Yahoo! swoops for RayV online video platform Details Joseph O'Halloran | 13 July 2014 Building on the momentum that it has generated on the online video space, Yahoo! has bought online video streaming platform provider RayV.The move will give Yahoo! a boost as it expands video services given that the modus operandi of RayV is to offer high-definition streaming at high-quality, buffering-free. RayV's cloud TV technology delivers live TV and VOD content to PCs and Macs, connected TVs and iOS/Android smartphones, tablets. The platform's encoding technology enables an entire video content load to be delivered without downloading where users stream content regardless of connection speed and anyone connected receives the entire video thus says the company eliminating buffering time. By using inactive users as 'amplifiers'