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Eko , formerly known as Interlude , is a media and technology company that enables production and web distribution of interactive multimedia videos.
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[3] The software was used for the
Sony produced music video
Bob Dylan 's
Like A Rolling Stone .
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[5] Interlude was originally founded in 2010
[1] and was rebranded as Eko in December 2016.
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non-primary source needed ]
Technology
Eko software constructs audiovisual multimedia and within users have options for streaming choices from a traversable video tree.
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[9] The availability of different video streams allows for a change in viewer perspective
[4] or for narrative-branching.
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Structure
Eko was founded by Israeli rock musician
Yoni Bloch .
[1] Eko is based in New York and Tel Aviv, and is backed by
Sequoia Capital ,
Intel Capital ,
New Enterprise Associates , Marker LLC, Innovation Endeavors, Warner Music Group, Sony Pictures, Samsung, and Walmart.
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References
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c Barnes, B. (April 22, 2015).
"Former Microsoft Executive Nancy Tellem to Join Interlude Start-Up" .
The New York Times .
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"Interlude Makes Its Interactive Video Authoring Suite, Treehouse, Free for Everyone" (Press release). Business Wire. August 5, 2014.
^ Shamah, D. (November 25, 2013).
"That Dylan video: How Israeli tech built it" . The Times of Israel .
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c Ha, A. (July 21, 2014).
"Interlude's Parallel Video Feature Gives You A Cool Way To Combine Clips, Channel Surfing Style" .
TechCrunch .
^ Erlichman, J. (April 22, 2015).
"Nancy Tellem Takes Top Role at Interlude for Interactive Video" .
TheWrap .
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"Interlude Becomes Eko" . www.prnewswire.com . Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
^ Leichman, A. K. (November 12, 2012).
"Top Israeli innovators receive Prime Minister's Prize" .
ISRAEL21c .
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"United States Patent: 8860882" . USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database .
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"United States Patent: 9009619" . USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database .
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"Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity" . Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
^ Littleton, Cynthia (October 11, 2018).
"Walmart Expands Entertainment Strategy With Eko Interactive Content Joint Venture" . Variety . Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
^ Goldenberg, Roy (November 1, 2014).
"Interactive Video Co Interlude Raises $15m" . Globes .