Spreecast, Inc. was an Internet application and free social video broadcasting platform. The company was founded in 2011 by

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, and is based in San Francisco, CaliforniaRao, Leena, “Social Video Broadcasting Platform Spreecast Raises $4 Million”, Techcrunch, 21 December 2011
/ref> . According to Fluhr, spreecast seeks "to bring face-to-face interactions to the Internet in a far-reaching way".Couts, Andrew, “StubHub founder launches social video broadcast site, Spreecast” Digital Trends, 10 November 2011
/ref> The company tweeted out on June 15, 2016, that their site would be shutting down on July 14.

History

Spreecast was launched as a public beta on November 10, 2011.Titlow, John Paul, “Spreecast, a More Social Answer to Google+ Hangouts, Goes Live Today”, Read Write Web, 10 November 2011
/ref> In December 2011, spreecast received $4 million in seed venture funding from

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, Gordon Crawford, and

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. In September 2012, they raised an additional $7 million. The company added social media author

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as an advisor in February 2012. They closed their website on July 14, 2016

Celebrity Guests

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, American actress and film producerBillboard staff, “Spreecast Signs Video Deal with Viacom's VH1, Logo” Billboard, 10 October 2012
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, American

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and former marketing director of FacebookWeber, Harison, “Spreecast quietly continues redesign to hone its video broadcasting niche” TNW, 6 June 2012
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, a British-Irish boy bandMiot, Stephanie, “Q&A StubHub Founder Mixes Social Meida, Video, Celebs on Spreecast” PC Magazine, 13 May 2013
/ref> Jennifer Grassman, American journalist, pianist, and singerGrassman, Jennifter, “Michelle Cowan on American Idol, Will Smith, and true love”, Washington Times, 29 April, 2012
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Levy, Ari, “Spreecast Gains an Audience With Easy, Free Webcasting”, Bloomberg, 15 January 2013
/ref> Britney Spears, American recording artist and entertainer

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, American recording artist and entertainer.Delevett, Peter, “Exclusive: Miley Cyrus barnstorms Silicon Valley to tout single ‘We Can’t Stop”, Siliconbeat, 3 June 2013
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, American actor, producer, and director."Chat with actor Neil Patrick Harris"
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References

External links

Spreecast website

Spreecast official blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spreecast.com Online mass media companies of the United States Internet properties established in 2008 Companies based in San Francisco