MYDEO named as one of Europe's hottest private media technology companies of 2008 has been nominated in the 'Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards'. Launched in 2005 following a DTI Research and Development grant for Technical Innovation, mydeo has since become the first and only service to be fully integrated into Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker software and now provides high-quality streaming video hosting to over 250,000 individuals, communities and businesses around the world.

Founded by Cary Marsh in response to a need to share family videos across the globe, it announced in October 2007 that Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the US with market cap of over $20bn, were taking a minority equity stake in mydeo, and would be using the Mydeo platform for its own bespoke video sharing service.  The site has continued t grow since it's first injection of cash, and went on to enjoy second round funding from Best Buy and a third from Best Buy Capital, and has since branched out into video streaming for businesses.

In 2008 Mydeo won a commendation in the ‘Best Streaming Service' category at the 2008 UK Internet Service Provider awards and was named a Red Herring Europe 2008 finalist.
In July 2008 Mydeo launched its ‘Mydeo Media Manager' enterprise offering aimed at the SME market. Mydeo Media Manager (m3) provides the high performance and reliable delivery of global CDN, but on more flexible commercial terms designed for small businesses. This includes low cost plans, no set-up fees, free premium reporting and no minimum contracts, instant account set up and a 30 day free trial.

The list of awards and nominations for this ever growing company is truly impressive: Tech Crunch Europas 2009 nominee; Blackberry Women in Technology Awards; Best Use of Technology by a Woman in Small to Medium Business Finalist 2008; ISPA Awards, Best Streaming Service finalist 2008 and 2009; Everywoman Iris Award Winner 2007 and the Red Herring Europe 100 finalist 2007.

With the country firmly in the grips of a global recession, the awards and nominations have continued to fly in. Most recently mydeo m3 has been nominated in two categories of the ‘Streaming Media European Readers’ Choice Awards’ – ‘Streaming Services Provider’ and ‘Online Video Platform’ – in which winners are chosen solely by the public vote.

If you think mydeo deserve to win visit Streaming Media Global before 21st August 2009, and place your vote.