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Quibi
Mobile-first short-form video streaming platform backed by $1
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Quibi
Premium short-form video platform that bet $1
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IGTV
Instagram's long-form vertical video platform, launched with a standalone app and heavy promotion
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Vine Camera
The Vine app relaunched purely as a camera tool after Twitter killed the social network
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Songkick Detour
Crowdfunding platform for fans to fund concerts in their city
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Mixer
Microsoft's Twitch competitor that signed Ninja for $30M and Shroud for $10M to steal streamers from Twitch
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Vessel
Subscription video platform offering early access to YouTube creator content for $2
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Vessel
YouTube co-founder's paid video platform offering early access to YouTube creators for $2
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Circa News
Mobile news app that atomized articles into digestible points and let users follow stories rather than publications
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Google Currents (App)
Google's Flipboard competitor for beautiful mobile news reading
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Google Play Music
Google's first serious music streaming product with locker service and curated radio
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Socialcam
The mobile video sharing app from the founders of Justin
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Turntable.fm
Collaborative DJ room app where users took turns playing music for a crowd of avatars
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Viddy
The "Instagram for video" that raised $30M and hit 40 million users during its 2012 viral peak
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Google TV (2010)
Google's first smart TV platform, blocked by all major networks and replaced within 2 years by Android TV
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Rdio
The most beautifully designed music streaming service that lost to Spotify despite having a superior interface
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Apple iAd
Apple's mobile advertising network launched by Steve Jobs as the premium alternative to Google's AdMob
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Yahoo Screen
Yahoo's video streaming platform that briefly hosted Community Season 6
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Posterous
The blogging platform where you posted by email, acquired by Twitter and shut down within a year
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Twitpic
The photo sharing service for Twitter before Twitter added native photos
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S
Songza
Playlist curation service organized by mood and activity
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Ustream
Live video streaming platform used for news events, concerts, and corporate broadcasts
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Ustream
The live streaming pioneer that powered major events including NASA launches and election nights
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Justin.tv
Lifecasting platform that let anyone stream live video
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S
Songza
The original contextual playlist service that matched music to your moment before algorithms took over
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Lala
Pioneering cloud music service that let users stream any song once free and purchase web songs for $0
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Grooveshark
Music streaming service that allowed user-uploaded songs
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G
Google Video
Google's own video platform before it acquired YouTube
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Digg
The social news site that invented community voting before Reddit, destroyed by a redesign that erased its culture
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iMeem
Music and social networking platform with licensed streaming
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LimeWire
The file-sharing network that survived the Napster lawsuits and became the internet's most dangerous virus delivery system
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Napster
The peer-to-peer music sharing service that the RIAA sued out of existence, inadvertently inventing streaming
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Broadcast.com
Mark Cuban sold this internet radio company to Yahoo for $5
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