Endeavor Streaming is a

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technology company headquartered in Plainview,

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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

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and his wife, Nancy Li. * October 2008: NeuLion finalized a merger with Internet streaming company

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, 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

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under the new name and new symbol NLN. * November 2009: NeuLion acquired

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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., 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

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to sell certain DivX assets, IP and subsidiaries. * February 2018: NeuLion closes transaction with an affiliate of

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 Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content it ...

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

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Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

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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

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, 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.

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was the first globally available

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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