to view live and time shifted streams of over the air and cable television content on internet connected devices . the service was cloud based and did not require hardware . the beta was rolled out in spring 2012 and the service officially launched in new york city in december 2013 . 1 nimbletv has been described as a slingbox and tivo put together and as the anti aereo service . 2 because unlike aereo nimbletv s business model improves existing pay tv and does not displace it . 3 venture capital firms backing nimbletv include greycroft partners tribeca venture partners and the tribune company . 4 nimbletv was awarded the 2013 tribeca disruptive innovation award 5 and is a 2014 edison awards nominee . 6 in january 2015 nimbletv shut down their service with a promise to launch an even better product . a week after the shutdown synacor inc. announced their acquisition of nimbletv for its technology that will enable them to deploy an authenticated linear tv service as well as a team steeped in video expertise . 7 contents 1 founders 2 packages 3 references 4 external links founders edit anand subramanian david c peterson paul george marcos trinidad packages edit nimbletv television packages were new york add on new york concierge and nimbletv india . all the packages came with monthly cloud based hd dvr plans ranging from 20 90hr month with the option of additional recording space . new york add on service allowed subscribers with existing new york cable subscription time warner cable cablevision verizon fios and rcn to stream 24 channels from most internet connected devices from any location on the globe . new york concierge service allowed subscribers with no previous cable subscription to sign up for a cable subscription package without dealing directly with the cable providers . the subscribed content was available on cloud and included up to 130 channels . the subscribed content could be accessed from any location on the globe . nimbletv indian service allowed subscribers to view up to 64 indian channels from any location on the globe . 8 in may 2014 nimbletv s ceo announced that nimbletv will focus on expanding its add on product beyond the new york metro area starting with chicago . 9 in january 2015 the company was acquired by synacor inc. 10 references edit flacy mike . nimbletv officially launches in nyc streams cable shows to mobile . digital trends . retrieved 10 december 2013 . is nimbletv the anti aereo . bloomberg tv . szalai georg . startup nimbletv launches service that offers pay tv packages via cloud . hollywood reporter . stelter brian . http www.nytimes.com 2012 04 23 business media nimbletv aims to stream tv on devices.html pagewanted all & r 0 . new york times . external link in title help . tribeca disruptive innovation awards http www.tribecadisruptiveinnovationawards.com . missing or empty title help featured 2014 nominees . edison awards . http variety.com 2015 digital news synacor acquires nimbletv startup that streamed live tv online 1201404977 ruiz mario . nimbletv launches in nyc true tv everywhere finally arrives in metropolitan region . yahoo finance . kafka peter . nimbletv wants to sell you the tv everywhere you re already supposed to have . recode . retrieved 20 may 2014 . kafka peter . synacor buys nimbletv via acqui hire . recode . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nimbletv & oldid 736918083 categories electronics companies of the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls 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 30 august 2016 at 17 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view