TV Time Founder Builds New App After 25K Fan Petition

After TV Time announced it would shut down in July, founder Antonio Pinto couldn't ignore the outcry from his community of 26.4 million users. So he decided to build Bingers, a new TV tracking app that will preserve what fans loved while fixing what frustrated them.

Pinto originally sold TVShow Time to Whip Media in 2016, trusting the company to grow the app he'd built. But when Whip Media shifted focus to AI and announced TV Time's closure, Pinto felt compelled to act.

"Reading the community reactions after each episode became a ritual for me, and for many others," Pinto wrote on the new Bingers website. The Paris-based developer watched as thousands of users rallied to save the app they used to discuss their favorite shows.

The shutdown came down to money. TV Time's premium subscriptions covered only 10% of the expensive server costs needed to support millions of simultaneous users. Pinto designed Bingers from the ground up to avoid this trap, using a new architecture that keeps server costs low while handling traffic spikes when popular shows drop new episodes.

Fans won't lose their viewing history either. Bingers can import data from TV Time's archive export tool, which users can access before the app disappears from stores on July 15. The import feature is already live on the Bingers website, and it will even recreate the community comments that made TV Time feel like a family.

Why This Inspires

This story captures what happens when creators truly care about their communities. Pinto didn't have to step back in. He sold his app years ago and could have walked away when it shut down.

Instead, he saw 25,000 people fighting for something he built and decided they deserved better. He's spending his own time and resources to give fans a new home, addressing the technical problems that doomed the original app.

Bingers launches on iOS and Android by July 2026, giving TV Time refugees a place to rebuild their community.