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Pandora TV
Company typePrivate
KRX: 202960
IndustryInternet video sharing
FoundedOctober 2004
DefunctJanuary 31, 2023[1]
Headquarters
Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do
,
South Korea
Key people
Peter Kim, Founder and CEO
Samuel Lee, COO
Number of employees
120 (2008)
Websitewww.pandora.tv

Pandora TV (판도라TV) was a video sharing website that hosted user-generated content. Founded in October 2004, Pandora TV is the first video sharing website in the world to attach advertisement to user-submitted video clips and to provide unlimited storage space for users to upload. The operating company, Pandora TV Co., Ltd., has its headquarters in the Seoul-Gangnam Building in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.[2][3]

In 2007, it was the fastest growing website in South Korea.[4] In 2008, it was the largest video sharing website in South Korea, and it had 3.6 million members. At the time, it had 35% of the Korean marketshare for video sharing sites.[5]

The site was available in Korean, and after April 2008, in English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Pandora TV raised over $16 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firms - Altos Ventures and DCM - in two consecutive funding rounds 2006 and 2007, which represents the largest foreign investment made so far on any Korean Internet start-up.[6]

On January 31, 2023, Pandora TV ended its service.[7]

Company history

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References

  1. ^ Jung Min-kyung (December 19, 2022). "판도라TV, 23년 만에 서비스 종료" (in Korean). MediaToday. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Privacy Policy Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine." Pandora TV. Retrieved on September 17, 2011. "Seoul-Gangnam Building 5th Floor #727-16, Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu Seoul, Korea 135-921"
  3. ^ "Report Personal Rights Violation Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine." Pandora TV. Retrieved on September 17, 2011. "Copyright Infringement Report Center Pandora TV Inc.5F. Seoul Gangnam Bldg, #727-16 Yeoksam-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-921, South Korea"
  4. ^ "Fast Search & Transfer wins deal with South Korea's Pandora.TV[dead link]." Forbes. April 25, 2007. Retrieved on September 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Sung, So-young. "YouTube to launch Web site here, where many others have failed[usurped]." Joongang Daily. January 22, 2008. Retrieved on September 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "DCM invests in Pandora TV". www.dmwmedia.com. 2007-04-02. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  7. ^ Jung Min-kyung (December 19, 2022). "판도라TV, 23년 만에 서비스 종료" (in Korean). MediaToday. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Global Top 100 Tech Startups 2007 Finalists (Red Herring)". December 2007. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  9. ^ Jung Min-kyung (December 19, 2022). "판도라TV, 23년 만에 서비스 종료" (in Korean). MediaToday. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

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