# Dan Albritton

> Dan Albritton is the CEO and co-founder of Megaphone TV, the company he calls the world's first Participation Entertainment Studio. Trained as a biomedical engineer at Columbia and as an interaction designer at NYU's ITP, he works in the seam between television production and game design - building the live polls, trivia, contests, and interactive on-air graphics that let viewers tap their phones and steer a broadcast in real time. Before Megaphone he co-founded iminlikewithyou, the studio that became OMGPOP and was later acquired by Zynga. Megaphone TV has earned an Emmy Award and multiple nominations, and its software appears in 24 of the top 25 US broadcast markets and on streamers worldwide.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Megaphone TV
- **Organizations:** Megaphone TV, StreamClick, iminlikewithyou / OMGPOP (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Interaction Design / Interactive Telecommunications, New York University (Interactive Telecommunications Program)
- **Known for:** Founded Megaphone TV, described as the world's first Participation Entertainment Studio, Won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (Multiplatform Storytelling) for Bravo's The Singles Project, 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2015), Earned multiple Emmy nominations, including for AMC's Talking Dead

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Began career in technology and digital media; worked as a student researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory while studying at Columbia
- **1999** — Producer at Whittman-Hart / marchFIRST
- **2001** — Senior Producer at Dentsu eMarketing One
- **2005** — Senior Producer at B2 / marumushi.com; began studies at NYU ITP
- **2006** — Co-founded iminlikewithyou, the Y Combinator studio that became OMGPOP (later acquired by Zynga)
- **2007** — Founded Megaphone TV; became CEO and co-founder
- **2015** — Megaphone TV won an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
- **2018** — ABC Owned Television Stations deployed Megaphone TV group-wide; company announced active presence in 24 of top 25 US broadcast markets
- **2022** — Megaphone TV partnered with Amagi to expand interactive and advertising solutions to streaming clients

## Achievements

- Founded Megaphone TV, described as the world's first Participation Entertainment Studio
- Won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (Multiplatform Storytelling) for Bravo's The Singles Project, 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2015)
- Earned multiple Emmy nominations, including for AMC's Talking Dead
- Co-founded iminlikewithyou / OMGPOP, later acquired by Zynga
- Built a platform active in 24 of the top 25 US broadcast markets and used by AMC, ABC, Bravo, CBS, FOX, NBC, Sinclair, TEGNA, TV Azteca, Univision, and YouTube

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Joined an OTT business podcast to discuss how broadcasters and streamers can generate revenue with user-generated content
- **2022-04** — Megaphone TV partnered with Amagi to bring its interactive and advertising solutions to streaming clients

## Links

- Website: https://megaphonetv.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielalbritton/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MegaphoneTV
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-AynTKyYBY
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dan.albritton/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/dan-albritton
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-06-14