The fast-growing social TV market is attracting a plethora of new players trying to leverage Facebook and other social media platforms. The latest players in the game:
Yahoo’s acquired social TV startup IntoNow and a long list of apps (both from startups and larger companies).
Philo, which started by letting viewers share with friends by “checking-in” to TV shows, but is shifting from becoming a consumer social network and toward its brand marketing services.
GetGlue, whose investors include Union Square Ventures and Time Warner Investments, allows users to check-in to movies, TV, books, music, etc. It claims 1.4 million users and 9 million check-ins in July.
Miso claims 200,000 viewers.
Umami has raised $1.65 million in seed funding from Battery Ventures, NEA and other angels for its social TV platform. Like Miso and GetGlue, Umami provides TV viewers with a second screen experience to television content, adds contextual content around the programs viewers are watching, and offers a platform for networks to engage with consumers.
Zeebox in London, operating in stealth as “tBone”, raised $5 million in seed funds in June.
Zazum’s SeeLoveBuy™ mobile app makes TV instantly shoppable using iPhones.
There are dozens or hundreds more social TV startups and apps coming to post updates below to keep everyone up to date.