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CBS Acquires Clicker and Names Jim Lanzon As President Of CBS Interactive
CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) has bought a TV guide service for Internet video called Clicker. Clicker CEO Jim Lanzone will be named President of CBS Interactive. The details of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition price was rumored to be between $50-$100 million.
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Categories CBS, CBS Corp, CBS Corporation, CBS Interactive, Clicker, Jim Lanzone
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Clicker Raises $11 Million For Consolidating Web TV
Clicker.com is a website that collects TV shows from the web and consolidates them in one place. Clicker launched about three months ago and they have raised $11 million in Series B from JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and Redpoint Ventures.
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Categories Benchmark Capital, Clicker, JAFCO Ventures, Redpoint Ventures
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Clicker Helps Scour The Net For Full TV Show Episodes
Clicker’s motto is “What’s On Online” and that is exactly what they intend on informing you about. The problem with streaming video on the web today is that it is all over the place with no central place for all of it to be monitored. Between Hulu and CBS, they both have the highest quality of programming but they are still limited to just what they want to and can offer.
Clicker categorizes shows based on genre, network, and show name enabling web surfers more options. Finding content on many other video search websites heavily depend on text based searches. Clicker will also allow users to edit information about shows in a wiki format.
Although there isn’t a way for Clicker to make money yet, they plan to create a Pro option for users to store their favorite videos on the web like DVR or TiVo. Clicker is led by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com and COO Paul Wehrley. Clicker demonstrated their service at the TechCrunch50 conference.
Categories Clicker, Jim Lanzone, Paul Wehrley
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