Pursuits
Diller’s Vimeo Lures YouTube Acts to Paid On-Demand Network
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Vimeo, Barry Diller’s online video platform, has added two major YouTube producers to its lineup, gaining programming from The Orchard online network and Discovery personality Phil DeFranco it will offer for a fee.
Vimeo, owned by Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, obtained rights to 12 action-sports films from The Orchard, YouTube’s ninth-largest network. The New York-based service will also sell “DeFranco Does LA,” a 90-minute live event hosted in May by the Discovery Communications Inc. video blogger. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.