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Konbini web TV

Konbini the fresh and creative web TV, providing innovative and fun entertainment for the digital generation. The word Konbini is lifted from Japanese culture, where Konbini are Japanese convenience stores, like 711s. This is a French website that showcases emerging culture. Well worth a watch, and content is updated regularly, with new shows added all the time. http://www.konbini.com/ Online TV startup Konbini just raised €3M in its second round of founding from NextStage, one of the most active French venture capital firms (NextStage manages a €220m fund). The startup, which already raised €700k in the occasion of its launch in october 2008, aims at a younger internet generation which likes producing and broadcasting videos. The final objective of the company is to become a big player for video content in the 15-35 years old category, between YouTube, Hulu and HBO Premium. Konbini will open an office in London before the end of the year and hopes to expand to the US too. The French startup is trying to build a product and user-base aimed at advertisers who want to move budget from traditional TV to the web. They’ve developed a proprietary advertisement platform/format for this purpose. “We have decided to capitalize on creativity, this second round of funding confirms our model oriented to production and broadcasting for a large audience of internet users. NextStage’s experience will give us all the means to finish the development and reach profitability in the short term,” says Konbini’s founders Lucie Beudet and David Creuzot. Konbini employs 10 people, reaches 300,000 unique visitors per month and is aiming at a million before the end of the year.

Konbini raises €3m, aims at the UK 2 Comments by Stefano Bernardi on July 30, 2009

Online TV startup Konbini just raised €3M in its second round of founding from NextStage, one of the most active French venture capital firms (NextStage manages a €220m fund). The startup, which already raised €700k in the occasion of its launch in october 2008, aims at a younger internet generation which likes producing and broadcasting videos. The final objective of the company is to become a big player for video content in the 15-35 years old category, between YouTube, Hulu and HBO Premium. Konbini will open an office in London before the end of the year and hopes to expand to the US too. The French startup is trying to build a product and user-base aimed at advertisers who want to move budget from traditional TV to the web. They’ve developed a proprietary advertisement platform/format for this purpose. “We have decided to capitalize on creativity, this second round of funding confirms our model oriented to production and broadcasting for a large audience of internet users. NextStage’s experience will give us all the means to finish the development and reach profitability in the short term,” says Konbini’s founders Lucie Beudet and David Creuzot. Konbini employs 10 people, reaches 300,000 unique visitors per month and is aiming at a million before the end of the year.

Konbini, c’est la nouvelle webtv française qui a tout compris au branded content. Leur programme : “Konbini réinvente la télé en fournissant des nouveaux programmes de qualité faits par des producteurs et des équipes trendy.” En effet c’est un portail de divertissement qui propose du contenu gratuit financé par la pub et le parrainage des marques, mais pas du contenu publicitaire. La plate-forme créée par deux anciens de la Chose se présente comme une “plate-forme interactive de divertissement premium, légale et gratuite, qui propose des programmes exclusifs pour les 15/35 ans.” Son objectif est d’offrir un portail de contenus exclusifs vidéo et de qualité aux internautes, et se rémunérer en proposant aux marques de s’y associer. C. Werle konbini.com www.culture-buzz.fr

Média Junkie : Le branded content

A quoi vont ressembler la pub et la télévision de demain ? Les réponses de David Creuzot et de Lucie Beudet, co-fondateurs de Konbini, dans ce nouveau media-junkie !