Tubefilter

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Tubefilter, Inc.
Type Privately held
Industry Internet, Media, Entertainment
Founded2008;15 years ago (2008) [1]
FounderDrew Baldwin
Brady Brim-DeForest
Marc Hustvedt [2]
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Brady Brim-DeForest (CEO)
Website tubefilterinc.com

Tubefilter, Inc. is a privately held company based in Los Angeles, California that operates media businesses focusing on the online entertainment industry. [3] It publishes Tubefilter News, a blog targeted at the fans, creators, producers, influencers, and distributors of streaming television and web series content. [4] [5]

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Cited by

Tubefilter News has been cited by Variety , [6] and its staff have been quoted by the Washington Post , [7] the Christian Science Monitor , [8] The Wrap , [9] and BusinessWeek , [10] when covering the streaming television industry. It is ranked in the top 1,600 blogs worldwide according to Technorati. [11]

Other operations

The company also operates and hosts the Streamy Awards, a weekly streaming television guide, [12] [13] and monthly web series meetups. [14] [15] In October 2009, Tubefilter acquired online entertainment and reviews site Tilzy.tv. [2] [16] [17]

Network

Tubefilter offers blogs and services on its network including:

Events

Tubefilter operates a series of events in Los Angeles and New York. [21] These include:

Programs and sponsorships

Tubefilter sponsors and promotes a number of streaming television-based award shows and foundations. They are a founding host of the Streamy Awards. [22] [23] They were also one of the founding media companies that formed the International Academy of Web Television. [24] [25]

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