Staci Kramer writes: "VeriSign continues its web services expansion with the $62 million acquisition of California-based Kontiki as the basis of the new VeriSign Broadband Content Services, which will deliver rich media over IP. Kontiki provides peer delivery systems for high-quality video, software and digital content; current clients include AOL, BSkyB and Verizon. ..." Link: paidContent.org.
For other coverage, see VeriSign Buys Kontiki: $62M (link: Red Herring), VeriSign Buys Broadband P2P Company Kontiki (link: Playfuls.com), and Kontiki acquired by VeriSign (link: SiliconBeat).
Added 3/15/2006: VeriSign to acquire Kontiki (link: ZDNet), A VeriSign Move Into Digital Content (Link: internetnews.com), VeriSign Acquires P2P Firm Kontiki (link: BetaNews), VeriSign Buys Broadband Media Firm (link: TheStreet.com), VeriSign to Acquire Kontiki for Digital Media Delivery (link: Converge Network Digest), and the press release on this: VeriSign Enters Broadband Content Services Market to Enable Intelligent Delivery of Digital Media Over IP Networks (link: PR Newswire).
Kontiki also powers Open Media Network, with which the Public Service Publisher Initiative, a group of public broadcasting stations and independent producers that I chair, is partnering, the BBC Interactive Media Player, and others. I'm viewing this as a positive development for Open Media Network. --Dennis
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