I.TV

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i.TV, LLC
Type Second screen
Founded2008 (2008)
Key people
 Brad Pelo, co-founder and CEO
Justin Whittaker, co-founder
Carlton Cuse, Advisory Board Member
Products tvtag application software for iOS, i.TV application software for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire, Nintendo TVii for Nintendo Wii U (co-created with Nintendo),
Website i.TV

i.TV (pronounced i dot TV) is a second screen and social television technology company, and creator of tvtag, a second screen app for iPhone. [1] [2]

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i.TV is also behind the popular namesake app for iOS [3] and Android, [4] [5] and is co-creator of Nintendo TVii for the Nintendo Wii U video game console. [6]

i.TV has standing partnerships with AOL, Huffington Post and Entertainment Weekly magazine (EW), for which it powered viEWer, a social television platform that enabled television viewers to interact with each other and EW editors, [7] and product integration agreements with TiVo, [8] Netflix, [9] Hulu, [10] and Comcast. [11]

i.TV's financial backers include venture capital firms Union Square Ventures (backer of Twitter, Tumblr and other companies), RRE Ventures, Rho Ventures, Time Warner Investments, DIRECTV, and others. [12]

i.TV's advisory board includes Carlton Cuse, executive producer of ABC's Lost and A&E's Bates Motel , who in 2010 was named to the Time 100, an annual list of the "100 most influential people in the world"; [13] and Gordon Ho, former executive vice president of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. [14]

History

i.TV was founded in 2008 by Brad Pelo, who serves as CEO, and Justin Whittaker. Pelo previously co-founded Folio Corporation and served as founding CEO of the parent company of Ancestry.com, [15] among other ventures and projects.[ citation needed ]

In May 2011 i.TV and AOL together re-launched AOL's online destination for TV viewers, AOL TV, based on i.TV's technology platform. AOL TV receives 1.6 million hits per day. [16]

In November 2013 i.TV acquired GetGlue, maker of a leading second screen and social TV check-in platform. [17] Headquartered in New York City, GetGlue reportedly has over 4.5 million registered users. [12] [2]

In January 2014 i.TV launched tvtag, a second screen iPhone app that provides a feed of television moments that users can then share, doodle on and comment on in a variety of ways. These moments in a “tagline” are captured and curated by a team of 50 staffers. [1]

A year later, tvtag was shut down. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 "TVtag Is Paying 50 People to Watch and Tag TV All Day". AdAge. January 28, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "GetGlue and i.TV combine to create tvtag for iPhone, focus on real-time updates about live TV". Engadget. January 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "i.TV is an Essential App for Anyone Who Watches TV". Cult of Mac. August 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "i.TV brings its local TV guide app to Android users in North America". The Next Web. December 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Social TV app tvtag provides a feed of TV moments for you to leave comments or even doodle". TNW. January 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Here's the company behind Nintendo TVii (spoilers: it's not Nintendo)". Engadget . September 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Entertainment Weekly Adds Co-Viewing Platform for TV Shows from 'Glee' to Football". Social Times. September 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ "i.TV Brings TiVo Scheduling to iPhone". Zatz Not Funny. December 22, 2008.
  9. ↑ "i.TV's iPhone app gets deep Netflix integration". CNET . November 10, 2008.
  10. ↑ "i.TV extends to the iPad, adds Hulu integration". CNET . March 29, 2009.
  11. ↑ "i.TV Makes Nice With Comcast, Shakes Up Advertising". TiPb. March 29, 2009.
  12. 1 2 "'Why We're Buying GetGlue': A Q&A With i.TV CEO Brad Pelo". AdAge . November 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ "The 2010 Time 100: Artists: Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof". TIME magazine. April 29, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Carlton Cuse and Gordon Ho Appointed to i.TV Advisory Board". i.TV Blog. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Who owns genealogy companies?". Genealogy’s Star. May 12, 2010.
  16. ↑ "AOL relaunches AOL TV with help from i.TV". VentureBeat . May 27, 2011.
  17. ↑ "i.TV Is Buying GetGlue; Here's What That Means for Social TV". AdAge . November 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ Roettgers, Janko (19 December 2014). "GetGlue successor TVtag is shutting down". Gigaom. Retrieved 15 January 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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