Kanopy

Kanopy
Privately held company
Industry video streaming
Founded 2008
Founder Olivia Humphrey
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Number of locations
 San Francisco, United States; Perth, Australia
Website www.kanopystreaming.com

Kanopy is an online video streaming service for tertiary educational institutions internationally, distributing films from BBC, PBS, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Educational Resources, and many other production houses. Kanopy has been described as “...a leading distributor of online educational videos”[1] and as “...the YouTube or the Netflix of the education sector...”.[2] As of 2014, Kanopy’s catalog of videos has grown to offer over 25,000 videos to seven million students and academics[3] across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia.

History

Kanopy was founded by Olivia Humphrey in 2008 in Perth, Western Australia after a ten year career in media rights management[4] at BBC and Roadshow Entertainment.[5] The business originally began distributing DVDs to university libraries from Ms Humphrey’s home garage.[6] Kanopy then began Internet video streaming of educational videos within Australia, securing contracts with all 39 of Australia’s universities within the company’s first five years.[7] Today, Kanopy has expanded to New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East, South Africa and a head office operating in San Francisco, California.[8]

Business Model

Kanopy is an aggregator of video content between filmmakers and university libraries. Kanopy licenses videos to universities through the Kanopy streaming platform where they purchase licenses that give them unlimited access to a video. A number of applications are used to encourage student engagement and viewership.[9] Kanopy’s business model is described as being transparent and collaborative for both filmmakers and university libraries.[10] Kanopy's royalty model gives filmmakers and distributors a majority share of each sale and the video portal offers live statistics for both librarians and filmmakers to understand student viewership.[11]

Device Support

The devices in this list feature hardware that is compatible for streaming Kanopy videos:

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Stirling, Diane. "Master Librarianship Class Videos Going Worldwide via Educational Firm". iSchool News. Syracuse University. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Smith, Sean. "Kanopy Concept Created in Garage". Yahoo! 7 News. The West Australian. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Binsted, Tim. "Film Firm Kanopy wants the US Covered". Financial Review. Australian Financial Review. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Powell, Rose. "Five Women Set to Disrupt their Industries". Smart Company. Smart Company. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ "A Teaching Revolution: Kanopy's Olivia Humphrey". Women In Focus. Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ Smith, Sean. "Kanopy Concept Created in Garage". Yahoo! 7 News. The West Australian. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ Binsted, Tim. "Film Firm Kanopy wants the US Covered". Financial Review. Australian Financial Review. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Groves, Don. "Aussie Students Prefer Watching Local Fare Online". if.com.au. Intermedia. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "A Teaching Revolution: Kanopy's Olivia Humphrey". Women In Focus. Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ Powell, Rose. "Five Women Set to Disrupt their Industries". Smart Company. Smart Company. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ Groves, Don. "Aussie Students Prefer Watching Local Fare Online". if.com.au. Intermedia. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "The 2013 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards". Streaming Media. Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Top entrepreneurs honoured at Perth awards night". EY. EY. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ Department of Commerce. Government of Western Australia http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/scienceinnovation/innovator/winners_2012.htm. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "2012 WA Awards Winners". Telstra Business Women's Awards. Telstra. Retrieved July 23, 2014.