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Founded by Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey on Mar 15, 2005.1
In March 2005, Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey founded the website, pooling €6,000 (US $9,271) from six individuals to do so. In September 2006, Dailymotion raised funds in collaboration with Atlas Ventures and Partech International. In 2007, it created ASIC, together with other companies in the sector.
Dailymotion supports a high-definition video resolution of 720p since February 2008, making it one of the earliest known HD video platforms.
In October 2009, the French government invested in Dailymotion through the Strategic Investment Fund. On 25 January 2011, Orange acquired a 49% stake in Dailymotion for €62 million, valuing the company at €120 million.
On 10 January 2013, Orange bought the remaining 51% for €61 million. In early May 2013, the French government blocked Yahoo!'s acquisition of a majority stake in Dailymotion.
On 25 February 2014, Orange revealed it was in discussions with Microsoft about a deal that could see Dailymotion extend into the US market. In an interview with a local television station in Barcelona, Spain, Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange, said there was "great hope" an agreement would be reached. Any deal would see Orange retain majority ownership of Dailymotion. Richard said his company was in talks with other potential partners as well, with a view to expanding Dailymotion's international appeal.
In 2015, Vivendi purchased an 80% stake in Dailymotion from Orange, increasing it to 90% that September.
In September 2020, Dailymotion partnered with Mi Video, the global video app developed by the Chinese electronics company Xiaomi, granting Mi Video users access to Dailymotion's global and regional music, entertainment, sports, and news catalogues.
Global locations
Dailymotion's head office is located in the Immeuble Horizons 17 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The company began expanding its physical presence internationally in 2007, when it opened an office in New York City. Since then, new offices have been opened in London (2009), San Francisco (2011), Singapore (2014), and Abidjan (2016).
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Logo
Dailymotion's logo was changed in March 2015 to an all-lowercase bold wordmark. The website was extensively redesigned in 2017, and the wordmark was recoloured to light blue. In 2019, the wordmark was changed to monochrome. In May 2023 the wordmark was changed back to uppercase. Additionally, the icon was changed from a simple lowercase "d" to a 2.5D uppercase "D".
From Wikipedia’s article on Dailymotion, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5