JumpTV
| Company type | NeuLion |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ethnic online television |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | G. Scott Paterson |
Number of employees | 66[1] |
| Website | www.jumptv.com |
JumpTV Inc. was a Canadian company, and one of the country's largest
History
JumpTV was formed as an internet television company in 2000. It was limited in the services it could retransmit, namely foreign third-language services for which it has secured the necessary web rights. In June 2005, JumpTV had about 30 TV stations online, a staff of 5 which included Farrel Miller (CEO and Founder), Dan O'Hara (CTO), and Mizan Chowdhury (Technical Support Manager). Chairman G. Scott Paterson raised venture capital and started investing in upgrading the infrastructure.[citation needed]
In August 2006, the Toronto Stock Exchange granted JumpTV's application for the original listing in the Industrial category of 42,902,092 common shares. In February 2007, JumpTV announced a US$100 million Common Share Offering of 13,043,479 common shares.[citation needed]
JumpTV had offices in the
JumpTV merged with
Sports sites
JumpTV had a division based in
References
- ^ "Company Profile for JumpTV Inc (CA;JTV)". Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- Bennett, Jessica (2006-12-25). "Taking TV to The Internet". Newsweek. MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- Lieberman, David (2006-04-07). "Media tune in to ethnic audiences". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- "Iraqi TV shows to hit the Net". ZDNet. Reuters. 2006-01-24. Archived from the originalon 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2007-01-17.