Hubdub, Ltd.
Hubdub
- Conference
- DEMO 08
- Market Segment
- Consumer Software and Services
- Funding Details
- Privately funded by angel investors.
- Competitors
- No direct competitors. No secondary competitors. Tertiary competitors are Google News, Yahoo News and Topix.
- Product Description
- Hubdub is a news aggregator that uses a market mechanism to rank news articles by their impact on news story outcomes. It allows users to discover high quality, significant news articles related to a story; track running news stories over time; and predict outcomes in competition with other users. Successful predictors are rewarded in kudos, which gives them greater editorial control over the site and can be transferred to their other online activities.
- Market Opportunity
- 56% of U.S. adults check news online at least once a day, with 19% checking multiple times per day (Harris/Innovation). The Newspaper Association of America reports that the U.S. online news market was worth $2.7 billion in 2006 and is growing at a rate of 19% per annum.
- DEMO Says
- Hubdub is the brilliant marriage of two valuable concepts — news aggregation and prediction markets. The aggregation assists the discovery and consumption of news. The prediction market provides a way to talk about it. That’s for the news addict. For trend spotters and market makers Hubdub is an invaluable way to discover and measure opinions in the mass market.
- Contact
- Nigel Eccles
- nigel@hubdub.com
- Company Address
-
Edinburgh Technology Transfer Centre, University of Edinburgh King’s buildings
Edinburgh, Scotland , UK EH9 3JR - Primary Phone
- 44 7515-450-717
- URL
- www.hubdub.com
- Corporate Officers
- Nigel Eccles, CEO & Founder Tom Griffiths, Co-Founder
How many Hubdubbers are Super-Pro and better on January 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 11/15/2009
Background: Background: This was settled on Nov 1st with 1186. All information on HubDub star...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Pro and better on January 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 11/15/2009
Background: Background: This was settled on Nov 1st with 1745. All information on HubDub star...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Novices and better on January 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 11/15/2009
Background: New question. All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Guru and better on January 1st 2010?
Hub Dub ~ 11/14/2009
Background: All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e.g. orlin is...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Predictor and better on January 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 11/14/2009
Background: This was settled on Nov 1st with 4289. All information on HubDub star names is...Read More
Will hubdub create a way to 'short' an option in a multi-choice question by the end of 2010?
Hub Dub ~ 11/11/2009
Background: It's been discussed before, but will hubdub make it available? Instead of picking...Read More
How many Hubdubbers will become Oracles (have H$ 500,000 or more) by Jan 1, 2010?
Hub Dub ~ 11/08/2009
Background: As I write this, HubDub has 150 Prophets = players with with H$ 100,000, 78 Seers -...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Pro and better on November 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 10/07/2009
Background: All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e.g. orlin is...Read More
G.O.D. Horse Race Derivative Winning Prediction - What Will It Be? 9 October 2009
Hub Dub ~ 10/05/2009
Background: Petefin has created the weekly Gold Oil Dow 3 horse race question - but how well do...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Super-Pro and better on November 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 09/30/2009
Background: All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e.g. orlin is...Read More
2nd Anniv of HD... Will any first page leaderboarders meet *these* criteria?
Hub Dub ~ 09/25/2009
Background: My hope here is to spur some creativity with the following challenge... Checking...Read More
Will India win ICC Champions Trophy 2009?
Hub Dub ~ 09/25/2009
Suspended Flagged by super user: unfortunately, this question already exists: http://www.hubdub...Read More
Will President Obama be removed from Office because he doesn't have a valid US Birth Certificate?
Hub Dub ~ 09/18/2009
Background: With all the excitement generated by President Obama's Birth Certificate...more...Read More
Hubdub Quarterly Gain - Race to 1.25m H$
Hub Dub ~ 09/14/2009
Background: Nearing the end of the quarter here on Hubdub and the top 3 quarterly gain as of...Read More
US Open: who will win the women's singles (updated)?
Hub Dub ~ 09/08/2009
Background: The existing question: http://www.hubdub.com/m47970/Who_will_...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Guru and better on November 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 09/07/2009
Background: All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e.g. orlin is...Read More
How many Hubdubbers are Predictor and better on November 1st?
Hub Dub ~ 09/07/2009
Background: All information on HubDub star names is intended to be and better e.g. orlin is...Read More
Who will be the third player to become Hubdub God?
Hub Dub ~ 09/05/2009
Background: Everybody seems to agree sdchargers is a cinch to join orlin in Hubdub Heaven by...Read More
The long lost formula for start-up success. No, really, aggregated from TechCrunch Europe
TechNews.AM ~ 08/30/2009
This is a guest post by Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of Hubdub Ltd, the company behind...Read More
The long lost formula for start-up success. No, really
TechNews.AM ~ 08/30/2009
This is a guest post by Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of Hubdub Ltd, the company behind...Read More
Brad Pitt and Angelina won't stop at six -- where's the next one coming from?
Hub Dub ~ 08/30/2009
Background: The arrival of the twins (whenever that is: http://www.hubdub.com/m7518/Baby_watch...Read More
Who will win? Brett Favre or the hurricane?
Hub Dub ~ 08/22/2009
Background: In the last week there seems to have been a spike in the number of Hubdub questions...Read More
How many of these stock indices close higher on Wednesday, August 19?
Hub Dub ~ 08/19/2009
Background: As many of you know, I track 9 different stock indices every day for Hubdub...Read More
How many of these stock indices close higher on Tuesday, August 18?
Hub Dub ~ 08/18/2009
Background: As many of you know, I track 9 different stock indices every day for Hubdub...Read More
Will Hubdub get = $1 million from a member of the National Venture Capital Association before 2010?
Hub Dub ~ 08/09/2009
Background: Hubdub is a small startup, as it grows it may decide to raise money from venture...Read More
Hubdub Crosses the Pond with FanDuel
Mediabistro.com ~ 07/22/2009
Scotland-based news-betting site Hubdub entered the U.S. fantasy-games arena with FanDuel, which...Read More
HubDub launches fantasy sports betting forum in US
Brand Republic ~ 07/22/2009
LONDON - The creators of HubDub, the online news betting forum, have branched out into the US,...Read More
News Betting Site Hubdub Launches U.S. Fantasy Sports Games
Buzz Tracker ~ 07/21/2009
The team behind Scotland-based news betting site Hubdub has launched a paid-for fantasy sports...Read More
FanDuel turns fantasy sports betting into a social game, aggregated from TechCrunch Europe
TechNews.AM ~ 07/21/2009
The people that brought you HubDub, the prediction site that effectively turns news content into...Read More
FanDuel Turns Premium Fantasy Sports Social And Its Legal
TechNews.AM ~ 07/21/2009
The people that brought you HubDub, the prediction site that effectively turns news content into...Read More
Who will come top of the Euro Poll?
Slugger O'toole ~ 04/16/2009
ONeill directs us to this little virtual betting shop (where you only bet with virtual money),...Read More
Hub Dub.com
KYW Newsradio 1060 ~ 04/08/2009
How good are you at predicting the future? Hubdub.com wants to try you out. The site offers real...Read More
When will Drupal 7.0 be released?
Drupal ~ 03/23/2009
It's not (yet) a burning question, but we are likely to start wondering more and more When will...Read More
Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week
Technorati ~ 03/10/2009
Hubdubs Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on...Read More
Hubdub March Madness launches Monday: pre-register now, aggregated from Hubdub
TechNews.AM ~ 03/06/2009
If youve been dreaming of what March Madness will bring for Hubdub, its time to rise and shine,...Read More