links may not follow wikipedia s policies or guidelines . please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message samba tv type vc funded industry media broadcast television digital cinema internet automatic content recognition social television second screen smart tv application software interactive tv founded san francisco ca incorporated 2008 headquarters san francisco california key people ashwin navin ceo website samba.tv samba tv formerly flingo 1 is a smart tv apps publishing and smart tv advertising company co founded in 2008 by early employees of bittorrent company including samba s current ceo ashwin navin . 2 samba tv develops software for televisions set top boxes smart phones and tablets to enable interactive television . through its portfolio of applications and tv platform technologies samba tv is built directly into the tv or set top box and will recognize onscreen content live or time shifted and make relevant information available to users at their request . through apis and sdks for mobile application software developers samba tv is usable on a second screen or the tv itself . samba tv applications are currently available on over 30 million screens in 118 countries . more information can be found at http samba.tv or at samba tv www.twitter.com samba tv on twitter . contents 1 history and features 2 ownership 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history and features edit the company was originally founded to help content developers like showtime fox a e networks tmz revision3 pbs and cbs develop apps on smart tvs which is still part of its core business . 3 in january 2012 samba tv launched one click sharing on social networks like facebook and twitter from the television . 4 in january 2013 the company announced further developments and features and named its interactive tv platform samba . 5 in september 2013 the company adopted the samba tv name to reflect the company s focus on interactive television and market traction with signed contracts with leading players throughout the ecosystem including tv and set top box manufacturers advertisers content publishers and broadcasters . in the company s own words the core services of samba tv include 6 an all access pass to behind the scenes content from viewers favorite tv shows and actors . by connecting phones or tablets to the tv viewers gain access to exclusive content and special offers . also as they flip through channels related online videos or similar tv programs are automatically recommended . exclusive videos tv and set top box manufacturers ticket to bringing all the hottest internet videos directly to smart tvs allowing them to provide their customers with access to over 80 channels and thousands of online videos . sponsorship enables major advertisers to build a direct relationship with viewers and present additional information to interested viewers directly on the tv itself or any device synchronized with it . ownership edit samba tv was incorporated as free stream media corp. in 2008 a company founded by ashwin navin david harrison alvir navin omar zennadi and todd johnson . 7 according to the public source code repository flingo s open source client was written by david harrison and omar zennadi in python and is free software licensed under the gpl . 8 in february 2012 flingo announced a 7 million series a round investment from august capital . 9 in may 2012 flingo added additional investors closing at 8 million including entrepreneur mark cuban and gary lauder . cuban discovered flingo at ces 2012 when he saw a crowd in the flingo booth watching a demonstration of its syncapps technology . the funding helped flingo expand its presence with smart tv and device manufacturers worldwide building on its existing partnerships . 10 see also edit free software portal smart tv interactive television social television enhanced tv digital video fingerprinting second screen automatic content recognition references edit flingo rebrands as samba tv . multichannel news . 2013 09 24 . retrieved 2013 10 11 . flingo integrates web and television with the first application publishing suit . marketwire . 2011 07 11 . retrieved 2012 07 12 . flingo dives into social tv with synchronized tv apps . lost remote . 2011 11 30 . retrieved 2012 07 12 . flingo s syncapps let you tweet directly from your tv . gigaom . 2012 09 01 . retrieved 2013 10 11 . flingo reveals samba a first of its kind dual interactive tv and second screen platform . pandodaily . 2013 04 01 . retrieved 2013 11 10 . flingo is now samba tv launches new brand and website . marketwired . 2013 09 24 . retrieved 2013 10 07 . ashwin navin s connected tv startup flingo . newteevee.com . 2010 10 12 . retrieved 2010 10 30 . flingo code repository on github . github.com . 2010 09 29 . retrieved 2010 10 30 . 9 . flingo raises 7m to make your tv smarter . newteevee . 2012 02 07 . retrieved 2012 07 12 . 10 . mark cuban invests in social tv startup flingo . lost remote . 2012 05 02 . retrieved 2012 07 12 . external links edit official website for flingo open source project official website for free stream media corp. forbes interviews flingo s ceo about the smart tv marketplace flingo s announced deployment on syabas popcorn hour and popbox devices bestbuy announces support for flingo on insignia tvs flingo s official launch covered by gigaom flingo demo on western digital s wdtv flingo demo and coverage on nbc news flingo s vimeo page including a product demo mark cuban invests in flingo covered by variety mark cuban funds flingo covered by cnet gary lauder and mark cuban s flingo investment covered by broadcasting & cable the state of the second screen covered by engadget flingo moves to interactive advertising covered by techcrunch flingo adds web videos and smart tv apps to tivo covered by 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