Ball Hype has been acquired by Future US, a special-interest media company. Future US acquire ballhype.com and showhype.com, for an undisclosed sum.

BallHype was founded in 2007 by Jason Gurney and Erin Gurney. Since its launch, it has rapidly grown its unique user base to nearly 2 million per month.

Using proprietary technology, it aggregates and clusters news and video content around a defined theme.

Currently, through http://ballhype.com and http://showhype.com users can view mainstream American sports and entertainment gossip content respectively. It also provides a suite of social media features and functionality that increases the value of the aggregated content by creating an active community of engaged participants.

“We’re very excited about the technology and the wealth of knowledge and expertise Jason and Erin Gurney bring to Future, and in turn to our advertisers, customers and strategic partners,” said Future US Head of Internet Development Tyson Daugherty.

About Future US

Future US is part of Future plc, an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UK:FUTR: news, chart, profile) . Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK and US creating over 180 publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong market positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include T3, Total Film, Digital Camera, Fast Car, Classic Rock, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Nintendo Power and MacLife. Online, our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, and musicradar.com. Future sells over 4 million magazines each month; we attract more than 11 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 16 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. Internationally, Future is both the UK’s largest licensor and the largest exporter of magazines with our content appearing in 90 countries worldwide.

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Basketball 24/7 is the UK’s number one basketball website where they remix traditional news and features with video content, blogs, podcasts and baller interviews.

The site’s mission is to present basketball content from across the globe to a primarily British audience.  Coverage includes NBA, Euroleague, NCAA, FIBA, BBL and streetball.

Website:  Basketball247.co.uk

Basketball 24/7 is backed by Molten Sports - the world’s premier basketball manufacturer - and Cheerleader Productions - a hugely successful independent TV production company based at MTV in London.

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Streetball.com is doing something I never imagined.  Just watch the streetball video.  By the way, the video includes Scout.com, Rise Magazine, And 1, Yardbarker.com, MaxPreps.com, Rivals.com, Takkle.com, NBA, MySpace.com, SlamOnline.com and other basketball and sports websites.  Check out the Streetball.com Remix of Ace Hood’s popular video, “Cash Flow.”

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Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV), the parent company of the FantasyPlayers.com Network, has acquired the premier independent basketball content site, HoopsHype.com, it was announced today by Fantasy Sports Ventures CEO Chris Russo.

FantasyPlayers.com network includes over 100 owned and affiliated websites.

HoopsHype.com, launched in 2002 by founder Jorge Sierra, is one of the most well respected and successful basketball content sites on the Web. It is widely read among basketball and streetball players, agents, coaches, executives and fans around the world. Columnists who regularly contribute to HoopsHype.com include former pro hoopsters Eddie Johnson and Dee Brown as well as prominent basketball scribe Sam Smith.

HoopsHype is an important addition to FantasyPlayers.com’s robust basketball channel which also includes HoopsWorld.com, Collegehoops.net, DraftExpress.com, HoopsKlyce.com, BasketballProspectus.com, EmptytheBench.com and many other leading independent basketball sites. In addition to basketball, the FantasyPlayers.com Network offers deep channels of sports specific content in pro & college football, baseball, auto racing, hockey and several other sports.

“HoopsHype’s unique mix of news, rumors, opinion and access will continue to provide FantasyPlayers.com users with the best independent basketball coverage available,” said Russo (who was formerly the Senior VP of New Media at the NFL). “Whether our readers are looking for the latest news, rumors, fantasy tips or draft analysis, our basketball channel gives fans everything they need in one place.”

“We are excited about the opportunities that FantasyPlayers.com brings to the evolution of HoopsHype,” Sierra said. “We look forward to adding resources like video and additional columnists for our readers.

The FantasyPlayers.com Network includes more than 100 fantasy sports and related web sites, delivering approximately 5 million unique users per months. These owned and affiliated sites provide high-quality fantasy news, information, analysis and game products across all major sports. As a part of the Network, affiliates receive a range of benefits, such as research, content, promotion, and monetization services. The primary goal of the Network is to provide affiliate sites with new revenue opportunities while enabling advertisers to reach the avid fantasy user through high impact marketing programs.

About Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV)

Fantasy Sports Ventures is an integrated marketing and media company with two key business units: the FantasyPlayers.com Network, a dynamic fantasy sports portal featuring 100+ leading fantasy websites and FSV Advisors, the firm’s consulting practice leveraging the principals’ decades of collective experience in professional sports, new media and technology. www.fantasysportsventures.com

About HoopsHype.com

HoopsHype.com is the premier independent basketball source on the Web. Online since 2002, it is a must-read for pro basketball players, agents, coaches, executives and die-hard fans. You can visit the site at www.hoopshype.com.

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Streetball.com is more than it seems on the surface. When you think of Streetball, many people label it as a certain type of basketball played by black guys that are up to no good. Wait until you see what Streetball really is from the company Streetball.com.

Streetball.com and its members are literally rebranding what many of us know about Streetball and its devout members around the world. They offer best of breed social networking tools along with a few moves unseen in the urban marketplace as well as unseen in the social networking space, a fully featured browser based online video editor where members can create a video, slide show, basketball highlight reel, hip-hop video or advertisement.

Check out the new video on Streetball made from its online video editor called, “Streetball Strong.”

Click here to watch Streetball Strong

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