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Beamly was a social platform based in London, UK and New York City, United States. The company was founded in April 2011 as tBone TV, later renamed to Zeebox, by Ernesto Schmitt and Anthony Rose. It was started as a social discovery and engagement platform with 2nd-screen TV, creating the concept of social television.
Beamly, then called Zeebox, aimed to provide the optimal platform for connected television, making it a social and interactive viewing experience rather than the standard television viewing format. The platform allowed users to follow and interact with their favourite TV shows, as well as play games and take part in polls. It expanded to the US in September 2012 and into Australia in November.
Beamly took on funding from BSkyb, Comcast, NBCUniversal, Viacom and HBO. Its first round valued it at above US$150M. It was sold to the New York Stock Exchange listed S&P 500 component Coty, Inc. in 2015 for an undisclosed sum.
Zeebox was founded in April 2011 as tBone TV Limited by Anthony Rose, the ex-CTO of the BBC iPlayer, and Ernesto Schmitt, entrepreneur and ex-Board Director of EMI Music. The founding team also included Simon Miller (CTO), Max Bleyleben (COO), and Alex Nunes. The company was renamed to "Zeebox" in August 2011 prior to its public launch in November of that year. It launched in IOS in December.
Zeebox aimed to provide the optimal platform for connected television, making it a social and interactive viewing experience rather than the standard television viewing format. At first glance, the showed the user what's currently on TV (taking in all the Freeview channels and some premium Sky and Virgin Media ones too), as well as displaying upcoming programmes.
Through connecting Zeebox to the user's Facebook account, the service let the user pick what they were watching, as well as see what their Zeebox-using Facebook friends were watching, invite them to watch something "with" the user, instant message them or hide what you're watching with them. Smart TV integration made use of the iPad app as a remote control.
In August 2012, it was announced that Zeebox would be expanding to the United States. It launched that September on IOS and Android. It launched with strategic investments from Comcast, as well as from NBC Universal. The startup also partnered with HBO to provide customised experiences around its own HBO original shows. For Comcast customers, the Zeebox app was available as a universal remote control, allowing users to quickly switch over to shows that they discover in the app. Zeebox contained enhanced pages for 307 shows across 28 different NBC Universal networks.
In November 2012, Zeebox launched in Australia. This was part of a joint venture in Australia with Network Ten and Foxtel., In Australia, the app had been downloaded more than 350,000 times in 3 months, according to Network Ten's chief operating officer, Jon Marquard.
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Beamly was a social platform based in London, UK and New York City, United States. The company was founded in April 2011 as tBone TV, later renamed to Zeebox, by Ernesto Schmitt and Anthony Rose. It was started as a social discovery and engagement platform with 2nd-screen TV, creating the concept of social television.
Beamly, then called Zeebox, aimed to provide the optimal platform for connected television, making it a social and interactive viewing experience rather than the standard television viewing format. The platform allowed users to follow and interact with their favourite TV shows, as well as play games and take part in polls. It expanded to the US in September 2012 and into Australia in November.
Beamly took on funding from BSkyb, Comcast, NBCUniversal, Viacom and HBO. Its first round valued it at above US$150M. It was sold to the New York Stock Exchange listed S&P 500 component Coty, Inc. in 2015 for an undisclosed sum.
Zeebox was founded in April 2011 as tBone TV Limited by Anthony Rose, the ex-CTO of the BBC iPlayer, and Ernesto Schmitt, entrepreneur and ex-Board Director of EMI Music. The founding team also included Simon Miller (CTO), Max Bleyleben (COO), and Alex Nunes. The company was renamed to "Zeebox" in August 2011 prior to its public launch in November of that year. It launched in IOS in December.
Zeebox aimed to provide the optimal platform for connected television, making it a social and interactive viewing experience rather than the standard television viewing format. At first glance, the showed the user what's currently on TV (taking in all the Freeview channels and some premium Sky and Virgin Media ones too), as well as displaying upcoming programmes.
Through connecting Zeebox to the user's Facebook account, the service let the user pick what they were watching, as well as see what their Zeebox-using Facebook friends were watching, invite them to watch something "with" the user, instant message them or hide what you're watching with them. Smart TV integration made use of the iPad app as a remote control.
In August 2012, it was announced that Zeebox would be expanding to the United States. It launched that September on IOS and Android. It launched with strategic investments from Comcast, as well as from NBC Universal. The startup also partnered with HBO to provide customised experiences around its own HBO original shows. For Comcast customers, the Zeebox app was available as a universal remote control, allowing users to quickly switch over to shows that they discover in the app. Zeebox contained enhanced pages for 307 shows across 28 different NBC Universal networks.
In November 2012, Zeebox launched in Australia. This was part of a joint venture in Australia with Network Ten and Foxtel., In Australia, the app had been downloaded more than 350,000 times in 3 months, according to Network Ten's chief operating officer, Jon Marquard.
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