Yidio, short for Your Internet Video, is a
video aggregator.[2][3][4][5] Its platform collects content from multiple subscription-based video streaming providers and allows users to view that content from a single interface.[6]
Overview
Yidio aims to solve the problem of multiple streaming providers' offering different content, by gathering all the providers and content onto one platform.[1][7] Yidio consolidates streaming video from providers such as
Amazon Prime,
Crackle,
Crunchyroll,
Hulu,
iTunes,
Netflix,
Showtime, and over 100 others.[8][9] Yidio's home screen shows new releases and recently aired television programs.[1] The interface organizes movies and television programs by genre or source, shows program descriptions and provides ratings from
Rotten Tomatoes.[1] Yidio's platform aggregates over one million TV shows and movies.[10]
History
Yidio was founded by Brandon and Adam Eatros in January 2008, and debuted in June that same year.[3][11] In November 2009, Yidio raised $350,000 from
angel investors Alan Warms, Jim Collis, Bill Luby, Jamie Crouthamel, and Lon Chow.[4][12] It added Yidio Alerts for
Facebook and
Twitter in 2011.[13][14] Yidio released a
mobile app for
iPhone in July 2013; its
Android app followed soon after.[2][7][10] The Yidio app was featured in the "
Mario's Top 3" segment on The Today Show on July 28, 2013.[15]