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Ajit Balakrishnan who founded Indian online portal Rediff.com (NASDAQ: REDF) has been in the news lately over speculation that Yahoo, Google and AOL or bidding to buy Rediff.

Today we learn that is building a new un-named startup. "The model will attempt to create a disruption in the TV industry using contemporary internet technologies." The startup is based in Mumbai and has already hired 15 people with experience in digital video.

Balakrishnan is looking to hire a COO to run the show for him.

Apply here

Continue reading "COO For Mumbai Based Video Startup Founded By Rediff Founder" »

Posted by BT at 07:02 PM | Permalink

The recruitment stakes keep getting higher. Connected Ventures did this video one night after work. Sites include Vimeo, CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, and Defunker. They're hiring: connectedventures.com/jobs.shtml

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
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Posted by BT at 04:48 AM | Permalink

This is a very cool Canadian company that recently did an IPO that we covered here. The company was founded by the guy who started in that documentary Dot.com

They are looking for someone to lead their global ads sales efforts. Company currently has about $125M in the bank and has offices in Toronto, Dubai and New York City. Prepare to travel, travel, travel.

Candidates should apply to jobs@jumptv.com or contact Mike “JB” John-Baptiste on jb@jumptv.com (Group Head, Distribution) for further information.

Continue reading "Ad Sales Head For Global TV/Internet Co. JumpTV" »

Posted by Paul at 09:01 PM | Permalink

Big Stage is a pre-launch startup in LA that looks like it is another American Idol clone online. Jon Klein, CEO of Clone Interactive is the hiring manager. Apply here

Continue reading "Marketing VP For LA's Big Stage Entertainment" »

Posted by BT at 10:45 PM | Permalink

We know next to nothing about this company which got going 6 months ago. Your boss would be Elie Habib who was Senior VP at Nokia and VP Engineering at Ramp Networks. We also know they plan to do something with Video.

Apply here

Continue reading "VP Product Marketing For SF-based Stealth Mode Jittr Networks" »

Posted by BT at 09:52 PM | Permalink

Digital Fountain is an online video infrastructure company that competes with Akamai. This is one of the hottest sectors online and Digital Fountain has a very impressive group of investors who have bought in, including Cisco, Honda, BT, Sony, Sumitomo, and Matrix Partners. They are looking for a VP of Finance to report to the CEO - Charlie Oppenheimer who ran Aptiva which was bought by Yahoo.

Contact David Arnold darnold@gorillasearch.com at 408-399-6167

Continue reading "Finance VP For Video CDN Digital Fountain" »

Posted by Paul at 04:52 PM | Permalink

We profiled FunnyOrDie, a video site recently launched by Will Ferrel with backing from Sequoia Capital. The Palo Alto-based company has mad traffic since launching recently is looking to hire a couple of techs at this point: one unix admin and a PHP coder to stabalize the site.

The VP of engineering (your boss) is Mark Smallcombe who was head of engineering at Insiderpages.

Apply - here

Read - FunnyorDie post on the a:c

Posted by Paul at 07:17 PM | Permalink

Sherman Oaks, CA -based GoTV today raised $12M From Motorola and Qualcomm. The company created original content for cell phones. This is a very early stage market so this thing could sink or swim, but wireless video expertise will be handy.

+ MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION SPECIALIST SPANISH
+ MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
+ SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Submit your resume to hr@gotvnetworks.com. No phone calls or drop-offs.

Read - CTIA: GoTV Raises $12M From Motorola and Qualcomm (alarm:clock)

Posted by Paul at 06:45 AM | Permalink

Digital Fountain has one of the most over the top list of investors we have come across in a while, BT, Cisco, Honda, Texas Instruments, Sony. Founded in 2003, the company aims to enable home-theater quality television over the Internet and multimedia broadcasting to mobile devices.
Engineering
Internet TV Server Engineer
Internet TV Client Engineer
Internet TV Protocols Engineer
IPTV Applications Engineer
IPTV Systems Architect
Mobile Media Systems Architect
Mobile Media Applications Engineer
Senior IPTV Applications Engineer
Senior Quality Engineer
Applications Software Manager

Sales & Business Development
Director of Business Development - Internet Video Content
Director of Business Development - Internet Service Providers
Internet TV Sales Engineer

Product Marketing
Product Manager - IPTV & Mobile Multimedia Products

Finance & Administration
Controller

Apply to careers@digitalfountain.com

Posted by Paul at 06:29 AM | Permalink

Veodia is a pre-launch, angel-backed start-up that says it is about to launch a live Internet TV service. They arelooking for a VP of Marketing and Business Development.

They’re based in downtown Palo Alto, a few blocks from the Caltrain station. The founders just say that they come from the MPEG-4 / h.264 streaming and open source worlds and have been working on the product for over a year and are now.

Send resume and pointers to relevant experience: jobs@veodia.com

Continue reading "VP Marketing & Business Dev for Angel-Funded Live internet TV Start-up In Palo Alto" »

Posted by Paul at 12:50 AM | Permalink

Palo Alto's Veodia is looking for a VP of Marketing and BD at this pre-launch, angel-backed start-up.

Contact - jobs@veodia.com

Continue reading "VP Marketing & Business Dev For Live Internet TV Start-up In Palo Alto" »

Posted by BT at 07:48 PM | Permalink

Sunnyvale's digital video software maker Avidence is in need of a VP for BD. It has just raised around $5M in Series A from ArrowPath Ventures and Red Rock Ventures.

The company remains in stealth mode. Its led by CEO Frank Bishop who was VP and GM at Siebel Systems and CMO Param Singh who was an entrepreneur in residence at Outlook Ventures VP and GM at Infoseek/Disney Internet Group.

Apply here

View - site

Posted by BT at 04:54 PM | Permalink

CastTV is husband/wife founded, San Francisco-based video search start-up that says it has recently raised VC funding. The company seeks software engineers and product managers

Send your resumes to jobs AT casttv.com.

Posted by Paul at 02:44 AM | Permalink

This is another company with no name or logo yet, but an idea to build a user-generated video network.

They need the following:
- CTO/co-founder (any location)
- Co-founder, Senior Interactive Advertising Sales Executive (any location)
+ Senior Executive, Content Acquisition & Community (any location)

mail to:recruit at digitalmediateam dot com

Continue reading "Stealth Mode Video Start-up Seeks Co-founders" »

Posted by Paul at 11:19 PM | Permalink

Pre-VC video start-up in San Francisco is looking for its marketing muscle. They say they have the basics almost built.

Apply to: job-257597953@craigslist.org

Continue reading "SF Niche Video Start-up Need 3rd Wheel For Mktng" »

Posted by BT at 05:43 AM | Permalink

Narrowstep has built what they call a television operating systems. It processes commercial TV over IP. They are on a hiring binge and need ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript and SQL developers.
Narrowstep is the leading developer of TV over the Internet using our Television Operating System (telvOS™), which is regarded as the de facto standard for building, running and commercializing 24 x 7 TV over IP services. The company went public in the US in May 2005 and will shortly begin trading on the OTC market.

There are a number of roles open, in addition to strong ASP.NET, SQL and C#, there are varying specialties invited including advanced JavaScript, CSS and cross-browser support, scripted Flash and Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML.

Requirements

• Excellent C#, SQL Server and ASP.NET with a minimum of two years in depth experience
• Familiarity with Visual Developer Studio and expertise in the .NET Framework are essential, preferably .Net 2.0
• Solid JavaScript and CSS
• Knowledge and experience of Windows Media SDK an advantage
• Scripted Flash and Flex an advantage, as is Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML.
• Agile software development experience an advantage.
• An interest in television technologies and web streaming is essential, as is a passion to deliver great software.

Interested? Submit CVs to careers@narrowstep.com

Posted by Paul at 09:13 PM | Permalink

ReacTV is looking for a controller who knows QuickBooks and other broadcast accounting software and has significant experience in a broadcast environment.

ReacTV develops "reactive television programming embedded with reactive advertising." It claims patented technology that enables interactive gaming networks, where viewers at home compete for prizes by watching and reacting to their television programming – and their ads. It sells its ad system to mass media broadcasters. ReacTV is owned and founded by real estate magnate Frank Maggio. [Who is Frank Maggio? "As a 23 year old former Emory University Woodruff Scholar, turned Procter & Gamble sales manager, Maggio "cracked the code" on the largest promotional contest in consumer products history. Maggio eventually claimed over $21 million in prizes in the Beatrice "Monday Night Winning Line-up."

Contact - susancollins@scollinsinc.com
View - Reactv

Continue reading "Controller En Route To CFO For ReacTV of St. Pete's, FL" »

Posted by Paul at 10:14 PM | Permalink

A newish video travel start-up based in NYC is looking for a video-casting hostess and asks aspiring net video stars to upload their videos. The start-up's CEO Nicholas Butterworth was formerly president and CEO of MTVi, who founded the firm with ex-iFilm VP of technology Tatum Lade.

Submit video her - www.travelistic.com

Posted by Paul at 10:03 PM | Permalink

Flixya's site looks solid and its rival Revver is proving that the video rev share model works. Flixya is just well behind in terms of traffic. Flixya has been boot-strapped to date by its founders so keep you salery expectations low.

Email your resume wjth cover letter, salary history and contact information to jobs@flixya.com

Continue reading "Flixya -- Video Rev Share Deal -- Needs Web Eng in LA/Frisco" »

Posted by Paul at 12:44 AM | Permalink

For better or worse, iFilm is owned by Viacom, so this doesn't have the stock upside that you might find with YouTube or Revver.

Apply here - https://jobhuntweb.viacom.com/jobhunt/main/displayjob1.asp

Continue reading "LA's iFilm Has Casting Call for VP of Sales" »

Posted by BT at 07:12 AM | Permalink

SF-based PicturerReal needs a BD guy/gal. Here's the challenge. PictureReal asks that those who have hung on to their betamax tapes mail them in and for a fee, PictureReal will magically transform them into usable digital files. Sounds great. However, how to get to your target audience. BD deals. But with whom?

Pictureal is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and is based in San Francisco. Its execs have been around. CEO Yogesh Sharma was co-founder and editor-in-chief of siliconindia, a business and technology magazine.

Apply here: info@pictureal.com

Continue reading "PictureReal Needs an AV Dork/BD Lead" »

Posted by Paul at 01:25 AM | Permalink

This seems like a pretty sweet deal. Grouper is growing fast and is now owned by Sony. Its based in Sausalito and the management/tech team have been around. Internet video advertising is nascent so the dollars are not there yet but the writing is on the wall, this will be big business.

To apply, email your resume and cover letter to comments at thealarmclock dot com

Posted by BT at 06:16 AM | Permalink

Santa Cruz-based CustomFlix Labs is looking for a dozen people, including a Director of Operations. CustomFlix works with TV programmers and other who own tape. CustomFlix will digitize this material and then offer it for rent or sale on Amazon. The company was bought by Amazon in 2005. Benefits are that it has the environment of a start-up plus the stability of Amazon-backing. And we think life would be sweet working in Santa Cruz.

CustomFlix is currently recruiting for the following positions:
Director of Operations
Independent Media Manager
Enterprise Media Manager
Independent Media Member Service Representative
Enterprise Media Account Manager
Media Technician - Entry Level
Media Support Representative
Senior Financial Analyst
Project Manager - Media Services
Production Technician/Shipper - Temporary Position

To apply, email cover letter and resume to comments thealarmclock com

Posted by Paul at 09:06 PM | Permalink

Alright, Comcast is no start-up, but this does strike us as a gig that would pay very well and it looks like Comcast would be open to applicants who haven't worked at a Fortune 500.

Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps put the power of cable to use for local, regional and national advertisers. It is focused on moving the industry forward in advanced technologies and innovative products to reach audiences most effectively and efficiently. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Comcast Spotlight has a presence in nearly 90 markets with approximately 30 million owned and represented subscribers. Comcast Spotlight's goal is to make cable advertising easy to buy, and to enhance the value of spot cable advertising via new technologies products and services.

Continue reading "Comcast Spotlight Wants VP New Biz Strategy in SF" »

Posted by Paul at 08:52 PM | Permalink

Maven Networks has raised a lot of VC dollars quickly. Why not? The net video market is torrid. The startup just announced that it had raised $12Min Series C funding led by Prism Venture Partners with existing investors Accel Partners and General Catalyst Partners which brings the total amount of financing to $30M

The company's founder and CEO Hilmi Ozguc, has been around the block in rich Internet media and then some. He founded Maven in 20002. He previously founded Narrative Communications, which raised $13M and was bought by @Home Network in 1999 for $100M.

Maven has taken on some sweet clients including 20th Century Fox, A&E, Disney, National Geographic Channel, Pepsi, Nike, and Sony Pictures. It is known for Nike's Joga TV campaign.

Maven Back-ended Joga TV - Making Joga Bonito Part of the English Vocab

View - Maven Jobs
- Vice President of Operations
- Technical Support Engineer
- Software Engineer: Application Development (2 openings)
- Software Engineer: Server Development
- Software Architect: Server Development
- Senior Services Engineer / Technical Lead
- Senior QA Engineer
- Project Manager
- Quality Assurance Engineer, Services
- Services Engineer
- Senior Product Design Engineer

Administrative
- Senior Accountant

Posted by Paul at 01:17 AM | Permalink