apps founded 2010 founder blair harrison ceo headquarters los angeles ca area served worldwide number of employees 20 2013 1 website frequency.com frequency is a service that aggregates free to watch online video from multiple platforms into channels in a single application . apps are available for free on mobile devices personal computers and connected televisions . contents 1 history 2 features 2.1 app description 2.2 availability 2.3 other services 3 ratings and reviews 4 milestones 5 references 6 external links history edit frequency networks was founded by blair harrison the company s ceo in los angeles in 2010 . 2 3 4 harrison previously founded fasttv an early internet video search site 5 and was ceo of online video entertainment site ifilm sold to viacom in 2005 . 2 5 after raising an initial 4 million from investors 6 frequency s website and ipad app were launched in january 2012 . 1 3 this was followed by a pre installed version for connected samsung televisions in september 2012 4 7 and an iphone app in december 2012 . 8 in january 2013 frequency announced a partnership with chinese television maker tcl for the app to come pre installed on tcl s android based tvs as the default option to watch video from online sources . 1 in april 2014 the app was launched on android phones and tablets 9 and that month frequency announced a partnership with amazon to launch its service on the streaming device amazon fire tv . 10 11 features edit app description edit frequency compiles free to watch online videos from social networks media sites and blogs and creates custom channel streams based on individual users interests . the channels are updated in real time delivering videos from a wide range of sources in a single application . 3 4 12 13 it synchronizes channels and viewed content across multiple devices . 11 the platform channels are divided by content type such as news entertainment sports tech and children s programming . 3 users can aggregate video from over 4 000 sources including espn cnn new york times wall street journal bbc techcrunch youtube facebook and twitter . 9 12 14 users can also create their own personalized channels 3 and they can connect their account to facebook twitter and google plus allowing the service to filter through videos shared by social networking friends and provide recommendations . 3 8 11 14 videos are played non stop creating an experience similar to watching television . 1 frequency makes it easier for television makers and over the top content providers to offer their customers a streamlined way to access short form online content without having to access multiple websites or apps . 9 publishers can directly place videos into the app in exchange for a percentage of revenue . 1 the only ads on frequency are ones added in by a video s original distributor . 6 frequency indexes approximately five million new videos and over 500 million social networking posts per day . 1 5 as of april 2014 it has approximately four million monthly active users . 13 availability edit the frequency app is available on the ipad iphone android phone and tablet the web google tv and amazon fire tv and comes pre installed on connected televisions in over 90 countries manufactured by samsung sony tcl and hisense . 10 13 15 other services edit in 2014 the company launched frequency sync a hosting service that allows video owners to publish manage and monetize their videos across the range of frequency applications . the tool helps users create and program channels manage video advertising and get detailed analytics . 13 16 the company previously partnered with video platform brightcove which allows its customers to publish video directly to frequency . 17 also in 2014 frequency source was launched a software development kit and set of services that allow television operators consumer electronics manufacturers and other platform developers to integrate frequency and its curated videos into their own platforms . 9 ratings and reviews edit frequency was ranked 40 on complex magazine s list of the 50 best apps of 2012 14 chosen as one of the top 100 websites of 2013 by pc magazine 18 and nominated for a best mobile app award for overall best app of 2014 . 19 it was also named one of the 30 best iphone and ipad apps of the week by the guardian in december 2012 20 was the android authority indie app of the day on may 5 2014 12 and an editor s choice by the itunes app store . 19 the app was rated a 4.5 out of 5 on appsafari 21 and a 4 out of 5 in maclife . 22 milestones edit date event 2010 frequency networks founded . 5 january 2012 launches frequency.com website and ipad app . 1 september 2012 developed for connected samsung televisions . 7 december 2012 launches iphone app . 8 january 2013 announces partnership with chinese television maker tcl . 1 april 2014 launches app on android phone and tablet and amazon fire tv . 9 april 2014 frequency sync introduced . 16 may 2014 frequency source introduced . 9 references edit a b c d e f g h janko roettgers frequency teams up with chinese tv maker to bring its video app to the masses gigaom january 9 2013 . a b rafat ali video interview former ifilm ceo blair harrison on his new startup gigaom may 24 2010 . a b c d e f marc graser startup to aggregate content across multiple platforms variety january 12 2012 . a b c jon healey frequency showyou bring order to online video chaos los angeles times february 2 2012 . a b c d benjamin f. kuo how frequency wants to bring you internet video with blair harrison socaltech.com january 4 2013 . a b peter kafka frequency a tv guide for web video tries a new look all things digital january 8 2012 . a b richard nieva frequency is now available on all types of devices but will it help pando daily december 6 2012 . a b c ryan lawler frequency launches an iphone app for personalized mobile video discovery techcrunch december 6 2012 . a b c d e f janko roettgers online video could soon come to your cable box with help from frequency gigaom may 1 2014 . a b netflix hulu plus other streaming apps available on amazon s fire tv the hollywood reporter april 2 2014 . a b c chris davies frequency brings social curated videos to amazon fire tv slash gear april 2 2014 . a b c joe hindy frequency indie app of the day android authority may 5 2014 . a b c d apurva chaudhary frequency aggregates all free to watch videos thinks it is a big enough market techie buzz april 16 2014 . a b c damien scott the 50 best apps of 2012 complex december 11 2012 . frequency releases new apis socaltech.com may 2 2014 . a b frequency debuts new video management service socaltech.com april 8 2014 . sarah kessler frequency makes any website a video channel mashable january 9 2012 . eric griffith the top 100 websites of 2013 pc magazine january 2 2014 . a b frequency best mobile app awards . accessed july 8 2014 . stuart dredge 30 best iphone and ipad apps this week the guardian december 7 2012 . jenni ward frequency tune in watch videos review app safari november 19 2012 . steve paris frequency review maclife february 21 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frequency company & oldid 743512264 categories companies based in los angelescompanies established in 20102010 establishments in californiaamerican websitesentertainment websitesinternet television navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 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