FORA.tv, Inc.

Type	Privately Held
Founded	2005
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people	Blaise Zerega, CEO and President
Slogan	Videos on the People, Issues, and Ideas Changing the Planet; The World Is Thinking
Website	fora.tv
Type of site	Video on demand

FORA.tv, Inc. runs a website that gathers the web's largest collection of unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates at universities, think tanks and conferences.

FORA.tv provides a digital forum ("fora" is the Latin plural of "forum") where people can get and discuss information on public affairs, politics and culture, as well as see historic speeches and other events. ^[1] It has operations on every inhabited continent across the globe.

In February 2009, FORA.tv partnered with WIRED creating a channel that features videos about the day's most important technological, science, business, and cultural issues – all gathered from leading thinkers, institutions and conferences. ^[2]

In August 2009, FORA.tv was selected for TIME.com's 50 Best Websites of 2009. The site was also featured in a related TIME.com video, "50 Best Websites: 5 You May Not Know," along with Omgpop, Yelp, PopUrls and Boing Boing. ^[3]

FORA.tv was founded in 2005 and is funded by private investors including William R. Hearst III and Adobe Ventures.

Contents 1 Features 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Features

FORA.tv distributes video both on its own website and syndicates content to other sites, as well as allows users to embed videos on their websites. FORA.tv's content partners include: The Asia Society, Aspen Institute, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council on Foreign Relations, Duke University, Georgetown University, Heritage Foundation, The Hoover Institution, Transatlantic Institute and the World Affairs Council.

[edit] See also

• Video on demand

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FORA.tv
• "Want a free education? A brief guide to the burgeoning world of online video lectures.", The Boston Globe
• "Fora.tv, the C-Span of the Web, raises $4M", The Industry Standard
• "50 Best Websites of 2009: FORA.tv", TIME.com