Jul 10, 2009 6:50 PM
You couldn’t ask for a more soap opera-inspired storyline. After infighting, layoffs and a failed fire sale attempt, digital content studio ManiaTV finally went belly up in March. But now founder Drew Massey is trying to resurrect it—albeit leaner, meaner and backed by far less venture capital. The NYT reports…
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Mar 5, 2009 10:53 AM
If by the end of this year about only 95 percent of the independent video sites left at the end of 2008 have shut down, well, the industry would be lucky. Two more casualties this week: After trying a reorg, layoffs and attempting to sell, ManiaTV has shut down operations,…
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Feb 26, 2009 1:08 PM
Like we said last week, ManiaTV’s CEO Peter Hoskins is really eager to get the digital content studio sold as soon as possible—so eager that the compnany has laid off about half its remaining team, according to The Deal. This round of layoffs follows the studio’s staff cuts last October.…
Posted In: Advertising, Jobs & Layoffs, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, layoffs, maniatv
Feb 19, 2009 7:02 PM
This one slipped out under the radar: digital content studio ManiaTV is searching for a buyer. The company retained investment bank Updata Advisors to shepherd the sale late last year, and has been meeting with potential buyers since January. CEO Peter Hoskins told TV Week that he was eager to…
Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, maniatv
Jan 9, 2009 3:45 PM
ManiaTV, one of the biggest online content studios, has tried to make money in a whole host of ways, from user-generated content (which it pulled the plug on in 2007), to letting brands sponsor skins on their video players, to branded entertainment like the Wrigley-backed Stage 5 show. But the…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, maniatv, peter hoskins
Dec 8, 2008 5:18 PM
ManiaTV has bulked up its management team: adding six seasoned vets from companies like Disney (NYSE: DIS), NBC and Joost just a few weeks after laying off about 20 employees. The bulk of the cuts came on the production side—as the online TV network/content development company said it would devote…
Posted In: Entertainment, Industry Moves, Jobs & Layoffs, Companies, layoffs, maniatv
Mar 4, 2008 10:11 PM
Updated below: Denver-based ManiaTV, a youth-based online TV network, has raised a $9.5 million third round from DAG Ventures, reports PE Hub. Previous backers Benchmark Capital, Centennial Ventures and Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital also joined. The company had previously raised $17 million, bringing its total raise to $26 million since…
Posted In: Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, benchmark capital, centennial ventures, dag ventures, intel capital, maniatv
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