Digital Media MBA » venture capital

BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox For $15+ Million

Syndicated News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:29:13 +0000

News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the startup Zeebox for a sum that is “double-digit millions” in both pounds and dollars.

Continue reading →

Cox Media Group Plants $6 Million In Content Farm Skyword

Syndicated News — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:24:37 +0000

Broadcasting, publishing and marketing group Cox Media Group is putting down some more roots in digital media investments: it has announced an investment of $6 million in Skyword, a content farm, to expand Skyword’s business.

Continue reading →

News Corp./Time Warner’s Prince Alwaleed Invests $300 Million In Twitter

Syndicated News — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:09:48 +0000

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, an investor in media titans News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is turning his attention now to social media: he and his investment group, Kingdom Holding Company, today became the latest investors in Twitter, putting up $300 million for a strategic stake in the micro-bloging company.

Continue reading →

ePub Direct Funded To Supply E-Books To Kindle, iBooks Et Al

Syndicated News — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:19:20 +0000

If print book costs major on distributing boxes of dead trees, what price the e-book fulfilment sector?

Continue reading →

Netflix’s Global Funding Makes Sense—If It Can Rescue Domestic

Syndicated News — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:06:38 +0000

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) shares opened four percent lower Tuesday after Monday’s after-market announcement that it is taking $400 million to fuel international expansion and that 2012 will be a loss-making year.

Continue reading →

More Money For Masabi: $4 Million For Mobile Ticketing, Expansion Into U.S.

Syndicated News — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:36:40 +0000

Masabi, the London-based mobile ticketing startup that has nearly cornered the market for train services in the UK, has raised more funding to the tune of $4 million to expand into the U.S. and make its service work with NFC.

Continue reading →

PlayJam Takes $5 Million To Go Global With Its Connected TV Games

Syndicated News — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:45:39 +0000

PlayJam, which distributes its own and now third-party casual games to TVs in Europe, is taking a $5 million first investment round to help it do the same in the U.S. and Asia.

Continue reading →

Phorm Raises Yet Another £30 Million, Valuing Itself At £100 Million

Syndicated News — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:12:52 +0000

Phorm, the controversial targeted web ads company that fled to Brazil after privacy concerns blocked its domestic UK fortunes, is taking yet another big fundraising as it goes on trying to finance its expensive global search for business.

Continue reading →

Crowdsourced Navigation App Waze Takes $30 Million To Launch In China

Syndicated News — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:40:05 +0000

Remember the days when GPS satellite navigation apps were one of the most expensive categories of mobile apps? Some still have premium prices: apps from TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot and Navigon still sell for between £29.99 and £39.99, although these companies have experimented with lower prices too.

Continue reading →

Part Time CFO for Digital Media Startup

jeremy — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:32:22 +0000

Here’s a great opportunity for a student with the right background – Thanks to connections at Rose VC who report that: The company has some great traction, with advisors that include the global head of marketing for Century 21 real … Continue reading →