Jeff Binder
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Jeff Binder | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Layer3 TV |
| Years active | 1987 - present |
| Board member of | Layer3 TV This Technology |
Jeff Binder is an American entrepreneur that has built several startups in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector. He is chairman and CEO of Layer3 TV. He was previously the founding CEO of Broadbus and Chairman of This Technology, which were sold respectively to Motorola and Comcast.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Early life
Binder began playing table tennis at 10, and was ranked in the national Top 5 during his teen years.[7][8][3]
Career
In the 1990s, Binder's father had a company, Magic Music, which used digital storage in the mass-production of cassette tapes.[8][9]
Binder produced a computer program which allowed users to book tee times at golf courses; Jack Nicklaus became a partner.[8][10]
In 1999, Binder and Robert Scheffler started Broadbus Technologies, which – like Magic Music before it – used digital storage, but for video-on-demand. The company was sold to Motorola in 2006 for an estimated $186 million.[11][12][3]
In 2008, three former Broadbus executives – CEO Vin Bisceglia, advisory board chair David Fellows, and Binder – started a venture capital fund, Genovation Capital.[13][14]
Binder joined invested in This Technology a video-on-demand advertising company, and joined as its Chairman, in 2012. In 2015, the company was sold to Comcast Corp., after raising more than $7 Million from General Catalyst and other investors because it had become an integral part of their platform according to the CTO of Comcast. [15][16]
Binder and Fellows founded Layer3 TV in Boston in 2013; in 2014 the company was moved to Denver.[17]
References
- ^ Spangler, Todd (March 14, 2014). "Not a Virtual MSO? 'Next-Gen Cable' Service Layer3 TV Launches with $21 Million in Funding". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Vuong, Andy (May 14, 2014). "What Layer3 TV hopes to offer and why it's relocating HQ to Denver". Denver Post. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Hempel, Jessi (April 10, 2016). "LAYER3 TV'S CRAZY PLAN TO TAKE ON COMCAST AND REINVENT CABLE". Wired. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ http://www.fiercecable.com/cable/broadbus-founder-binder-builds-boston-startup-layer3tv
- ^ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9498057.htm
- ^ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/broadbus#/entity
- ^ "Portrait of a ping-pong wiz: Jeff Binder". Highland Park Newspaper. November 3, 1997. p. 39.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c Ellis, Leslie (July 8, 2005). "At the Front of the Broadbus: Jeff Binder". Multichannel News. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Patents by Assignee Magic Music Cassette Company". Justia. Justia. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "The Internet - Media - Hollywood Connection - Ubiquitous Broadband - Ubiquitous Content". Digital Hollywood. Digital Hollywood. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Weisman, Robert (July 26, 2006). "Motorola to acquire Broadbus Technologies Boxborough firm's video-on-demand technology sought". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Motorola to Acquire Broadbus Technologies, Extend Portfolio of 'Seamless Video Anywhere' Solutions". Star Ventures. Star Ventures (via Motorola). Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Viscarolasaga, Efrain (November 25, 2008). "New tech-focused investment funds dismiss down economy". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Baumgartner, Jeff (December 22, 2008). "Cable Vets Launch VC Firm". Gigabit. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (May 14, 2012). "Broadbus Founder Takes Stake In VOD Ad Firm This Technology". Multichannel News. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/boosters_bits/2015/08/comcast-buys-denver-technology-company.html
- ^ Jarvey, Natalie (June 3, 2015). "Cable Startup Layer3 TV Raises $51 Million (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 June 2015.