Investment Validates Platform as Funding Comes in the Midst of a Down Economy
LOS ANGELES and MELBOURNE, Australia, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading social viewing platform View2Gether.com, has secured its "Series A" investment round from an investor group including View2Gether.com Chairman Jeff Sagansky and View2Gether Pacific. Today's announcement was made by View2Gether.com President and CEO, Chris Adams. Adams was the co-founder of noted production company Participant Media and Producer of Facebook.com and Comcast's "Facebook Diaries."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Leading-Social-Viewing-prnews-15073051.html?.v=1
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2009/04/29/prnewswire200904291500PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA07244.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS227640+29-Apr-2009+PRN20090429
http://money.aol.com/news/articles?id=n20090429150609990093&cid=2369
ABCFAMILY.COM WELCOMES BACK “GREEK” WITH INTERACTIVE ONLINE VIEWING PARTIES
ABC Family Hosts Weekly Online Viewing Parties Powered by View2Gether.com
Burbank, CA (March 31, 2009) – In conjunction with the launch of the new season of the ABC Family original series “Greek,” ABCFamily.com will be hosting weekly online viewing parties allowing fans to watch current episodes of the series simultaneously with others while chatting in real time.
Beginning today, March 31, fans of ABC Family’s hit series “Greek” can visit ABCFamily.com (http://community.abcfamily.go.com/viewing_party/3/splash
The "Greek" Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com’s popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series. In the coming weeks, members of the “Greek” cast will be hosting their own viewing parties of their favorite episodes this season chatting directly with fans and giving behind the scenes details.
New episodes of “Greek” air on ABC Family Mondays (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). Jesse McCartney joined the cast in this week's premiere episode, “Take Me Home Cyprus Rhodes” (directed by Michael Lange and written by Jessica O’Toole & Amy Rardin.) Episodes will be available online the day after their network premiere.
“Greek,” is executive produced by Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Anne Kenney and John Ziffren. The show is created by executive producer Patrick Sean Smith. Michael Berns and Mark Stegemann serve as co-executive producers. The ensemble cast includes Jacob Zachar as Rusty, Spencer Grammer as Casey, Scott Michael Foster as Cappie, Jake McDorman as Evan, Clark Duke as Dale, Dilshad Vadsaria as Rebecca, Paul James as Calvin, Amber Stevens as Ashleigh and Tiffany DuPont as Frannie.
Part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 95 million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting today’s families and entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today’s relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family’s programming is a mix of quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and scripted dramas. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with “13 Nights of Halloween” and “25 Days of Christmas” branded programming events. ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.
View2gether, Inc. (www.view2gether.com) is the world's leading provider of technology solutions in the social viewing space. View2Gether.com’s proprietary platform offers sites, brands, networks, studios and video portals advanced social community functionality for users as they create "lounges" where they can chat in real time and watch any video in perfect synch while searching, previewing and selecting additional content – all generating greater revenues for partners through incremental video and ad serves. Current partners utilizing the View2Gether.com platform include ABC Family and Adikted.tv. View2Gether.com is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with Chris Adams, the co-Founder of Participant Media as it's President & CEO and former Sony Pictures President, Jeff Sagansky as it's Chairman.
Contact:
Karen Hobson
Disney-ABC Television Group
<(818) 569-7789
karen.hobson@disney.com
Amy Maloney
ABC Family
(818) 973-4138
amy.maloney@disney.com
Beth Newbauer
View2Gether
(310) 280-3710
Beth@therosegrp.com
ABC Family and View2Gether.com Launch GREEK Social Viewing Parties
Beginning March 31, fans of ABC Family’s hit series “Greek” can visit ABCFamily.com to host their own viewing parties through View2Gether.com’s social viewing platform. The “Greek” Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com’s popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series.
View2Gether.com’s unique synchronous streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other fans of “Greek,” customize content and watch and discuss current episodes of the popular ABC Family series together in real time, regardless of the viewer’s geographic location. For major media and entertainment brands, V2G has white labeled a platform that quite simply monetizes content in a way that drives revenue for their business – especially dated content collecting dust in the archives.
New episodes of “Greek” air on ABC Family Mondays (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). Jesse McCartney joined the cast in this week’s premiere episode, “Take Me Home Cyprus Rhodes” (directed by Michael Lange and written by Jessica O’Toole & Amy Rardin.) Episodes will be available online the day after their network premiere.
Part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 95 million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting today’s families and entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today’s relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family’s programming is a mix of quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and scripted dramas. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with “13 Nights of Halloween” and “25 Days of Christmas” branded programming events.
http://www.socialnetworkingsitehq.com/social_networking/abc-family-and-view2gethercom-launch-greek-social-viewing-parties
ABCFamily.com Welcomes Back "Greek"
ABC Family Hosts Weekly Online Viewing Parties Powered by View2Gether.com
In conjunction with the launch of the new season of the ABC Family original series, “Greek,” ABCFamily.com will be hosting weekly online viewing parties allowing fans to watch current episodes of the series simultaneously with others while chatting in real time.
Beginning today, March 31, fans of ABC Family’s hit series “Greek” can visit ABCFamily.com to host their own Viewing Parties through View2Gether.com’s social viewing platform. View2gether.com’s unique synchronous streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other fans of “Greek,” customize content and watch and discuss current episodes of the popular ABC Family series together in real time, regardless of the viewers geographic location.
The "Greek" Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com’s popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series. In the coming weeks, members of the “Greek” cast will be hosting their own viewing parties of their favorite episodes this season, chatting directly with fans and giving behind-the-scenes details.
New episodes of “Greek” air on ABC Family Mondays (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). Jesse McCartney joined the cast in this week's premiere episode, “Take Me Home Cyprus Rhodes” (directed by Michael Lange and written by Jessica O’Toole & Amy Rardin.). Episodes will be available online the day after their network premiere.
The ensemble cast includes Jacob Zachar as Rusty, Spencer Grammer as Casey, Scott Michael Foster as Cappie, Jake McDorman as Evan, Clark Duke as Dale, Dilshad Vadsaria as Rebecca, Paul James as Calvin, Amber Stevens as Ashleigh and Tiffany DuPont as Frannie.
http://ilovetelevision.com/articles/ABCFamily_com_Welcomes_Back__Greek__04,1,09,10,04
Watch "Greek" in groups with online viewing parties
Good news for “Greek” fans. If you miss an episode from Season 3 (7 p.m. Mondays on ABC Family), you can watch it the day after it premieres on www.ABCFamily.com.
And if you want to watch new episodes while interacting with other “Greek” fans, join the an online viewing party at www.view2gether.com. The site’s streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other “Greek” fans, customize content and watch and discuss episodes in real time, regardless of the viewers’ geographic location.
Plus, members of the “Greek” cast will be hosting their own online viewing parties in coming weeks. They will discuss their favorite episodes this season, chat with fans and give behind-the-scenes details.
By the way, Danny Weaver from Edmond plays Ben Bennett on the series. The ensemble cast also includes Jacob Zachar as Rusty, Spencer Grammer as Casey, Scott Michael Foster as Cappie, Jake McDorman as Evan, Clark Duke as Dale, Dilshad Vadsaria as Rebecca, Paul James as Calvin, Amber Stevens as Ashleigh and Tiffany DuPont as Frannie.
http://blog.newsok.com/television/2009/04/06/watch-greek-in-groups-with-online-viewing-parties/
ABC Family and View2Gether.com Launch GREEK Social Viewing Parties
Beginning March 31, fans of ABC Family’s hit series “Greek” can visit ABCFamily.com to host their own viewing parties through View2Gether.com’s social viewing platform. The “Greek” Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com’s popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series.
View2Gether.com’s unique synchronous streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other fans of “Greek,” customize content and watch and discuss current episodes of the popular ABC Family series together in real time, regardless of the viewer’s geographic location. For major media and entertainment brands, V2G has white labeled a platform that quite simply monetizes content in a way that drives revenue for their business – especially dated content collecting dust in the archives.
http://www.sociableblog.com/2009/04/02/greek-social-viewing-parties/
Host Your Own GREEK Viewing Party
In conjunction with the launch of the new season of the ABC Family original series GREEK, ABCFamily.com will be hosting weekly online viewing parties allowing fans to watch current episodes of the series simultaneously with others while chatting in real time.
Beginning today, March 31, fans of ABC Family’s hit series GREEK can visit ABCFamily.com to host their own Viewing Parties through View2Gether.com’s (www.view2gether.com) social viewing platform. View2gether.com’s unique synchronous streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other fans of GREEK customize content and watch and discuss current episodes of the popular ABC Family series together in real time, regardless of the viewers geographic location.
The GREEK Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com’s popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series. In the coming weeks, members of the GREEK cast will be hosting their own viewing parties of their favorite episodes this season chatting directly with fans and giving behind the scenes details.
http://www.welovesoaps.net/2009/03/host-your-own-greek-viewing-party.html
ABCFAMILY.COM WELCOMES BACK "GREEK" WITH INTERACTIVE ONLINE VIEWING PARTIES
ABC Family Hosts Weekly Online Viewing Parties Powered by View2Gether.com
Burbank, CA (March 31, 2009) In conjunction with the launch of the new season of the ABC Family original series, "Greek," ABCFamily.com will be hosting weekly online viewing parties allowing fans to watch current episodes of the series simultaneously with others while chatting in real time.
Beginning today, March 31, fans of ABC Family's hit series "Greek" can visit ABCFamily.com (http://community.abcfamily.go.com/viewing_party/3/splash ) to host their own Viewing Parties through View2Gether.com's (www.view2gether.com) social viewing platform. View2gether.com's unique synchronous streaming technology enables viewers to create an online lounge, meet other fans of "Greek," customize content and watch and discuss current episodes of the popular ABC Family series together in real time, regardless of the viewers geographic location.
The "Greek" Viewing Parties are integrated within ABCFamily.com's popular community allowing fans to create their own parties with friends or meet other fans of the show and watch current episodes of the ABC Family series. In the coming weeks, members of the "Greek" cast will be hosting their own viewing parties of their favorite episodes this season, chatting directly with fans and giving behind-the-scenes details.
New episodes of "Greek" air on ABC Family Mondays (8:00 9:00 PM ET/PT). Jesse McCartney joined the cast in this week's premiere episode, "Take Me Home Cyprus Rhodes" (directed by Michael Lange and written by Jessica O'Toole & Amy Rardin.). Episodes will be available online the day after their network premiere.
"Greek" is executive produced by Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Anne Kenney and John Ziffren. The show is created by executive producer Patrick Sean Smith. Michael Berns and Mark Stegemann serve as co-executive producers. The ensemble cast includes Jacob Zachar as Rusty, Spencer Grammer as Casey, Scott Michael Foster as Cappie, Jake McDorman as Evan, Clark Duke as Dale, Dilshad Vadsaria as Rebecca, Paul James as Calvin, Amber Stevens as Ashleigh and Tiffany DuPont as Frannie.
Part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 95 million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting today's families and entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family's programming is a mix of quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and scripted dramas. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with "13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas" branded programming events. ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.
View2gether, Inc. (www.view2gether.com) is the world's leading provider of technology solutions in the social viewing space. View2Gether.com's proprietary platform offers sites, brands, networks, studios and video portals advanced social community functionality for users as they create "lounges" where they can chat in real time and watch any video in perfect synch while searching, previewing and selecting additional content all generating greater revenues for partners through incremental video and ad serves. Current partners utilizing the View2Gether.com platform include ABC Family and Adikted.tv. View2Gether.com is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with Chris Adams, the co-Founder of Participant Media as it's President & CEO and former Sony Pictures President Jeff Sagansky as it's Chairman.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090331abcfamily02