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VMIX Teams with Akamai to Deliver Powerful Video and Rich Media Solutions to VMIX Global Partners

August 27, 2008

VMIX Media, Inc. today announced a strategic relationship with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) to provide comprehensive video delivery and management solutions, supporting clients with everything from multi-format upload to highly customized playback, as well as marketing and monetization strategies.

Leveraging Akamai's globally distributed platform, which offers the ability to accelerate rich media and dynamic content and applications online, VMIX will now provide a scalable and reliable framework for video delivery, meeting the demands of top media, entertainment and consumer brands.

Steve Smith Named Regional Director of Business Development at VMIX

July 29, 2008

VMIX, a leading provider of media management software and services for online publishers, today named Steve Smith Regional Director of Business Development. Smith will lead operations at the new VMIX Atlanta sales office.

"Steve's appointment gives us a seasoned Internet-application strategist with vast experience applying Web 2.0 strategies to traditional business models," President and CEO Mike Glickenhaus said, adding, "Having Steve in Atlanta gives us local access to our clients, agencies and resellers on the East Coast." As Regional Director, Smith brings over 20 years of sales and business-development experience in Internet services and entrepreneurial ventures.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Smith served as Director of Sales and New Business Development at ThePort Network, a popular social-media platform. At ThePort, he directed executive-level sales and forged relationships with online news, broadcast and publishing partners, and professional sports.

"I recommended the VMIX platform regularly in my role at ThePort because I found it to be a robust and flexible solution that served businesses exceptionally well," Smith said. "VMIX is dedicated to innovation and customer service, whether it involves a simple or sophisticated implementation. I'm very happy to be part of the organization."

Before joining ThePort, Smith spent time in business development at Ontica, Client Network Services Inc., Vitamins.com, and KPMG LLP. He will assume his responsibilities as Regional Director of Business Development effective immediately.

Dan Charleston Named SVP of Business Development at VMIX

July 23, 2008

VMIX, a leading provider of media management software and services for online publishers and media companies, today named Dan Charleston Senior Vice President of Business Development.

"Dan brings a wealth of experience to the VMIX team," President and CEO Mike Glickenhaus said. "I'm confident that he will lead our sales team to the same levels of success he has demonstrated before."

As SVP of Business Development, Charleston brings over 27 years of sales-management experience in the broadcast arena to VMIX's national sales and business development expansion.

VMIX Featured on VideoNuze.com

July 21, 2008

VMIX has been around since 2005, and has built a healthy roster of customers, mainly, but not exclusively in the local media space. Operating purely as a white-label SaaS provider, its CORE media management platform now powers over 200 sites' video and multimedia offerings, reaching 60 million+ unique visitors/mo. Examples are regional sites such as McClatchy's KansasCity.com, Lee Enterprises' StlToday.com and Landmark's HamptonRoads.com along with others such as American Cancer Society's SharingHope.tv.

Given how crowded the space is, I'm always interested in how video platform companies articulate their points of differentiation. In this case Mike outlined several ways starting with the idea that VMIX's sale focuses on revenue generation for local media companies, rather than technology adoption.

Mike Glickenhaus Named President and CEO of VMIX

May 15, 2008

VMIX, a leading provider of media management software and services for online publishers, today named Mike Glickenhaus President and Chief Executive Officer. Glickenhaus was recruited by VMIX Chairman of the Board and co-founder Greg Kostello, who will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer.

"We are delighted to bring in executive talent like Mike who can lead us into our next wave of growth," said Kostello.

As CEO, Glickenhaus brings 27 years of senior management experience in broadcasting and publishing as the company seeks to expand its reach.

VMIX Relaunches Website With Emphasis On
Technology Offering

March 25, 2008

VMIX announced today that it is replacing its VMIX.COM community site with a website that better represents the company's technology and service offerings.

"This is nothing new for us," said CEO Greg Kostello. "VMIX is an established leader in providing media-management and community platforms. We build products that support over 200 media, publishing and broadcast websites. We're simply changing our own website to reflect that focus."

Later this year, the company plans to launch VMIX Marketplace, a premium service that will offer original content to website publishers and allow content producers the ability to reach over 50 million uniques per month. For more information, contact helpdesk@vmix.com.

VMIX: Avoiding the YouTube onslaught

November 5, 2007 | Tom Taulli, Bloggingstocks.com

As a sign of its success, VMIX raised $16.5 million last week. The investors include JK&B Capital, ATA Ventures, Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners.

VMIX has built a rich media platform, which allows for not only videos, but also blogs, slide shows, and even social networking. "We focus on technology," said Kostello, "And our customers focus on what they are good at. That is, creating great content."

VMIX Secures $16.5 Million in Venture Funding

October 31, 2007

VMIX, the leading interactive media, video and social networking company, today announced the closing of a $16.5 million equity financing.

New investors JK&B Capital and ATA Ventures joined existing investors Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners in this round. The funding will be applied to extending the company's lead in supplying the VMIX CORE software platform to companies and organizations across the globe.

Viral Corporate Videos

October 2, 2007 | EventDV.net

Combining user-generated content with commercial content, VMIX lets videographers upload promo videos for their clients as well as their own creative content.

San Diego's Jim Staylor of Staylor-Made Productions uses VMIX to market his $29.95 instructional DVD, How to Keep Your Do-It-Yourself-Video from Looking Like You Did It Yourself. He has ten clips ranging from 30 to 60 seconds in length that correspond to chapters on the DVD. He created a channel on VMIX that lets users view the clips sequentially or in any order they wish. About two weeks after Staylor posted these promo clips to VMIX, he sold 14 copies of his DVD to one customer. In addition to the income he gets from selling his instructional DVDs, the expert cachet he's accrued has encouraged clients to hire him for video productions.

More news and user-generated videos at 11!

June 6, 2007 | CNN Money

Television station owners have discovered the Web and are now trying to reinvent themselves as sexy, local online advertising plays.

Not to be outdone, local TV owner LIN TV, which owns 29 stations nationwide, announced a partnership on Wednesday with VMIX, a privately held online video hosting company. VMIX will help LIN TV set up user-generated videos, photos blogs and other local community content on the Web sites for all of the company’s stations.

Tribune Mixes It Up

January 30, 2007 |By Tom Taulli, AOL Money & Finance

I had a chance to talk to Greg Kostello, who is the CEO and founder of VMIX. According to him:

"Forward-looking newspapers like Tribune are combining the best of the interactive and participatory nature of the web with the value of providing first-rate news for their readership. They are leveraging their built-in regional community and providing the kind of online experience that people have come to expect. This means not just consuming news but interacting with it, responding to it, and even providing content for that community. Video and media sharing is one of the key factors. It helps drive community by allowing people to share their stories. "

S.D. Video Firm, Tribune Co. Ink Deal

January 30, 2007 |By Mike Freeman, The San Diego Union-Tribune

Papers to let visitors post content online

A key feature to VMIX's platform is a filtering system that blocks pornography, obscenities and unauthorized copyrighted material from being posted by users on the newspapers' Web sites. Kostello said VMIX is paid a license fee and also is paid based on usage. He declined to say how much the company expects to make from the service.