While a private company, my thanks to Gilles Domartini, CEO and Founder of Cleeng, for allowing me to disclose details about the company’s revenue. Cleeng has been in the market for fourteen years, having raised a total of €10 million and ended 2024 with €20 million in revenue, with a 7% EBITDA margin, up from […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
I’ve recently spoken with and presented to more than two dozen last-mile providers, and here’s a list of live streaming events and software downloads they are closely monitoring from a capacity planning standpoint. We’ve recently gotten viewership stats from live events across YouTube, Amazon, and Netflix, so it’s been interesting for me to hear from […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
We’ve seen inaccurate statements from some vendors recently regarding CDN services. Achieving a “50% bitrate reduction” doesn’t mean you can automatically “reduce CDN costs by up to 50%.” Beamr and other vendors promote this idea in press releases, such as the one Beamr issued for a demo at IBC, but it’s clear that many vendors […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
The OpenMOQ Software Consortium has launched as a new effort among vendors and content owners, focused on advancing MOQ-based technology through open-source software. The consortium is tasked with developing high-performance software that will enable the next generation of media contribution, distribution, and playback. OpenMOQ is a collaborative effort to accelerate development, enhance interoperability and share […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
Vimeo has agreed to be acquired by Bending Spoons in an all-cash transaction that values Vimeo at approximately $1.38 billion, equating to $7.85 per share for Vimeo shareholders. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. At Vimeo’s IPO in 2021, the company’s market cap was approximately $17.8 billion. A year […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
The rumors of a Paramount Skydance bid for WBD are being overhyped, with many not understanding the difficulty in combining any two independent OTT| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
Open Caching is dead. Like it or not, that’s the truth. The idea of Open Caching made sense on paper, intending to allow ISPs to adopt an open standard| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
While the live stream of the Super Bowl broadcast receives a lot of media attention due to its high viewership, events that last longer and are delivered in multiple countries around the world have more complex streaming pipelines. Across 30 days, DAZN live-streamed 63 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup for free in 200 […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
At a press conference, MLS Commissioner Don Garber said MLS Season Pass is “averaging 120,000 unique viewers” per match and is “almost a 50%” increase from 2024. We don’t know if the provided number represents the peak concurrent viewers or the average minute audience (AMA). In 2022, ESPN reported that the 2022 MLS regular season audience […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
Here’s a list of TV and streaming viewership stats for recent sports events and seasons across baseball, golf, tennis, car racing, hockey, soccer and other sporting events: ⚾ The MLB Home Run Derby averaged 5.73M viewers on ESPN, a 5% increase over last year (2024 game competed with the Republican National Convention. The MLB All-Star Game averaged […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
It was only a matter of time before Netflix shared more details on its live streaming infrastructure. Today, in the first of a series of tech blog posts, Netflix provides a detailed examination of the architecture behind its live streaming events and the lessons learned during their development. As Netflix rightfully points out, a unique […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
Deltatre announced plans to acquire Endeavor Streaming in a deal expected to close this quarter. This was a long time coming for Endeavor Streaming, as the company had been on the market with a term sheet for a considerable period, with discussions among numerous vendors taking place for more than 12 months. Endeavor Group Holdings […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to review Bending Spoons' product roadmap for its Brightcove platform, providing the company with| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
Some want to suggest that the “success” of the F1 movie at the box office shows that Apple can and will make more movies of this scale for theatres. However, Apple’s interest in the F1 movie extends far beyond the content. Apple spent a year developing advanced camera technology to capture the sheer force of […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
This special CDN focused podcast details the latest on delivery pricing and industry trends. I discuss delivery commits, QoE measurement, DIY deployments,| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
My Q1 survey on CDN pricing is complete, with 704 customers disclosing the price they pay per GB delivered, as well as the decline in their pricing since| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
Phenix Real Time Solutions’ assets have been put up for public bidding by their VC firm, KB Partners. Phenix has been trying to sell the company for many months but has not been able to get the valuation they wanted. The company had approximately $5M in 2024 revenue and wasn’t profitable. By my last count, […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
Netflix has just entered the live TV business and will add live TV channels to its service in France. In a deal with TF1, starting summer 2026, all| Dan Rayburn - StreamingMediaBlog.com
Following a series of layoffs and cost-cutting measures, Qwilt has appointed Vito Palermo as its new CEO, with former CEO Alon Maor transitioning to a board advisory role. During my conversation with Vito over the weekend, he mentioned that he has been working hard on rationalizing the cost structure for Qwilt, a task that has […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
I’ve condensed the key numbers from OTT platforms’ Q1 earnings into a list you can read in one minute. The data you need to know, without any fluff. If you are in the industry, you need to know the following: – Comcast 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟱𝗠 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, to end Q1 with 41M. Revenue of $1.2B, up […]| Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com