Endeavor Streaming

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Endeavor Streaming
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Streaming media
Video on demand
PredecessorNeuLion
FoundedJanuary 14, 2019;5 years ago (2019-01-14)
Founder Endeavor
Headquarters
New York, New York
,
United States
Areas served
United States
International
Key people
Fred Santarpia (President)
BrandsThe Vesper Platform
ServicesStreaming and web services
Business consulting
Parent Endeavor
Website www.endeavorstreaming.com

Endeavor Streaming is a multinational digital video distribution and streaming company. [1] Based in New York City, [2] [3] [4] [5] the company works with professional sports leagues and entertainment companies to distribute live and on-demand content. [1] It also offers various business services. [2]

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Operating as a subsidiary of the American company Endeavor, [1] [2] Endeavor Streaming was formed in January 2019 [6] in part through the rebranding of NeuLion, which had been founded in 2004 [7] and acquired by Endeavor in 2018. [1]

History

Predecessor companies

NeuLion, later Endeavor Streaming, was founded as a private technology company in 2004. [7] Headquartered in Plainview, New York, [8] [9] among its co-founders were Charles Wang and Nancy Li. [7] NeuLion merged with JumpTV in 2008, [9] then JumpTV Inc. changed its name to NeuLion, Inc. in 2009 and continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the new name. [10] NeuLion acquired Interactive Netcasting Systems in 2009, [11] and TransVideo International in 2010. [12]

By 2015, customers included the National Football League (NFL), [13] Sky in New Zealand, [4] and the EFL, among others. [14] With competition in the sports streaming market increasing, NeuLion lost the NHL as a client when the league moved its contract to BAMTech. [7] NeuLion acquired DivX, Inc. in 2015, [3] with former DivX CEO Kanaan Jemili becoming CEO of NeuLion, [3] which gave NeuLion access to DivX's 4K Ultra HD technology, [3] and integrated into devices such as LG, [15] Samsung, [16] and Sony. [17]

In 2016, the company partnered with the NBA, [18] [19] UFC, [1] [20] and Univision [21] on trial streams of 4K games, [22] where NeuLion's 2016 broadcast of UFC 205 became the first global pay-per-view event to be live streamed in 4K. [23] NeuLion acquired Saffron Digital in that year, and Roy Reichbach was named President and CEO. [24] In March 2018, NeuLion agreed to be acquired by Endeavor for USD$250 million, becoming a privately held subsidiary. [1] As part of the deal NeuLion retained 550 employees, including 125 at its Long Island headquarters [7] it had moved into in 2016. [25] The deal was finalized in May 2018 and NeuLion common stock was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange. [26]

Endeavor Streaming

Endeavor Streaming was formed by Endeavor Group in January 2019, with the new division including Endeavor's video streaming products and services [6] and also absorbing NeuLion. [27] The new subsidiary was described as a "direct-to-consumer streaming unit, which conducts front and back end operations" for sports leagues and media companies. [28] Endeavor Streaming maintained contracts with former NeuLion clients such as Univision, Sky Sports, [6] the NFL, NBA, UFC, and Big Ten Network, [27] and announced WWE as a new client. [6] On January 5, 2024, Endeavor Streaming began distributing Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) subscription service TNA+. [29]

Endeavor hired Fred Santarpia to run Endeavor Streaming in November 2020. Business Insider wrote that Santarpia would oversee global expansion. [28] In 2021 and 2022, it launched OTT platforms for networks and sports organizations in Europe, Japan, [30] and the Philippines. [31] In recent years, the company has also offered business consulting and predictive analysis on matters related to OTT platforms. [2]

Products and services

Vesper Platform

Endeavor Streaming is an over-the-top (OTT) platform provider, customizing streaming applications for media companies, networks and major sports franchises. [32] In particular, it creates direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming services, [33] which are compatible with desktop computers, iOS and Android devices, [30] and various connected TV devices. [34]

The company calls its end-to-end video streaming platform [34] the Vesper Platform. The platform primarily distributes premium sports and entertainment content, live and on-demand. The platform also has a number of distribution and management features, including a monetization suite, analytics and data aggregation, machine learning, playback options, stream security, [35] and subscriber management. [36] There are also features to optimize content for viewers, [35] such as localization of content and bookmarking between devices. [34]

Endeavor Streaming incorporated live shopping into its own platform in 2022, [37] and also created a platform for channel customization and distribution, [33] streaming on free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) services, such as The Roku Channel and Samsung TV Plus. [32]

Consulting

Endeavor Streaming offers services such as business consulting, [2] analytics, and predictive modeling [34] in relation to over-the-top (OTT) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) media streaming. [2] Its DTC growth services division consults [34] on scaling and topics such as churn rate, pricing, and marketing. [2] In 2023, Endeavor Streaming published a whitepaper on streaming and market trends in collaboration with SportsPro. [38]

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