Eko, formerly known as Interlude, is a media and technology company that enables production and web distribution of interactive multimedia videos.
The software was used for the
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
produced music video for
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's ''
Like A Rolling Stone''.
Interlude was originally founded in 2010
and was rebranded as Eko in December 2016.
Technology
Eko software constructs audiovisual multimedia within which users have selection options for streaming choices from a traversable video tree.
The availability of different video streams allows for a change in viewer perspective
or for narrative-branching.
Structure
Eko was founded by Israeli rock musician
Yoni Bloch
Yoni Bloch ( he, יוני בלוך; born August 11, 1981) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer and hi-tech entrepreneur.
Biography
Bloch grew up in Beersheba and at the age of 17 moved with his family to Lehavim. He star ...
.
Eko is based in New York and Tel Aviv, and is backed by
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in private companies across technology sectors. , Sequoia's total a ...
,
Intel Capital,
New Enterprise Associates, Marker LLC, Innovation Endeavors, Warner Music Group, Sony Pictures, Samsung, and Walmart.
Awards
* 2013: Yoni Bloch was awarded the ''Prime Minister's Prize for Initiatives and Innovation'' for Interlude.
* 2014: ''Best Small Digital Agency''
* 2014: the Sony interactive music video for Bob Dylan's ''Like A Rolling Stone'' won four Gold Lions; several sources name it as one of the best music videos of 2013.
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://eko.com/
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