Video & Streaming

Video sites and streaming services that went dark, from Google Video and Joost to Vine, Quibi and Mixer.

13 projects

Popcorn Time Piracy with a Netflix interface, killed twice, faded once 2014–2022 Video & Streaming Periscope Live from anywhere, until the money ran out 2015–2021 Video & Streaming Quibi $1.75 billion, six months, gone 2020–2020 Video & Streaming Mixer The $100 million assault on Twitch 2016–2020 Video & Streaming YouTube Gaming YouTube's Twitch rival, a separate app and site for game video, merged back into YouTube after four years 2015–2019 Video & Streaming Musical.ly The lip-sync app that became TikTok 2014–2018 Video & Streaming Go90 Verizon's free mobile video app for teenagers, over a billion dollars spent, closed after 34 months 2015–2018 Video & Streaming Vidme The YouTube alternative for creators fleeing the adpocalypse, out of money in December 2017; its domain now points at porn 2014–2017 Video & Streaming Vine Six seconds, looped forever 2013–2017 Video & Streaming Yahoo Screen Yahoo's video hub, home of the SNL archive, Community season six and a $42 million write-down, closed in January 2016 2011–2016 Video & Streaming Justin.tv One man's life stream that became Twitch 2007–2014 Video & Streaming Google Video Google's own YouTube, made redundant the day Google bought YouTube 2005–2012 Video & Streaming Joost The Skype founders' peer-to-peer television, the most hyped video start-up of 2007, sold for parts in 2009 2007–2009 Video & Streaming