Company:iStreamPlanet
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Fate | Majority stake acquired by Turner Broadcasting in 2015, and company shut down in 2023 |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Mio Babic |
| Defunct | 2023 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington , |
Area served | United States |
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Number of employees | 150 (2019) |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Website | istreamplanet |
iStreamPlanet was a Seattle, Washington-based company which processes and delivers live video broadcasts over the internet. A majority stake of iStreamPlanet was acquired by Turner Broadcasting in 2015 and was lastly operated by Warner Bros. Discovery.[1] The company was founded in 2000 by former basketball player Mio Babic.[2]
iStreamPlanet streamed a number of major sporting events, including NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments,[3] the Olympics,[4] the Super Bowl, the FIFA World Cup, and Formula One auto racing.[5]
iStreamPlanet was formally shutdown in 2023 with 25 employees laid off.[6] Months before this, external companies had been told that iStreamPlanet was changing models to no longer have external customers outside of Warner Bros. Discovery.[7]
Customers
While not all of iStreamPlanet's live video streaming customers were publicly known, some of their large customers are publicly acknowledged, including:[5]
- WarnerMedia (including streaming of March Madness[3] and B/R Live)
- NBC Sports (including streaming of the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 Olympics)[4]
- Hulu
- FuboTV
- Spark Sport[8]
References
- ↑ Ramachandran, Shalini (14 August 2015). "Time Warner's Turner Cable Unit Acquires Majority Stake In iStreamPlanet". https://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/08/14/time-warners-turner-cable-unit-acquires-majority-stake-in-istreamplanet/.
- ↑ Smith, Gerry (17 May 2017). "How Time Warner Is Trying to Fend Off Netflix". Bloomberg (Bloomberg Technology). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-17/time-warner-s-6-foot-8-croatian-fights-netflix-s-albanian-army.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Costa, Brandon (20 March 2017). "March Madness Live Rides Success of New Streaming Infrastructure From iStreamPlanet". http://www.sportsvideo.org/2017/03/20/march-madness-live-rides-success-of-new-streaming-infrastructure-from-istreamplanet/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rayburn, Dan. "How The Olympics Were Streamed Online: Q&A With Microsoft & iStreamPlanet". Streaming Media. http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/03/olympics-streamed-online-qa-microsoft-istreamplanet.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About iStreamPlanet". https://istreamplanet.com/company/.
- ↑ Rice, Lynette (14 August 2023). "Warner Bros. Discovery Shutters IStreamPlanet". https://deadline.com/2023/08/warner-bros-discovery-shuts-down-istreamplanet-1235519412/.
- ↑ "Spark to close sports streaming service in 2023". 16 December 2022. https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/spark-sport-streaming-ott-service-closure-tvnz-rights-new-zealand/.
- ↑ Impey, Steven (8 November 2018). "Spark names US stream team for new sports OTT platform". http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/spark-stream-new-sports-ott-platform.
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