Vimeo
American video hosting platform
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| April 2024 | Philip Moyer, a former Google Cloud executive, is named the new CEO of Vimeo. |
| August 2023 | Anjali Sud steps down as CEO of Vimeo. |
| June 2023 | Vimeo added a new suite of AI-powered tools, including an AI script generator, on-camera teleprompter, and an editing option to automatically remove pauses and filler-words. |
| June 27 2023 | Vimeo ended support for its smart TV apps on Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, and Roku TV. |
| January 2023 | Vimeo laid off 11% of its employees. |
| 2022 | Vimeo settled the BIPA class-action lawsuit related to Magisto's video scanning technology. |
| March 2022 | Vimeo announced bandwidth limitations of 2 terabytes per month for users, affecting an estimated 1% of its user base. |
| 2021 | The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of James Domen's lawsuit against Vimeo. |
| November 2021 | Vimeo acquired Wirewax (interactive video tools) and Wibbitz (AI-based video creation platform). |
| November 2021 | Vimeo launched Vimeo Events, allowing users to schedule webinar-type experiences. |
| May 2021 | Vimeo won another favorable ruling in the district court regarding the copyright infringement lawsuit. |
| May 2021 | IAC spun off Vimeo as a standalone public company, marking a major milestone in the company's corporate development. |
| May 25 2021 | Vimeo was fully spun out as its own entity and started trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol VMEO. |
| May 14 2021 | Vimeo's shareholders agreed to go public. |
| January 2021 | Another round of investment raised additional funds, increasing Vimeo's total valuation. |
| 2020 | Vimeo lost a bid to force arbitration in the BIPA class-action lawsuit. |
| 2020 | A federal court dismissed James Domen's lawsuit against Vimeo. |
| 2020 | Vimeo launched the Stories in Place program, inviting previous Staff Picks recipients to create videos about small business owners and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| December 2020 | IAC formally announced plans to spin off Vimeo as a public-owned company, with the process expected to close by the second quarter of 2021. |
| November 2020 | Vimeo reached over 200 million registered users due to increased platform usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| November 2020 | IAC raised funds for Vimeo in anticipation of spinning off the company, driven by growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 2020 | Launched Vimeo Record, a video messaging tool for business communications. |
| April 2020 | Vimeo obtained 175 million registered users, attributed to increased use during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 2020 | Vimeo grew to over 1.2 million subscribers. |
| February 2020 | Vimeo launched Vimeo Create, integrating Magisto's AI-powered video creation tools to help users easily create professional videos. |
| 2019 | Enterprise customers became Vimeo's fastest-growing revenue segment, with nearly one million subscribers. |
| September 2019 | A class-action lawsuit was filed against Vimeo for alleged violations of Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) through Magisto's video scanning technology. |
| September 2019 | Opened a 'For Hire' job marketplace for companies to post video service job requests. |
| August 2019 | Launched Vimeo Enterprise, a set of tools for large organizations to manage and share live and on-demand video across workspaces. |
| June 2019 | James Domen sued Vimeo for removing his videos that expressed opposition to homosexuality and advocated 'conversion therapy'. |
| June 2019 | Vimeo implemented AV1 video encoding support. |
| April 2019 | Vimeo acquired Magisto, an AI-backed video creation service with over 100 million users, reportedly valued at $200 million. |
| January 2019 | The Commercial Court of Rome ruled that Vimeo played an 'active role' in copyright infringement, resulting in a $9,700,000 penalty for not removing over 2,000 copyrighted videos from Mediaset. |
| 2018 | Vimeo removed 89 videos by California pastor James Domen for violating content guidelines. |
| 2018 | Launched Vimeo Stock, allowing content creators to offer stock footage. Also implemented storage limits for legacy free accounts. |
| 2017 | Vimeo released collaborative review tools, allowing users to privately share and get feedback on individual video frames within the platform. |
| 2017 | Vimeo added support for high-dynamic-range video up to 8K resolution. |
| September 2017 | Vimeo acquired Livestream, integrating its streaming technology as Vimeo Live, a new service offering for subscribers. |
| July 2017 | Anjali Sud became CEO of Vimeo, marking a significant leadership transition for the company. |
| March 2017 | Vimeo introduced 360-degree video support, including features for virtual reality platforms, smartphones, stereoscopic video, and an online video series providing guidance on 360-degree video production. |
| 2016 | The Second Circuit issued a ruling favorable to Vimeo in the ongoing copyright infringement case. |
| 2016 | Vimeo expanded its Staff Picks feature, adding special laurels for 'Best of the Month' and 'Best of the Year' videos, and introducing Staff Pick Premiere for newly added videos. |
| 2016 | Vimeo began shifting towards supporting businesses by introducing a Business tier plan for intra-business collaboration and customer informational video hosting. |
| 2016 | Anjali Sud is promoted from general manager to CEO of Vimeo after a year-long search. |
| 2016 | IAC CEO Joey Levin is named interim CEO of Vimeo during the CEO search. |
| 2016 | Several high-level executives, including CEO Kerry Trainor, announce their departure from Vimeo. |
| 2016 | Vimeo initially expressed intentions to enter the subscription video-on-demand market with original programming, planning to spend 'tens of millions' on content. |
| May 2016 | Vimeo acquired VHX, a platform for premium over-the-top subscription video channels, expanding its service offerings to site customers. |
| 2015 | Vimeo launched video on demand service, allowing partners to sell videos through their websites. Also introduced subscription-based video access with a 10% revenue cut for Vimeo. |
| 2015 | Vimeo launched 4K content streaming and added adaptive bitrate streaming support. |
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