Company:Tubefilter

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Short description: Online entertainment media company
Tubefilter, Inc.
TypePrivately held
IndustryInternet, Media, Entertainment
FoundedLos Angeles, United States (2008 (2008))[1]
FounderDrew Baldwin
Brady Brim-DeForest
Marc Hustvedt[2]
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Brady Brim-DeForest (CEO)
Drew Baldwin (SVP, Product)
Marc Hustvedt (Editor-in-Chief)
Joshua Cohen (CIO)
Jamison Tilsner(COO)[3]
ProductsTubefilter News, online publication
Websitetubefilterinc.com

Tubefilter, Inc. is a privately held company based in Los Angeles, California that operates media businesses focusing on the online entertainment industry.[4] Tubefilter is best known for Tubefilter News, a blog targeted at the fans, creators, producers, influencers, and distributors of streaming television and web series content.[5][6]

Cited by

Tubefilter News has been cited by Variety,[7] and its staff have been quoted by the Washington Post,[8] the Christian Science Monitor,[9] The Wrap,[10] and BusinessWeek,[11] when covering the streaming television industry. It is ranked in the top 1,600 blogs worldwide according to Technorati.[12]

Other operations

The company also operates and hosts the Streamy Awards, a weekly streaming television guide,[13][14] and monthly web series meetups.[15][16] In October 2009, Tubefilter acquired online entertainment and reviews site Tilzy.tv.[2][17][18]

Network

Tubefilter integrates a number of blogs and services into its network. These include:

  • Tubefilter News (launched June 2008), a trade publication for the online entertainment industry.[3]
  • Tubefilter Jobs (launched February 2009), a new-media and streaming television focused job board.[19]
  • Web TV Schedule (launched August 2008), a guide to streaming television release schedules.[20]

Events

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

  • Onfronts (launched June 2009), a bi-annual digital upfront for the streaming television industry.
  • Web TV Meetups (launched August 2008), a community event series in Los Angeles.
  • Web TV Week (launched March 2009), a week-long series of streaming television events that takes place every spring and fall in Los Angeles.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "California Business Search - Corporation Search Results: TUBEFILTER, INC.". California Secretary of State. http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/corpdata/ShowAllList?QueryCorpNumber=C3156834. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Albrecht, Chris (October 19, 2009). "Web Video News Consolidation: Tubefilter Acquires Tilzy.tv". NewTeeVee. http://newteevee.com/2009/10/18/web-video-news-consolidation-tubefilter-acquires-tilzy-tv/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About Tubefilter News". Tubefilter. http://news.tubefilter.tv/about/. 
  4. ↑ "Tubefilter blog". Tubefilter, Inc. http://blog.tubefilter.tv/. 
  5. ↑ Coyle, Jake (February 26, 2009). "On the Net: Sites Aim to Be TV Guide for the Web". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=6967086.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  6. ↑ Kettle, Michael (September 4, 2009). "ABC Experiments With New Techniques to Promote "FlashForward"". TVOverMind. http://www.tvovermind.com/tv-news/abc-experiments-with-new-techniques-to-promote-flashforward/8968. 
  7. ↑ Mclean, Thomas (June 2, 2009). "Original Web Series Still Lack Funding". Variety. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004432.html?categoryid=3639&cs=1. 
  8. ↑ Hesse, Monica (May 17, 2009). "Web Series Are Coming Into A Prime Time of Their Own". Washington Post: p. 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051404500_2.html. 
  9. ↑ Goodale, Gloria (April 20, 2009). "What's on Web TV?". The Christian Science Monitor. http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/04/20/what’s-on-web-tv/. 
  10. ↑ Russo, Maria (May 13, 2009). "Ashton Kutcher's Web/TV Breakthrough". The Wrap. https://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/web-tv-breakthrough-kutchers-blah-girls-cbs. 
  11. ↑ Christian, Aymar (October 12, 2009). "Verizon Wireless Enrolls at Valemont U". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091012_212065_page_2.htm. 
  12. ↑ "Technorati Rankings". Technorati. Technorati, Inc. April 19, 2009. http://technorati.com/search?return=sites&q=tubefilter&x=0&y=0. 
  13. ↑ Krieger, Todd (October 31, 2008). "Video's Rosy Future". ClickZ. IIM, LLC. http://www.clickz.com/3631337. 
  14. ↑ Krieger, Todd (April 19, 2009). "Digital Dealmakers". TV Week. Crain Communications, Inc. http://www.tvweek.com/talking-tv/dealmakers/2009/04/marc_ostrick_ceo_and_cofounder.php. 
  15. ↑ Sarah Kuhn; Jamie Painter Young; Dany Margolies (July 30, 2009). "10 Ways to Advance Your Career". Backstage. http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/10-ways-to-advance-your-career-1003998923.story. 
  16. ↑ "Tubefilter Hollywood Web TV Meetup Presents: Going LIVE!". NewTeeVee. October 7, 2009. http://newteevee.com/2009/10/07/tubefilter-hollywood-web-tv-meetup-presents-going-live/. 
  17. ↑ Kee, Tameka (October 19, 2009). "Tubefilter Acquires Tilzy.tv; Shuffles Execs To Scale Out". PaidContent. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-embargo-tubefilter-acquires-tilzy.tv-shuffles-execs-to-scale-out/. 
  18. ↑ Mitchell, Greg (October 21, 2009). "Beyond "Balloon Dad": Web Series Continue Startling Growth". The Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/beyond-balloon-dad-web-se_b_328438.html. 
  19. ↑ "Tubefilter New Media Jobs". Tubefilter. http://jobs.tubefilter.tv/a/jobs/find-jobs. 
  20. ↑ "Tubefilter - Web TV Schedule". Tubefilter. http://www.tubefilter.tv/schedule/dec-15-21-08.shtml. 
  21. ↑ "Tubefilter Events". Tubefilter. http://www.tubefilterinc.com/events. 
  22. ↑ "Announcing the 1st Annual Streamy Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Streamy Awards. December 19, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2009.[no|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  23. ↑ Heffernan, Virginia (March 31, 2009). "California Streamin': A Night for Web Serials" (Blog). New York Times. http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/california-streamin-a-night-for-web-serials. 
  24. ↑ Tilsner, Jamison (March 4, 2009). "Transparency. The Streamys and The IAWTV". Tilzy.tv. http://www.tilzy.tv/transparency-the-streamys-and-the-iawtv.htm. 
  25. ↑ "New International Academy of Web Television Announces Digital Entertainment Industry Leaders for Academy Membership" (PDF) (Press release). IAWTV. March 4, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

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