BOULDER, CO — (Marketwired) — 07/31/13 — Gnip, the world-s largest and most trusted provider of social data, is now the commercial provider of publicly available data from the GetGlue firehose. GetGlue is a recognized leader in second screen engagement and social television, and with this announcement Gnip is now able to provide full coverage of social data around viewing habits for television shows, movies and sports.
With more than 4 Million users and a monthly social reach of over 100MM unique users, GetGlue is the leading platform dedicated to Social TV. As the second screen experience for TV, movies and sports becomes more prevalent, GetGlue provides a unique perspective into the viewing habits, communities and engagement around these entertainment properties.
“At Gnip, we want to be the source for all public conversations happening online, and GetGlue is instrumental to that strategy,” said Chris Moody, CEO of Gnip. “GetGlue provides a rich new source of information that will be incredibly valuable to networks, producers, advertisers and movie studios.”
“We-ve had a lot of demand for our data and wanted to work with Gnip to meet this need,” said Evan Krauss, President of GetGlue. “As the leading provider of social data, Gnip makes it easy to work with the top social media monitoring companies where our data can have the broadest distribution and impact.”
GetGlue data will provide new insights about viewing habits around television, movies and sports. Potential applications include understanding the relationship between social TV and Nielsen ratings; forecasting the popularity of upcoming shows and movies; understanding community engagement among different shows; analyzing fan behavior between different seasons and much more.
In addition to the firehose from GetGlue, Gnip also provides access to full firehoses of data from Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, WordPress, StockTwits, Estimize and Disqus.
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Gnip is the world-s largest and most trusted provider of social data, serving customers in a range of industries from social media monitoring and business intelligence to finance and government. Gnip-s customers deliver social media analytics to over 95% of the Fortune 500. Gnip delivers more than 120 billion realtime social data activities each month, providing access to data from dozens of sources including Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, WordPress, Disqus and more. For more information, email or visit .
GetGlue is a social TV leader, with 4 Million registered users and 1 Billion data points. GetGlue offers a personalized guide for TV, movies and sports, to help users discover what to watch. Users can also check-in and share what they are watching with friends, discover content around their favorite shows and unlock rewards from GetGlue partners.
GetGlue is founded by Alex Iskold, and based in New York City. Over 75 major television networks and 25 movie partners use GetGlue to promote their shows and movies to fans. The company has received funding from Union Square Ventures, RRE Ventures, Time Warner Investments, Rho Ventures and a number of prominent angel investors.
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