Pluggedin.com, which delivers HD music videos to the web announced the launch of their beta website today. Pluggedin.com is backed by Will Smith’s Production company Overbrook Entertainment and has licensing deals with Univerrsal Music Group, EMI, and Sony. Pluggedin, is working with Move Networks and plans to deliver over 10,000 HD music videos and 1,000,000 Artist profile pages. READ MORE
Categories: Finance · Web Video
Tagged: Overbrook, Overbrook Entertainment, Pluggedin, Will Smith
Buzznet, one of the largest music communities on the web has acquired popular music blog, IDOLATOR. Buzznet who recently acquired STEREOGUM, is acquiring companies with the goal of building the largest music community online. With close to $25 million in a 3rd round of financing, be on the lookout for more acquistion by Buzznet.
Categories: Finance · Social Media
Tagged: Buzznet, Digibubble, digital entertainment, Idolator, Sterogum, www.digibubble.com
Move Networks, a content delivery network for HD television online has raised $63 million in Series C Financing. To date, Move Networks has raised a total of $91.3 million dollars. Read the Full Story on MultiChannel News
INTERVIEW WITH MOVE CEO, John Edwards on Blip.tv from Newteevee
Categories: Finance · Web Video
Tagged: 91.3 million, Digibubble, Move, Move Networks, Series C
Adultvest, an investment firm that focuses on the Adult Entertainment space acquires iPorn.com. Adultvest, an investment firm with $7 Billion in capital specializes on investing solely in the adult industry. The Adult industry is a billion dollar business, why not have a firm that only invests in Adult Entertainment.
Categories: Finance
Tagged: Adultvest, iPorn, Venture Capital, www.digibubble.com
Newly formed digital production studio, DECA.tv raises $5 million in series A financing. The financing was led by Mayfield, General Catalyst Partners, and Atomico Investments. Mayfield’s Allen Morgan said, “The separation between content, the audience, and the advertiser has now completely disintegrated”. Studios now have the ability to access and filter through more talent better than ever before, case in point, Crackle’s
user generated web shows. The internet’s “fame machine” is getting better, and we’re all sure to benefit.” Deca.tv was founded by Chris Kimbell and Michael Wayne. They plan on using the capital to seek and launch new digital web properties. Deca.tv will be launching its first 3 projects soon.
Categories: Finance · Web Video
Tagged: Capital, Content, Deca.tv, Digibubble, Investments, VC, Venture Capital, www.digibubble.com
