NewTeeVee reports some changes at Guba, who’s been around since 1997. Or 1998, according to their About Us.
Founded in 1998, GUBA is a leading online entertainment destination helping users browse, download, share and buy user-generated content and hundreds of movies and TV shows. GUBA enables rapid download to the PC, iPod, PSP, and other portable devices. Users can watch videos in Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media formats, and can stream videos in their home network using Windows Media Center and Apple’s Front Row technology.
In compliance with the DMCA, GUBA accepts user-generated video in all common formats and indexes content from areas of the Internet that major search engines do not search.
Major Hollywood studios, distributors and independent film makers alike use GUBA to seamlessly reach one of the fastest growing audiences on the Internet. GUBA protects content owners using the latest DRM solutions and a proprietary, MPAA-approved filtering technology named “Johnny.”
Hmm… 1997-98. I was midway through my finance degree then; I don’t think I even thought I’d be working online at the time, let alone eventually become a major producer of original video content.
I like to “keep it real” by admitting and pointing these things out, instead of pretending like I created the Web or began playing with computers when my mom was busy changing my diapers, which incidentally, Guba’s co-founder and CEO Tom McInerney was doing, according to the company bio. Apparently, McInerney is leaving the firm to “write a book” and basically, get out of day-to-day operations of the firm. Hey man, if I’d be doing something since 1997, I’d feel the same way.
This comes after a shakeup at Revver which saw two of the three co-founders leave the company. In all likelihood, these two events have nothing to do with one another, but we’ve already said that backers of online video file sharing sites like Revver and Guba will feel the squeeze in the wake of GooTube consolidating its place atop the market.
We all know Alexa is dubious, but the Pageview, Rank and Reach graphs suggest a slowdown.
Anyway, whatever the case here, McInerney - who saw the big picture all the way back in 1997 - should have no problem getting back up on his feet and finding something to keep him busy.
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