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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30 It is important to leverage the fastest growing platforms but anticipate changing terms of service.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this? What's your ideal investment opportunity?

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this? What's your ideal investment opportunity?

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