Vdio
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Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vdio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2556661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vdio Context triple: [Janus Friis, coFounded, Vdio]
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A.
SVT Play
SVT Play is Sweden’s national public service broadcaster’s online streaming platform, offering on-demand and live TV content.
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B.
VIDP
VIDP is the ICAO airport code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, the primary international aviation hub serving New Delhi, India.
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C.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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D.
AVS
AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
DV
DV is the standard abbreviation for *Dei Verbum*, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vdio Target entity description: Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
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A.
SVT Play
SVT Play is Sweden’s national public service broadcaster’s online streaming platform, offering on-demand and live TV content.
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B.
VIDP
VIDP is the ICAO airport code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, the primary international aviation hub serving New Delhi, India.
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C.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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D.
AVS
AVS is a professional society focused on advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces, and processing through research, education, and collaboration.
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E.
DV
DV is the standard abbreviation for *Dei Verbum*, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online video-on-demand service
ⓘ
streaming service ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rdio
ⓘ
Skype ⓘ |
| availableIn |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| backedBy | Janus Friis ⓘ |
| businessModel | transactional video-on-demand ⓘ |
| competitor |
Amazon Instant Video
ⓘ
linked to:
Amazon Prime Video
Hulu ⓘ Netflix ⓘ |
| contentType |
TV shows
ⓘ
movies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedByCoFounderOf |
Rdio
ⓘ
Skype ⓘ |
| founder | Janus Friis ⓘ |
| integrationWith | Rdio ⓘ |
| intendedToCompeteWith | Netflix ⓘ |
| launchedBy | Janus Friis ⓘ |
| offered |
digital purchases
ⓘ
streaming rentals ⓘ |
| operatedInIndustry |
digital media industry
ⓘ
online video streaming industry ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Rdio ⓘ |
| platformType | web-based service ⓘ |
| serviceModel | pay-per-view ⓘ |
| serviceType |
streaming video
ⓘ
video-on-demand ⓘ |
| shutDownBy | Rdio ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Rdio users
ⓘ
online video consumers ⓘ |
| technologyDomain | internet video ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vdio Description of subject: Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.