Comcast Interactive Media
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Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) is a division of Comcast
focusing on online media. CIM was created in 2005 and is headed by President, Amy Banse
, and Executive Vice President, Samuel Schwartz. Comcast Interactive Media products include: Comcast.net (portal), Game Invasion (video games), Fandango
(movie ticketing), thePlatform
(media management), StreamSage (video search and indexing), and Fancast.com (entertainment).
On May 15, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired social-networking site Plaxo
for between $150 and $170 million dollars. On August 5, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired newsletter service site DailyCandy
for a rumored $125 million dollars.
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
focusing on online media. CIM was created in 2005 and is headed by President, Amy Banse
Amy Banse
Amy Banse is president of Comcast Interactive Media , a division of Comcast formed in 2005. She joined Comcast in 1991.Banse graduated from Springside School in 1977, Harvard University in 1982, and Temple Law School in 1987....
, and Executive Vice President, Samuel Schwartz. Comcast Interactive Media products include: Comcast.net (portal), Game Invasion (video games), Fandango
Fandango (ticket service)
Fandango is a corporation in the United States that sells movie tickets over the telephone and Internet, enabling customers to ensure ticket availability and avoid lines at the movie theater.-Services:...
(movie ticketing), thePlatform
ThePlatform
thePlatform is a Seattle, WA-based online video publishing company, which was acquired by Comcast in 2006. Founded in 2000 by Ian Blaine, Alan Ramaley, Rahul Sonnad, and Andrew Olson, the company works with digital media companies to manage and publish video and audio.- History :thePlatform was...
(media management), StreamSage (video search and indexing), and Fancast.com (entertainment).
On May 15, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired social-networking site Plaxo
Plaxo
Plaxo is an online address book and social networking service originally founded by Sean Parker, Minh Nguyen and two Stanford engineering students, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring...
for between $150 and $170 million dollars. On August 5, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired newsletter service site DailyCandy
DailyCandy
DailyCandy is an e-mail newsletter based in New York. It was founded by Dany Levy in March 2000. It was sold to Bob Pittman's Pilot Group Ventures for around $3 million in 2003, and then sold to Comcast for $125 million in August 2008. Previously a New York-only insider's newsletter; DailyCandy has...
for a rumored $125 million dollars.