"New TV" Advertising Platform BlackArrow Raises Funding From Motorola Ventures

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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

BlackArrow, an a company that provides advertising products for “new TV” platforms, has raised funding from Motorola through its investment arm, Motorola Ventures. The company says that the investment is an extension of BlackArrow’s previously announced $20 million Series C funding round earlier this year. Terms of Motorola’s investment were not disclosed. To date BlackArrow has raised a total of $73 million.

BlackArrown creates advertising for new TV platforms, such as video-on-demand, DVR, mobile devices and broadband. For example, the company’s technology allows networks to place advertisements in TV programming, and will show the ads even if people try to skip over ads with their DVRs.

As part of the announcement, the two companies will develop integrated advertising offerings for set-top boxes, mobile devices, and cloud-based, hosted video services and IP video delivery. BlackArrow says that it will use Motorola’s funding for new product development and global deployment of their advertising offerings to content distributors and networks.

Company: BlackArrow
Website: blackarrow.tv
Funding: $59.8M

BlackArrow is a leading worldwide provider of advanced advertising technology for New TV platforms. The company’s solutions are designed to expedite advanced advertising within video content on any platform, enabling pay-TV operators and content providers to maximize advertising revenues. BlackArrow is privately held, and backed by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Comcast Ventures, Intel Capital (NASDAQ: INTC), Mayfield Fund, Motorola Mobility Ventures, NDS Group, LTD., Polaris Venture Partners and Time Warner Cable. The company has offices in New York City...

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