentina and the Philippines. The
group is traded on the London Stock Exchange where its symbol is DMG. For
more information on Dori Media, visit our corporate website at
http://www.dorimedia.com/.
About Kaltura
Kaltura has developed the first open source video platform for video
management, creation, interaction and collaboration. Kaltura's platform
enables any site to seamlessly and cost-effectively integrate advanced
interactive rich-media functionalities, such as searching, uploading,
importing, video editing, annotating, remixing, and sharing of video,
audio, and photo files. The platform also includes unique collaboration
functionalities that allow groups of users to create together, and enables
publishers to access and syndicate reusable content across the Kaltura
Network of content and to enjoy aggregated hosted video services such as
video advertising, professional editing, and DVD printing. Kaltura's free
open source code is available for web developers in the form of an
extensive Software Development Kit, as well as self-serve packages for
publishers in the form of automatic extensions and plugins for leading
content management, blogging and collaboration platforms such as Drupal,
WordPress, and MediaWiki.
Founded in 2006, Kaltura's management and advisory team includes top notch
advertising, marketing, and media executives as well as open source experts
and seasoned technology entrepreneurs, including co-founders of ICQ, Cyota,
and Destinator Technologies. Since its public launch in September 2007,
New York-based Kaltura has won numerous awards and endorsements, including
the TechCrunch40 People's Choice award (2007), the Mashable video-sharing
'Open Web' award (2007), a TWS 'top 10' company (2008), an AlwaysOn 'Global
250' company (2008), and one of Esquire Magazine's 'most promising' Web 3.0
companies (2008). For more information, visit http://www.kaltura.com.