{"id":427911,"date":"2010-03-15T12:28:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T16:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-03-15:article\/419-roundbox-buys-ip-of-tv-companion-dashboard-startup-jacked"},"modified":"2010-03-15T12:28:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T16:28:41","slug":"roundbox-buys-ip-of-tv-companion-dashboard-startup-jacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/427911","title":{"rendered":"Roundbox Buys IP Of &#8216;TV Companion&#8217; Dashboard Startup Jacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border: 1px solid silver; padding: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0; float: left;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-roundbox-buys-ip-of-tv-companion-dashboard-startup-jacked\/\" title=\"Jacked\" class=\"image_link image\" id=\"84045_5510\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/images\/editorial\/f_small\/jacked-s.png\" alt=\"Jacked\" width=\"170\" height=\"102\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Heavily-funded mobile broadcast software firm <a href=\"http:\/\/roundbox.com\/\" title=\"Roundbox\">Roundbox<\/a> is buying the technology and IP of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacked.com\/\" title=\"Jacked\">Jacked<\/a>, a startup which provides web-based dashboards that aggregate info related to live TV broadcasts. Roundbox says it will integrate Jacked&#8217;s technology into its &#8216;mobile broadcast suite&#8217;&#8212;which is used by broadcasters to deliver content, like video and TV listings, onto mobile devices. The dashboards will no longer exist separately.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jacked&#8217;s dashboards have primarily been used by sports fans to track stats and player information on their computers while watching live games (The company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socaltech.com\/interview_with_bryan_biniak__jacked\/s-0014402.html\" title=\"talked\">talked<\/a> about expanding the dashboards to other types of broadcasts, although nothing seems to have come of those plans). Jacked was founded by former American Greetings (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/paidcontent?Page=QUOTE&#038;Ticker=AM\" class=\"ticker\" title=\"AM\">NYSE: AM<\/a>) Mobile head Bryan Biniak, who is joining Roundbox&#8217;s advisory board. <\/p>\n<p>The company <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/article\/419-tv-web-converged-platform-firm-jacked-gets-65-million-funding-launches-\/\" title=\"had raised\">had raised<\/a> about $7 million in funding from Provenance Ventures, Core Capital Partners and Gabriel Venture Partners since its start in 2006. Roundbox, meanwhile, has raised at least $43 million, including <a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-mobile-broadcast-firm-roundbox-raises-20-million-in-fourth-round\/\" title=\"$20 million in a third round\">$20 million in a third round<\/a> in December 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the deal were not released.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"related\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moconews.net\/article\/419-mobile-broadcast-firm-roundbox-raises-20-million-in-fourth-round\/\" title=\"Mobile Broadcast Firm Roundbox Raises $20 Million In Capital\">Mobile Broadcast Firm Roundbox Raises $20 Million In Capital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/article\/social-media-site-jacked-gets-05-million-funding\/\" title=\"Social Media Site Jacked Gets $0.5 Million Funding\">Social Media Site Jacked Gets $0.5 Million Funding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/B6CoqnGhVfRujh_EGnME1Thjups\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/B6CoqnGhVfRujh_EGnME1Thjups\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/B6CoqnGhVfRujh_EGnME1Thjups\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/B6CoqnGhVfRujh_EGnME1Thjups\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?i=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~ff\/moconews?a=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/moconews?i=uII1mdXCYTo:-k8EhV3lI18:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/moconews\/~4\/uII1mdXCYTo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavily-funded mobile broadcast software firm Roundbox is buying the technology and IP of Jacked, a startup which provides web-based dashboards that aggregate info related to live TV broadcasts. Roundbox says it will integrate Jacked&#8217;s technology into its &#8216;mobile broadcast suite&#8217;&#8212;which is used by broadcasters to deliver content, like video and TV listings, onto mobile devices. 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