Umami Company Profile
Founded in New York City in 2010, and backed by NEA, Battery Ventures, and prominent angel investors and advisers, Umami develops products that enhance the consumer TV viewing experience, while streamlining the creation of these experiences for TV networks and content owners. The company, led by digital media veterans from TV Guide, Comcast, AOL and CBS, recently launched its first product, Umami TV for iPad, available for free in the App Store. Umami is a Japanese loanword referring to the fifth taste that loosely translates to “savory” or “enhanced.”
News from Umami:
In Time for Academy Awards Telecast, Companion TV App Umami Debuts First Real-Time Sharing of a TV Program's Images
"FreezeFrame" Tops List of New Umami Features Designed to Make Social TV Even More Visual and Relevant to TV Viewers NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 — Buoyed by the extraordinary social success of this year's Super Bowl and Grammy Awards, New York-based startup Umami TV (http://www.umami.tv) today unveiled major enhancements to its free companion TV […]
Umami Launches Synchronous Companion TV App and Publishing Platform for the iPad
Initial Content Partners Announced NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 — Umami, a New York-based technology company focused on enhancing the television viewing experience, today unveiled its first consumer product, a synchronous, content-driven companion TV app. The free iPad app is available now in the App Store. Working in conjunction with Umami's second screen publishing platform, […]
