Dailymotion
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| 2024 | Ownership of Dailymotion transferred from Vivendi to Canal+, signaling a strategic shift in the company's corporate structure. |
| September 2024 | Dailymotion announced a new inactive content policy where content without activity in the last 13 months may be archived and potentially permanently removed. |
| June 1 2022 | Dailymotion removed the picture-in-picture view mode which previously allowed browsing the site while playing a video in the lower-right corner of the screen. |
| September 2020 | Dailymotion partnered with Mi Video, Xiaomi's global video app, to provide access to its content catalogues. |
| 2017 | The website underwent a major redesign, and the wordmark was recoloured to light blue. |
| January 2017 | Dailymotion was permanently blocked in Russia by the Moscow City Court for repeatedly violating copyright law by providing access to illegal TV content. |
| 2016 | Dailymotion opened an office in Abidjan. |
| 2015 | Vivendi purchased an 80% stake in Dailymotion from Orange S.A. and later increased its ownership to 90% in September. |
| December 2014 | Dailymotion was banned again in India due to potential ISIS propaganda videos about Kashmir. |
| December 2014 | Dailymotion was fined €1.3 million by the Paris Court of Appeal for infringing the copyright of French television stations TF1 and LCI by failing to remove illegally posted content. |
| February 25 2014 | Orange revealed discussions with Microsoft about potentially expanding Dailymotion into the US market. Dailymotion also opened an office in Singapore. |
| May 2 2013 | The French government blocked Yahoo!'s potential acquisition of a majority stake in Dailymotion. |
| January 10 2013 | Orange bought the remaining 51% of Dailymotion for €61 million. |
| June 2012 | India unblocked Dailymotion after the Madras High Court ruled that only specific URLs with illegal content should be blocked, not entire websites. |
| May 2012 | Dailymotion was initially banned in India. |
| 2011 | Dailymotion was acquired by Vivendi, marking a significant milestone in the company's corporate ownership. |
| August 2011 | Dailymotion was banned in Kazakhstan. |
| January 25 2011 | Orange acquired a 49% stake in Dailymotion for €62 million, valuing the company at €120 million. |
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