Top Go90 Exec Chip Canter Departs Company As Former Vessel Exec Takes Helm

Verizon’s answer to YouTube, the fledgling mobile streaming platform go90, has parted ways with top executive Chip Canter.

Canter, who served as GM of go90 for a little over a year, has departed the company, Variety reports. The go90 team will henceforth be led by Richard Tom, the co-founder and CTO of now-defunct streaming service Vessel. Verizon acquired Vessel last October, shuttered the service, and subsequently brought on much of its team to rebuild go90, which has reportedly struggled to find an audience amid a series of costly content deals. Following layoffs of 155 go90 employees in January, a revamped version of the app launched late last month featuring new content verticals and ad formats.

“Chip Canter is no longer with Verizon,” a rep for Verizon told Variety. “Since integration, Richard Tom and the Vessel team have been on-boarded and are fully up and running and have delivered a strong product. Effective immediately, Richard and his team will assume full responsibility for all mobile digital video products.”

Prior to joining go90, Canter spent more than 11 years in digital distribution at NBCUniversal.  His departure from Verizon was first reported by VideoInk.

Go90, a free, ad-supported mobile streaming platform launched in 2015, touts exclusive content deals with the likes of AwesomenessTV, Vice, Machinima, and New Form Digital.