An unconfirmed report has BuddyTV being acquired by Comcast. We’ve got requests for confirmation in with BuddyTV and are waiting for a response.
Seattle based BuddyTV is a television focused content network with a team of dedicated entertainment writers producing content that is complemented by users. The company took $2.8 million from Gemstar-TV Guide in July. Comcast previously acquired Fandango, an online movie ticket selling company that also ran a entertainment guide called Fancast.
If confirmed, it’s an interesting buy that fits more in the blogging acquisition space, placing the deal alongside the acquisitions of Weblogs Inc and more recently TreeHugger. Certainly BuddyTV’s mix of paid writers/ bloggers and user contributions highlights the value of content in a market where service/ product acquisitions usually get most of the press.
More if and when we are able to confirm the deal.
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I wonder how much they bought it for?
Word Hugger
trying to find out…I’d like to know as well
Congrats Andy and the gang!
Good move, I hope the make something good out of it.
I know someone who is a senior writer for this site so I wonder if they will get rid of the writers or keep them on.
Hmmm . The site again going to be in news bringing more publicity.
This always happens, When a small less popular company is acquired by a biggie, it becomes famous quickly due to the media hype
I just been told that its not true so maybe you will get that confirmation soon.
Comcast is also the company that purchased ZDTV/TechTV and folded it into G4 to win the distinction of being the least viewed cable network in America last year.
Interesting acquisition for them. Still waiting for them to put out the Golf Channel in HD.
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Interesting acquisition
“still waiting for them to put out the golf channel in HD”
I found that funny. lol
I do not think this is true.
nice to know this, thanks for the information.
Mommy I’m on TV !!! Whether it’s true or not, it does not matter! The thing that is really important here is that most of the major online companies are craving for media online coverage. The companies are fighting tooth an nail to buy out all the video streaming netwrks and sites, isn’t that interesting.