ComScore recently released their February 2011 US Online Video Rankings numbers, which are always an interesting measure of the state of online video.

Today it was announced that Maven has been acquired by Yahoo!. Although they were a relatively small player in the Internet TV platform category, with significantly less market share than Brightcove, we believe their acquisition is a good validation of the value of the category as a whole.

by Gary Gentile, AP/USAToday.com
3 April 2005

"It all speaks to Yahoo executives' excitement about 'micropublishing' - letting the portal's users create content attractive to fellow users that will encourage people to hang around in Yahoo's virtual world.

"It's a vision shared by others who see a future where people aren't just passive viewers of content but participate in creating the 'TV shows' of tomorrow.