• Home
  • About
  • Posts
    • Autism
    • Synesthesia
    • Unbelievably True Adventures
    • Body Language Expert
  • Press
Talk Nerdy To Me®

Type and hit Enter to search

  • Home
  • About
  • Posts
    • Autism
    • Synesthesia
    • Unbelievably True Adventures
    • Body Language Expert
  • Press
General

Google Ventures and Hearst Interactive Media make whoopie to @gomiso

January 4, 2011 4 Mins Read
115 Views
0 Comments

Looky looky what just popped up in my twitter feed …

 

Screen shot 2011 01 04 at 1.36.15 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®

Per Miso Blog: We’re thrilled to announce some amazing developments here at Miso.

  • Google and Hearst Invest in Miso.  We are excited to announce that right at the end of 2010, we closed our Series A round, raising an additional $1.5M. The round was led by Google Ventures with Hearst Interactive Media also participating.  With this money, we plan to hire more engineers which will allow us to continue to innovate, build Miso, and improve our second screen platform.  While the last year was focused on building a ‘check-in’ foundation, in 2011, we will create more ways for people to engage around the second screen, secure more partnerships, and lead innovation around the intersection of social, TV, and the second screen.  We are 100% focused on making TV watching better by making it more social, more useful, and more fun.  In addition to the financing, Joe Kraus from Google Ventures and Scott Wolfgang from Hearst Interactive Media will be joining our board.  Joe, a Silicon Valley veteran, has been with us since our seed round and has been paramount in helping us to where we are today.  We’re excited to welcome Scott and Hearst Interactive Media to the Miso family.  Hearst, with its extensive media holdings, including ESPN, Lifetime Television, A&E Network, History and 29 local television stations, is certain to be a valuable partner for Miso to gain a deeper understanding of how we can provide more value to TV networks and TV content creators in addition to building a world-class second screen platform.
  • blog image Talk Nerdy To Me®

  • Approaching 100K registered users & over 2M engagements. 2010 has been an exciting year for us.  In nine months, we have built presences on the iPhone, Android, iPad, and web and are quickly approaching 100K registered users with over 2M engagements to date.  In the last thirty days, we have seen over 400K engagements averaging about an engagement (including check-ins, comments, and ‘likes’) every 4 to 5 seconds.   We have a lot more to do to make Miso simpler, more social, and more fun, so look out for more in the coming months.  We are not even 1% of where we want to be.
  • Introduction of Miso API. We have received hundreds of requests to create a Miso API, and it’s finally here!  With the the API, TV sites, TV manufacturers, set top boxes, or any developer can access Miso in the same way our applications work today.  Developers can develop new apps, integrate ‘check-in’ functionality into their own apps, and much more.  Widgets and RSS feeds will be coming soon as well!
  • First partnership of 2011 with OWN. In 2010, we have delivered over a dozen network partnerships, and we are extremely excited to start 2011 by teaming up with OWN: the new Oprah Winfrey Network for a new reality series where ten contestants compete to get their very own show. Watch the premiere of Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star on Friday at 9/8c on OWN to earn exclusive badges from Miso!

screen shot 2011 01 04 at 12 08 03 pm Talk Nerdy To Me®

With CES starting tomorrow, new tablets being introduced, and new innovations on top of the TV, the opportunity to build an amazing second screen is now.  TVs are becoming internet enabled.  New guides, new remotes, more tablets – 2011 is the year we’ll see an incredible amount of innovation in the living room, and we are excited to be part of that revolution.

I wanted to personally thank the Miso community for being with us since day one and continuing to push us to think outside the box.  We have a lot more coming — some ideas might take off and some might fail — but we are maniacally focused on building something that will make TV watching better.  Stay tuned – no pun intended!

Somrat Niyogi
CEO
@sniyogi



DUDE! So awesomeeeeeee!! I’m SO fascinated by the social TV components of social media. Clearly, since TNTML is totally like got a pilot thang goin on! It’s just SUCH an open market since no loyalties in the nerdy community have been established. TV’s days as a one way medium are numbered. For really reals reals. Don’t get me wrong, you’re still going to want to zone out and watch regular TV to fall asleep and such … there is still DEFINITELY a market for that type of entertainment. What I am talking about is a completely separate need because of Facebook that has created this want and desire to interact, engage, and comment on things that we are experiencing. Think about it – when was the last time you watched TV and didn’t have either your laptop on your lap, or your smartphone in your hand. It’s nutty buddy!! Super super suppperrrr stoked! Congrats on your steps in the right direction Miso!

 

#nerdsunite

 

Screen shot 2011 01 04 at 1.51.56 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®

Tags:

entertainment based checkinsgo misojen frielmisonerd tlaksocial tvtalk nerdytalk nerdy to metalk nerdy to me lover

Share Article

Other Articles

ben franklin loved a good zombie 2 Talk Nerdy To Me®
Previous

This Week In #History … January 3 – 9th

Screen shot 2011 01 06 at 1.19.54 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®
Next

*waves* hello from #CES!!!

Next
Screen shot 2011 01 06 at 1.19.54 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®
January 6, 2011

*waves* hello from #CES!!!

Previews
January 3, 2011

This Week In #History … January 3 – 9th

ben franklin loved a good zombie 2 Talk Nerdy To Me®

No Comment! Be the first one.

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Hi, I’m Jen Friel

    & I’d like to personally welcome you to my home
    Talk Nerdy To Me.®

    I’m autistic (late diagnosed) and have a lot of different forms of synesthesia (making my life unusually interesting). 

    Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube

    Featured Posts

    11864805 10100873076569489 7874067153814933141 o Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #TalkNerdyToMe: The full story behind our @BritneySpears moment

    Screen Shot 2023 08 08 at 8.23.35 AM Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #TrueStory: I met and talked to Sharon Stone about Synesthesia (*pinch me*)

    Screen Shot 2023 03 28 at 8.03.34 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #TrueStory: I Used Synesthesia to “Out” Con a Conman

    hyperlexia dyslexic synesthesia autistic

    #RealDeal: I’m autistic with hyperlexia, synesthesia, and I’m dyslexic (here’s what that means)

    Screen Shot 2023 03 15 at 4.01.38 PM Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #Fact: Jamie Lee Curtis won an Oscar on Sunday and showed up to her bestie Sharon Stone’s art show on Tuesday

    Related Posts

    2011 12 222013.05.42 Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #WTF: About the last 48 hours … Can I get a rundown? (macbook pro retina, Aston Martin, monogamy, slave)

    December 29, 2012
    314772 423349271036919 1396863120 n 1 2 Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #NerdsUnite: My name is Alicia and I’m doing 50 dates in 50 states (North Dakota)

    December 28, 2012
    eric carillo tntml 2 Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #NerdsUnite: Social Dynamics Lesson 2 (Non-Committal Body Language)

    December 27, 2012
    chelofthesea Talk Nerdy To Me®

    #NerdUnite: Today, I will squeeze my loved ones a little tighter

    December 17, 2012
    Talk Nerdy To Me®

    Talk Nerdy To Me® is an intimate and intelligent perspective on what it is like to be diagnosed with Autism and Synesthesia late in life. 

    Talk Nerdy To Me®

    • Home
    • About
    • Contact
    • Media
    • FAQ

    Category

    • Autism
    • Synesthesia
    • Unbelievably True Adventures
    • Body Language

    Follow Us

    Facebook Twitter Instagram

    304 S. Jones Blvd #1209

    Las Vegas, Nevada 89107

    (702) 530-2789

    Talk Nerdy To Me® by: Jen Friel | All Rights Reserved

    • Home
    • About
    • Posts
      • Autism
      • Synesthesia
      • Unbelievably True Adventures
      • Body Language Expert
    • Press