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Acquired byComcast
Price$80M
Date6/06
TermsCash

General Information

Websitetheplatform.com
Blogtheplatform.com/blog
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone1 (206) 436-7900
Email
Employees130
Founded2000

Offices

Corporate Headquarters
3101 Western Avenue
Suite 300
Seattle, WA, 98121
USA

People

CEO
CFO & COO
VP Marketing
CTO
Board Member
VP Engineering

Former People

VP Business Development
Founder, CEO, CTO
Board Member
VP Sales

Acquisitions

Funding

Unattributed, 1/06
Spark Capital
$8M

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thePlatform

thePlatform™ is a leading white-label video management and publishing company. Media companies rely on thePlatform as their open, central hub for managing, monetizing, and syndicating billions of professionally produced video views annually. The company’s services provide versatility for designing and supporting video businesses on PCs, mobile, and TV.

With a 10-year history of service, thePlatform is an independent subsidiary of Comcast based in Seattle, Wash.

thePlatform currently provides online video management services to numerous programmers, leading media companies, and five of the top cable TV service providers in North America, including the largest “TV Everywhere” deployments.

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Theplatform

Sources

  1. Comcast Buys The Platform For Up To $80M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  2. Comcast's thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  3. ThePlatform pulls in $8 million to boost its online distribution deals (seattlepi.com) [edit]
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  6. theplatform.com [edit]
  7. thePlatform Marks 10-Year Anniversary with Launch of mpx Beta: Next-Generation Video and Media Publishing System (theplatform.com) [edit]
  8. thePlatform Unveils New Social Media Player for Professional Video Sites and Content Owners (theplatform.com) [edit]
  9. mpx – Successfully Changing the Engines on a Flying Plane (theplatform.com) [edit]
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