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Samba TV company history timeline

2008

Hover to view company highlights and milestones since Samba got its start in 2008.

The company was founded as Flingo in 2008, to help media companies like Showtime, FOX, A+E Networks, TMZ, Revision3, PBS and CBS develop apps on Smart TVs that synchronize with linear Broadcast programming and Non-linear media.

2012

In January 2012, Samba TV launched one-click sharing on social networks like Facebook and Twitter from the television.

2013

In January 2013, the company announced further developments and features and named its interactive TV platform Samba.

In September 2013, the company adopted the Samba TV name.

2016

In 2016, Samba TV partnered with MediaMath.

2017

In October 2017, The Walt Disney Company became a strategic investor in Samba TV to better understand TV viewership and engagement with advertising.

In 2017, Samba TV partnered with video ad serving platform SpotX and media/advertising research company Kantar.

2018

In December 2018, Samba TV acquired Screen6, a firm offering real-time, cross-device identity resolutions.

2019

In August 2019, Samba TV acquired Wove, to help direct-to-consumer brands TV ad targeting.

Samba TV publicly confirms that it crossed over $100m in revenue for the 2019 fiscal year, and publishes its path for continued global expansion.

In 2019, Samba TV partnered with Twitter to help measure the social network’s effectiveness in driving tune-in.

2020

In 2020, Samba TV partnered with global programmatic media partner MiQ, global technology company The Trade Desk, media measurement and analytics company Comscore, as well as Amazon Web Services. and TiVo.

2021

In 2021, Samba TV partnered with online advertising software company Pubmatic, as well as television measurement and analytics company 605.

Also in 2021, Samba TV announced its proprietary identifier, SambaID, as part of its Samba TV Identity solution, giving marketers, publishers and platforms the ability to transact with each other using a variety of different currencies to optimize against.

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Founded
2008
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Ashwin Navin,Alvir Navin,David Harrison
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