AlwaysOn is proud to announce the sixth annual OnHollywood 100—the top companies that are disrupting the Hollywood establishment and creating viable business models for the digital entertainment marketplace.

The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at Montgomery & Co., Anthem Venture Partners, SNR Denton, DFJ Frontier, New Enterprise Associates, Cisco Systems, NBC, AT&T, Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley, Battery Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, GRP Partners, Greycroft Partners, FirstMark Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, US Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and industry experts across the globe dug deeply into the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private companies that are bringing their innovative and disruptive ideas into the digital entertainment space.

Hollywood continues to redefine its digital reality, forcing entertainment executives to sit up and take notice of the innovators that are coming out of the Global Silicon Valley. The growing sophistication of consumers is pushing digital entertainment startups in new, creative directions. Talented artists are waking up to a social, mobile audience and using digital entertainment products to bring a more personal and involved experience to their fans. On-demand software and other social services ensure speedy deployment to almost any device, and the most creative producers are delivering quality TV, film, and music to a demanding consumer audience with an apparently unlimited appetite for entertainment.

This year’s winners represent an explosive drive toward device-independent, consumer-focused entertainment. With the unprecedented speed of tablet adoption, the end of the personal, desktop computer may come at some point in the not-too-distant future. The increased screen real estate provided with tablets means serious attention from entertainment product developers, with artists pairing up with technology innovators to make the most of their mobile audiences. Clearly, the digital entertainment pioneers of the 1990s have paved the way for a new breed of entertainment producer, who is harnessing the power of social, mobile, and the Internet to give consumers exactly what they want, when they want it.

This year’s OnHollywood 100 companies represent leadership in the global innovation community and are developing solutions and technologies that are rapidly pushing outside the bounds of existing markets and away from established players. Companies were selected based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Congratulations to all the 2012 OnHollywood 100 winners. As the top venture capital-backed digital entertainment companies continue to disrupt the entertainment and consumer worlds, they’re joining forces and pioneering new ways to deliver quality products to anyone, anywhere. The entire entertainment world has broken free of the establishment and is bringing quality fun and enjoyment to a global audience that’s on the move and hungry for the next innovation.

 

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The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:

OnHollywood 2012
The Entertainment Venture Summit
October 29th – 30th, 2012
The Museum of Flying
Santa Monica, CA

Click here to see current program, reserve your ticket, or learn more about OnHollywood 2012.

To find out how your company can join the OnHollywood’s distinguished group of sponsors and for detailed information on the CEO Showcase opportunity, please contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson (grant@aonetwork.com, 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.

For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.

Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners or clients in the digital entertainment space, OnHollywood is the insider event you won’t want to miss. We hope to see you there!

The conference is only two weeks away. Register today to secure your 50% savings.

Introducing the OnHollywood 100:

Overall Winner

Machinima
www.machinima.com
Category: Gaming
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
CEO: Allen DeBevoise
Year Founded: 2004
Employees: ca. 180
Investors Include: MK Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Google

Advertising and Marketing

AddThis
www.addthis.com
McClean, VA

Brand Affinity Technologies
www.brandaffinity.net
Irvine, CA

GraphEffect
grapheffect.com
Santa Monica, CA

Simulmedia
www.simulmedia.com
New York, NY

SocialVibe
www.socialvibe.com
Los Angeles, CA

Tremor Video
www.tremorvideo.com
New York, NY

Consumer Services

AHAlife
www.ahalife.com
New York, NY

Bamm.TV
bamm.tv
San Francisco, CA

BeachMint
beachmint.com
Santa Monica, CA

CinemaShares.com
www.cinemashares.com
Henderson, NV

Eventbrite
eventbrite.com
San Francisco, CA

Eventful
www.eventful.com
San Diego, CA

Eyecon Technologies
www.eye-c.com
Palo Alto, CA

Funny or Die
funnyordie.com
San Mateo, CA

GetGlue
getglue.com
New York, NY

Gogobot
www.gogobot.com
Menlo Park, CA

GoPhoto
www.gophoto.com
San Francisco, CA

IMVU
www.imvu.com
Palo Alto, CA

MyCityWay
www.mycityway.com
New York, NY

Pinterest
www.pinterest.com
Palo Alto, CA

RadioLoyalty
radioloyalty.com
Santa Barbara, CA

SmugMug
smugmug.com
Mountain View, CA

SodaHead
www.sodahead.com
Encino, CA

Stardoll
www.stardoll.com
Stockholm, Sweden

Stipple
stipple.com
San Francisco, CA

Tagged
www.tagged.com
San Francisco, CA

Twitter
twitter.com
San Francisco, CA

yap.TV
www.yap.tv
Los Altos, CA

YouMail
www.wevideo.com
Irvine, CA

Zefr
movieclips.com
Venice Beach, CA

Content Delivery Platforms

Adconion Media Group
www.adconion.com
Santa Monica, CA

Conviva
www.conviva.com
San Mateo, CA

EdgeCast Networks
www.edgecast.com
Santa Monica, CA

Givit
www.givit.com
San Diego, CA

Hulu
www.hulu.com
Los Angeles, CA

INgrooves
www.ingrooves.com
San Francisco, CA

Laffster
www.laffster.com
Venice, CA

MeFeedia
www.mefeedia.com
Burbank, CA

Ooyala
www.ooyala.com
Mountain View, CA

PRIMA Cinema
www.primacinema.com
Carlsbad, CA

Roku
www.roku.com
Saratoga, CA

sevenEcho
www.sevenecho.com
New York, NY

Shazam Entertainment
www.shazam.com
London, U.K.

SkyGrid
www.skygrid.com
Sunnyvale, CA

Spotify
spotify.com
Luxembourg

StackSocial
stacksocial.com
Venice, CA

Sugar
www.sugarinc.com
San Francisco, CA

TubeMogul
www.tubemogul.com
Emeryville, CA

Tudou
www.tudou.com
Shanghai, China

Ustream
www.ustream.tv
San Mateo, CA

Viddy
viddy.com
Venice, CA

Digital Content Publishers

BOOM! Studios
www.boom-studios.com
Los Angeles, CA

Buzzmedia
www.buzz-media.com
Hollywood, CA

Complex Media
www.complexmedianetwork.com
New York, NY

DECA
www.deca.tv
Santa Monica, CA

EQAL
www.eqal.com
North Hollywood, CA

Gigya
www.gigya.com
Mountain View, CA

Glam Media
www.glammedia.com
Brisbane, CA

Hark
hark.com
Seattle, WA

JibJab
www.jibjab.com
Venice, CA

Maker Studios
www.makerstudios.com
Marina del Rey, CA

Metacafe
www.metacafe.com
San Francisco, CA

StyleHaul
stylehaulinc.com
Los Angeles, CA

WhoSay
www.whosay.com
Los Angeles, CA

Enabling Tools

FreeWheel
www.freewheel.tv
San Mateo, CA

iZotope
izotope.com
Cambridge, MA

Kaltura
www.kaltura.com
New York, NY

Live Gamer
www.livegamer.com
New York, NY

MaestroDev
www.maestrodev.com
Manhattan Beach, CA

Milyoni
www.myliona.com
Pleasantan, CA

MobiTV
www.mobitv.com
Emeryville, CA

Morphlabs
www.morphlabs.com
Manhattan Beach, CA

ooVoo
www.oovoo.com
New York, NY

SoundHound
www.soundhound.com
San Jose, CA

Unity Technologies
unity3d.com
Frederiksberg, Denmark

WeVideo
www.wevideo.com
Palo Alto, CA

Gaming

Big Fish Games
www.bigfishgames.com
Seattle, WA

Booyah
www.booyah.com
San Francisco, CA

Breaktime Studios
breaktimestudios.com
San Francisco, CA

Game Insight
www.game-insight.com
Moscow, Russia

Kabam
www.kabam.com
San Carlos, CA

King.com
www.king.com
London, U.K.

Papaya Mobile
papayamobile.com
Beijing, China

Pocket Gems
pocketgems.com
San Francisco, CA

Raptr
raptr.com
Mountain View, CA

Riot Games
www.riotgames.com
Culver City, CA

Rovio Entertainment
www.rovio.com
Espoo, Finland

TinyCo
tinyco.com
San Francisco, CA

Tylted
tylted.com
New York, NY

Vostu
www.vostu.com
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mobile

appbackr
www.appbackr.com
Palo Alto, CA

Flurry
www.flurry.com
San Francisco, CA

foursquare
foursquare.com
New York, NY

GOGII
www.textplus.com
Marina del Rey, CA

JumpTap
jumptap.com
Cambridge, MA

Phunware
www.phunware.com
Austin, TX

Pinger
www.pinger.com
San Jose, CA

Scopely
www.scopely.com
Los Angeles, CA

The 2012 OnHollywood Companies to Watch:

Aereo
www.aereo.com
Long Island, NY

AwesomenessTV
www.youtube.com/awesomenesstv
Los Angeles, CA

BalconyTV
balconytv.com
Dubline, Eire

Behance
behance.net
New York, NY

Big Frame
www.bigfra.me
New York, NY

Bigfoot Networks
www.bigfootnetworks.com
Redwood City, CA

Digitalsmiths
www.digitalsmiths.com
Durham, NC

Fanhattan
fanhattan.com
San Mateo, CA

flaregames
flaregames.com
Karlsruhe, Germany

HOLLYWOODLAND
www.hollywoodland.me
Hollywood, CA

Intercast Networks
intercastnetwork.com
Netanya, Israel

Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com
New York, NY

Legendary Entertainment
www.legendary.com
Burbank, CA

Monkeybars
www.monkeybars.net
Los Gatos, CA

Ranker
www.ranker.com
Los Angeles, CA

Reelhouse
www.reelhouse.org
Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Seismic Games
www.seismicgames.com
Los Angeles, CA

Sulia
sulia.com
New York, NY

Triptrotting
www.triptrotting.com
Santa Monica, CA

Twitch
www.twitch.tv
San Francisco, CA

Vela
www.velaapp.com
Aliso Viejo, CA

Venzo Digital
www.venzodigital.com
Birmingham, MI

Voyage-Air Guitar
www.voyageairguitar.com
Livermore, CA

Wattpad
www.wattpad.com
Toronto, Ont. Canada

 

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The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:

OnHollywood 2012
The Entertainment Venture Summit
October 29th – 30th, 2012
The Museum of Flying
Santa Monica, CA

Click here to see current program, reserve your ticket, or learn more about OnHollywood 2012.

To find out how your company can join the OnHollywood’s distinguished group of sponsors and for detailed information on the CEO Showcase opportunity, please contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson (grant@aonetwork.com, 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.

For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.

Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners or clients in the digital entertainment space, OnHollywood is the insider event you won’t want to miss. We hope to see you there!

The conference is only two weeks away. Register today to secure your 50% savings.