Beamly

Beamly

Company type	Private
Industry	Social Media (formerly) Digital Media
Founded	2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Founders	Ernesto Schmitt, Anthony Rose
Headquarters	London
Area served	(formerly) United Kingdom Australia United States
Key people	Jason Forbes (CEO)
Revenue	US$ 120 million (2019) [1]
Number of employees	180 Based on suggested 2019 figures. In 2012, the employee figure was around 150.
Parent	Coty, Inc.
Website	www.beamly.com

Beamly was a social platform based in London, UK and New York City, United States. The company was founded in April 2011 as tBone TV, later renamed to Zeebox, by Ernesto Schmitt and Anthony Rose. It was started as a social discovery and engagement platform with 2nd-screen TV, creating the concept of social television.

Beamly, then called Zeebox, aimed to provide the optimal platform for connected television, making it a social and interactive viewing experience rather than the standard television viewing format. The platform allowed users to follow and interact with their favourite TV shows, as well as play games and take part in polls. It expanded to the US in September 2012 and into Australia in November.

Beamly took on funding from BSkyb, Comcast, NBCUniversal, Viacom and HBO. Its first round valued it at above US$150M. It was sold to the New York Stock Exchange listed S&P 500 component Coty, Inc. in 2015 for an undisclosed sum.