Comcast Interactive, a division of Comcast, has snapped up ThePlatform, a digital media services company based in Seattle, according to sources close to the company. While I was typing this up, PaidContent published the details of the deal.
The purchase price is pegged at between $70 to $80 million and the company will likely continue working with existing clients such as Verizon’s VCast and Scripps. The six-year-old company had raised about $8 million from Spark Capital. I guess, Comcast is getting serious about this whole digital media thing and is trying to develop some more Internet properties for its broadband users.
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yay! thePlatform rox!
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[...] Sramana Mitra. The company started to make the web-push back in December 2005, and since then has bought some market [...]
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[...] and got to hang out with the very savvy crew at thePlatform, the media management company that was acquired by Comcast a year ago. We chatted about analytics opportunities and CEO Ian Blaine said it’s something [...]
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[...] owns ThePlatform, a company that specializes in software platforms and middleware for broadband [...]
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