Endeavor Streaming is a
digital video
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technology company headquartered in
Plainview,
New York
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Film and television
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, USA. Founded in 2004 as NeuLion, the company was acquired in 2018 by sports and entertainment company,
Endeavor, and rebranded Endeavor Streaming. The company specializes in digital video broadcasting, distribution, and monetization of live and on-demand content, to Internet-enabled devices.
History
* 2004: NeuLion was founded as a privately held technology company. Key founders included
Charles Wang and his wife, Nancy Li.
* October 2008: NeuLion finalized a merger with Internet streaming company
JumpTV, combining technology and client partnerships in sports, international and variety programming.
* July 2009: JumpTV Inc. changed its name to NeuLion, Inc. and continued trading on the
Toronto Stock Exchange under the new name and new symbol NLN.
* November 2009: NeuLion acquired
Vancouver based webcasting company Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc.("INSINC") which held among other properties, eight North American based hockey leagues.
* October 2010: the NeuLion closed an acquisition of TransVideo International. TransVideo is a Chinese-based IPTV technology provider and a manufacturer of set top boxes utilized by the company.
* February 2015: NeuLion acquired
DivX, Inc.
DivX, Inc. (; now DivX, LLC and also formerly known as DivXNetworks, Inc.) is a privately held video technology company based in San Diego, California. DivX, LLC is best known as a producer of three codecs: an MPEG-4 Part 2-based codec, the ...
, a digital video technology developer. Kanaan Jemili, former DivX CEO became CEO of NeuLion.
* June 2016: NeuLion acquired Saffron Digital, a UK-based company building multi-platform digital video services for entertainment delivered over-the-top to internet connected devices. Roy Reichbach was promoted from General Counsel to President and CEO, replacing Kanaan Jemili.
* December 2017: NeuLion reached an agreement with an affiliate of
Fortress Investment Group to sell certain DivX assets, IP and subsidiaries.
* February 2018: NeuLion closes transaction with an affiliate of
Fortress Investment Group to sell certain DivX assets, intellectual property and subsidiaries for cash consideration of $41.5 million.
* March 2018: NeuLion entered into an agreement to be acquired by sports and entertainment leader
Endeavor in an all-cash deal valued at approximately USD $250 million. Upon completion of the transaction, NeuLion will become a privately held subsidiary of Endeavor.
* May 2018: NeuLion announced the closing of its acquisition by sports and entertainment leader
Endeavor.
Services
Endeavor Streaming’s technology and services include multi-screen video delivery solutions, consumer electronics licensing, professional content tools and consumer software.
NeuLion Digital Platform: The NeuLion Digital Platform is an end-to-end video
streaming
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platform providing licensed components from content ingestion, encoding and management to content security, monetization and monitoring, as well as app development across all major connected devices. The platform facilitates the streaming and distribution of premium sports and entertainment content. NeuLion Digital Platform customers include the
NBA
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,
NFL
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,
Univision,
UFC,
Big Ten Network
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,
English Football League,
Sky Sports and others.
Consumer Electronics Licensing: The NeuLion CE SDK allows consumer electronics manufacturers to deploy devices that can support video streaming in up to 4K (at 4Kp60 through leveraging HEVC MPEG-DASH). The SDK is currently licensed by
Samsung Electronics,
Sony,
LG Electronics, and others.
MainConcept Tools: Under its MainConcept brand, NeuLion provides professional content tools and technologies including Codecs, HEVC, Transcoding, and Mobile SDKs directly to customers in broadcast, video production, security, multimedia, and more.
Other Services: NeuLion has partnered with Univision and NBA to trial live 4K streaming events.
UFC 205 was the first globally available
pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
event to be live streamed in 4K.
''Key Markets:'' Broadcasters, Operators, Sports Leagues and Teams, Sports Networks, Colleges and Conferences, Content Rights Holders, CE, Service Providers, Video Production, OTT Services and Consumers.
References
External links
* {{official website, https://www.endeavorstreaming.com/
Mass media companies of the United States
Companies formerly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange