News moves fast, and video is an important medium for staying on top of stories as they break. Video production platform Wochit has raised $4.75 million and hired media veteran Keith McAllister to make creating and publishing high-quality videos as efficient as possible. Wochit produces videos as news breaks or topics start to trend. The technology... Read more »

Video is becoming an increasingly important part of news coverage online. But it’s also expensive and time-consuming to produce, and many publishers don’t have the resources to create them on their own. A startup called Wochit is changing the economics around video production for breaking news, and has raised $4.75 million to make their technology available... Read more »

Question: what do you get when you combine a tremendous market need in a rapidly transforming industry with exceptional technologists who are determined to change the world? Answer: you get a very unique venture investment opportunity. Today, we are announcing our lead investment in Wochit—a company that will be at the forefront of modernizing global... Read more »

No matter where you go these days, it seems like everyone is focused on their mobile phones, so it should come as no surprise that mobile video is growing — and fast. As of March 2015, 41% of all digital video views worldwide were done on mobile and Cisco predicts that 79% of all mobile... Read more »

We’re only two months into 2016, but there have already been some BIG changes on the social video front. Check out some of the most significant social video news updates below:

Calls-to-action (CTAs) are a critical part of every social video strategy. The video CTA is your instruction for a viewer. It is meant to provoke an immediate response and typically use imperative verbs, encouraging acts like “follow us,” “share now,” or “find out more.” With smart CTAs, you can turn passive viewers into active brand participants.... Read more »