Vessel (website)

Vessel Group, Inc
Type of site
 Video hosting service
Founded January 21, 2015
Headquarters 660 4th Street, San Francisco,
California, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Jason Kilar
Richard Tom
Industry Internet
Video hosting service
Slogan(s) Reimagining Tomorrow’s TV Today[1]
Website vessel.com
Launched January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21)
Current status Acquired by Verizon

Vessel was a video service launched in 2015 by the early team behind Hulu, including former CEO Jason Kilar and Richard Tom.[2][3]

Company history

The service resembled that of YouTube, whereby a viewer can watch videos for free. However, viewers could add "Early Access" at a $3 monthly fee or $20 annual fee to their account, which allowed them to view videos a minimum of 72 hours before the video is released to the general public.[3] Vessel then created mobile applications for iOS and Android devices which optimized the videos for mobile viewing.

The idea behind the site was that creators would be able to gain more revenue from their videos than on YouTube due to the subscription fee as well as advertisements.[4]

Since the site was created, YouTube stars such as Craig Benzine, Linus Sebastian, Connor Franta, Doug Walker, Caspar Lee, Tanya Burr, Good Mythical Morning, Epic Meal Time, Marcus Butler, Kent Heckel, LaToya Forever, Delaila Johnson, Tre Melvin and Jack Vale signed up to have their content streamed on Vessel.[3]

Vessel was purchased by Verizon in October 2016. The Vessel service closed on October 31, 2016.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2016-06-22). "Here's Everything You Need To Know About Vessel, Jason Kilar's New Online Video Platform". Tubefilter.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. ↑ Stone, Brad. "Vessel: A YouTube Rival That Wants to Be the Streaming HBO". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Spangler, Todd (January 21, 2015). "Vessel Signs More YouTube Stars to Subscription Service, Launches Limited Beta Test". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Here's Everything You Need To Know About Vessel, Jason Kilar's New Online Video Platform". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Vessel Blog". Vessel Blog. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

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