Crackle

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Crackle, Inc.
Type	Subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Founded	July, 2007
Headquarters	Sausalito, California, U.S.
Owner	Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Website	http://crackle.com/

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Crackle is a multi-platform video entertainment network and studio, administrated by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and formerly known as Grouper.

In January 2004 Grouper Networks, Inc., was founded in San Francisco, by Josh Felser, Aviv Eyal, Dave Samuel and Mike Sitrin. The company was created to create a new way to share personal media files on the internet using p2p networking technology. Grouper was released as a desktop application for the Windows platform in May 2005.

In August 2006, SPE acquired Grouper Networks, Inc., under the terms of the $65 million deal.

Under Sony, Grouper released a screensaver that allows watching of Internet video on Sony Vaio computers, developed a service that allows for direct video downloads to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) and a service that allows watching of Internet video on Internet-enabled Sony BRAVIA TVs. Grouper also provides sharing software for Sony net-sharing camera Sony NSC-GC1.

In July 2007, SPE announced that Grouper would be re-branded and re-purposed as Crackle, a multi-platform video entertainment network and studio.