# Spalk

> Spalk provides cloud software, professional commentary talent and managed broadcast services for sports leagues, rights holders and broadcasters. Its Virtual Commentary Studio synchronizes remote commentary with live video, helping customers produce localized broadcasts without transporting every commentary team to a venue. Its current offering also includes AI voice translation and cloud transport, captioning, distribution and monitoring.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Reynolds (CEO and co-founder), Michael Prendergast (CTO and co-founder)
- **Products:** Virtual Commentary Studio, Talent Marketplace, Broadcast Services, AI Voice Commentary, Platform Services
- **Notable:** Won Greg Norman’s Search for the Next Sports Entrepreneur at the University of Miami in March 2017., Reported profitable since early 2021 in the July 2021 investment announcement., Produced commentary for more than 30,000 live events in 2023, according to the University of Auckland.

## Products & services

- **Virtual Commentary Studio** — Browser-based remote commentary, synchronized live audio, multitrack routing, producer controls, scheduling and graphics integration.
- **Talent Marketplace** — Search, audition, book, contract and pay vetted commentators by language, sport and experience. Spalk currently advertises more than 5,500 commentators.
- **Broadcast Services** — 24/7 engineering support, signal distribution, home-studio validation and live broadcast monitoring.
- **AI Voice Commentary** — Translate source commentary with consent-based voice models and usage-based talent compensation.
- **Platform Services** — Modular cloud media transport, master control, captioning, monitoring, distribution and recording with a developer API.
- **Multichannel audio monitoring** — Commentators can independently mix and monitor up to eight incoming audio channels.

## Achievements

- Won Greg Norman’s Search for the Next Sports Entrepreneur at the University of Miami in March 2017.
- Reported profitable since early 2021 in the July 2021 investment announcement.
- Produced commentary for more than 30,000 live events in 2023, according to the University of Auckland.
- The founders were featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia coverage in 2021.
- Current website reports 90,000+ broadcasts across 30+ sports.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — iKOMG OU partnership announced on November 19 to integrate remote commentary and global media distribution.
- **—** — Sky Switzerland case study reports expansion into localized HTML5 graphics during 2026; the month is not specified.
- **—** — Website reviewed October 4, 2026 advertises AI voice translation, opt-in voice models, usage-based talent payments and modular platform services; launch dates are not stated.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spalk.tv/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spalk
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SpalkTalk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spalktalk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sportscommentary/

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Last updated: 2026-10-04