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OVGuide

Field	Value
name	OVGuide
logo	OVGuide Logo.jpg
logo_size	200px
logocaption	OVGuide logo
url	www.ovguide.com
type	Online video website directory
and video search engine
owner	FOTV Media Networks, Inc.
registration	Not required for most services
author	Dale Bock, Founder
David Bohnett, Chairman
launch_date	July 2006

and video search engine David Bohnett, Chairman OVGuide is a website aggregator which allowed users to find online video content. The company was acquired by FOTV Media Networks Inc. for over $10M in 2016.

Included sites

Sites are submitted by users and selected based on editorial review. Once a site is approved for inclusion, it is categorized according to its niche content. Editors do not review specific video titles, but look at the overall quality of a site, such as checking for enough unique video content, potential spyware, excessive ads, or other factors which would make a video site unacceptable for inclusion.

Special events

In 2009, OVGuide participated as one of the exclusive live streamers of Leeza Gibbons' 'A Night to Make a Difference' an Oscar dinner and charity celebration, the first time an Academy Awards Oscar Party was streamed online.

Acquisitions

In 2010 OVGuide acquired IBeatYou. The total deal was worth $2.975M, with $1.487M in earnout. IBeatYou was later acquired from OVGuide by Photobucket in an all-stock transaction.

Live Matrix was acquired by OVGuide in early 2012. Sanjay Reddy replaced Peter Lee as CEO.

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