BBTV has entered into a partnership with ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum software company, to support BBTV’s development of Web3 NFT solutions for content creators. As the Vancouver-born company enters its next phase of growth it is uniquely positioned to drive the Web3 creator economy by connecting creators, fans and collectors. “As home to almost 5,000 […]
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Hootsuite To IPO Before End Of Year?
According to BetaKit, Vancouver-born Hootsuite is finalizing its preparations to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange before the end of the year. Sources with direct knowledge of the company’s plans, who asked to remain anonymous as they are not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed to BetaKit that Hootsuite hopes to IPO on the TSX […]
BBTV Launches NFT Division For Content Creators
Vancouver’s BBTV has created a new NFT Division to launch Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) with some of the world’s leading content creators across Entertainment, Music, Sports, Esports & Gaming verticals. BBTV’s first NFT will be with Grammy-winning and multi-platinum music producer Zaytoven. Zaytoven has worked with artists like Drake, Travis Scott, and Usher, and has a […]
BBTV Renews Its NBA Playmakers Partnership
Vancouver’s BBTV is expanding their partnership with the NBA to include content distributed beyond YouTube. Created in 2016 as a joint commercial partnership between BBTV and the NBA, NBA Playmakers is the premier basketball culture video network working with influencers across fitness & training, fashion & lifestyle and gaming content. In addition to YouTube, NBA […]
BBTV Launches New Service Offerings to Instagram and TikTok Influencers
YouTube monetization pioneer BBTV has announced the launch of new offerings at scale to influencers across all genres of content on Instagram and TikTok. While BBTV’s bread and butter remains YouTube where over 2 billion people log-in each month, Instagram and TikTok are fast approaching YouTube’s reach with Instagram hitting one billion monthly users in […]
BBTV Puts Independent Content Owners Back in Control of Their Content
BBTV has announced the expansion of the company’s Content Management Plus Solutions to individual content owners at scale, regardless of size or genre. BBTV’s Content Management Solutions help manage fan uploaded copies of content, putting content owners back in control of their IP, while also creating a new revenue stream for the content owners and […]
BBTV Adds Dragon Michele Romanow & Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes To Board
Today newly publicly-traded BBTV provided a corporate update which included the announcement of three new directors to their Board. As part of its preparation for their initial public offering, the Vancouver-born company appointed three new directors to its Board, Marcel Reichart, formerly of Bertelsmann Investments, Michele Romanow, CBC Dragon and co-founder of Clearbanc, and Ryan […]
BBTV Launches Mobile Game With YouTube Content Creator James Rallison
This morning Shahrzad Rafati and her BBTV team virtually opened the Toronto Stock Exchange one week after their successful IPO. But the news didn’t stop there. BBTV announced the launch of a new mobile gaming app, “TheOdd1sOut: Let’s Bounce” in partnership with James Rallison, the creator of one of YouTube’s most popular channels. TheOdd1sOut, an […]
Shahrzad Rafati Regains Control of BroadbandTV With TSX IPO
BBTV Holdings has successfully closed its previously announced initial public offering and is now trading on the TSX. Priced at $16.00 per share at opening, BBTV Shares are down 6% today. Since launching in 2005 BroadbandTV (BBTV) has been a leader in defining and advancing the digital video space. Today, BBTV is the third largest […]
Shahrzad Rafati Aims To Regain Control of BBTV Via TSX IPO
One of Vancouver’s most successful female tech entrepreneurs, Shahrzad Rafati, is attempting to take BroadbandTV public on the TSX in order to buy out German media giant Bertelsmann. Founded in 2005, BroadbandTV (BBTV) provides end-to-end content management and technology solutions for independent content creators and media companies to grow their presence online. According to comScore, […]