ShowGo.tv

Discover and share live music from the world's iconic clubs. Club hop 100 premiere clubs streaming 1,000 concerts per month. Get it live.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2011
  • Employees 5
  • Website ShowGo.tv

Company Summary

ShowGo.tv believes that two billion consumers with connected devices should have easy and affordable 24/7 access to the world’s best live music. We are installing our automated HD production solution into 100 iconic clubs (we are already in both Yoshi's, the Blue Note Milan, Jazz Alley Seattle and the Hideaway London) and intend to stream 1,000 concerts per month so that fans can discover and share the world's premiere live music performances.

Team

  • Brian Gruber
    Founder and CEO

    Brian has 20 years experience building new media teams and brands in the U.S., Australia and China. He is the founder and former CEO of FORA.tv.

    Brian was the first chief marketing officer for FOXTEL, presiding over the nationwide launch of the cable TV service in Australia. As C-SPAN’s first head of marketing, he built its affiliate organization and launched C-SPAN II with the largest ever subscriber base for a new channel at the time.

  • Spencer Nassar
    Head of Product Development

    Spencer is Managing Director of Gatheringpoint Digital LLC, an HTML5 and Mobile Technology consulting firm. He was SVP Alliances and Product Marketing for Dotcast Inc, responsible for product definition, roadmap and alliances. At NetChannel, Spencer had responsibility for partner relationships with Oracle/NCI/Liberate and Thomson. His role was extended to Senior Vice President with responsibility for Web Studio, Operations, and Engineering.

  • Will Kirkpatrick
    Head of Production

    Will is head of video streaming and production for ShowGo.tv. He has managed scores of live productions, and has a profound passion for the emerging live medium. Will and Brian have experimented with IP-controlled cameras in ten venues. Will was President of Production for early livestreaming pioneer Justin.tv and is head of production for ShowGo.tv.

  • David deKadt
    VP Business Development

    David de Kadt has over 25 years experience building financially successful, lasting media brands, with an emphasis on content distribution on cable, satellite, telco and digital platforms.

    Co-Founder and President of Havoc TV, he also served as SVP of Court TV, and a director of distribution for The Learning Channel (TLC), ultimately acquired by Discovery Communications Inc. David has also produced numerous network television programs.

Advisors

  • David Achterkirchen
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Joel Ficks
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Will Hearst
    Unconfirmed
    Adobe
    Unconfirmed
    Julius Genachowski
    Unconfirmed

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