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Real Vision made Wall Street sit down and explain itself
A conversation over Spanish wine became a financial video business. Now Real Vision is betting that investors will pay for the conversation - and for a place in it.
Muvi Wants to Build Your Netflix Before You Hire the First Engineer
The streaming SaaS company bundles apps, payments, DRM, analytics and delivery into one white-label stack. The bet is that most media businesses would rather rent the machinery than spend years becoming software companies.
The Mountain Changed Hands
One of the oldest logos in film now belongs to a tech scion with a streaming problem to solve and an $80-billion appetite. Here is how the studio behind Top Gun, SpongeBob and 60 Minutes plans to stay standing.
The Free Streamer That Went and Got 100 Million People
No password, no monthly bill, no free-trial trap. Tubi bet that a giant, gloriously weird library and a few well-placed ads could out-hustle the subscription wars - and 100 million people showed up.
Insight Communications
For 27 years, Insight Communications wired the parts of the Midwest the coastal giants ignored - then sold the whole thing to Time Warner Cable for about $3 billion.
Uscreen
The bootstrapped platform behind $1 billion in creator earnings is betting that the future of video isn't a bigger audience - it's owning the one you already have.
AlphaOTT
AlphaOTT is a Miami-based IPTV and OTT technology company that gives telcos, ISPs, cable operators and businesses the software to launch their own branded streaming service. Its carrier-grade suite - the CORE middleware, FRONT apps for 16-plus platforms, a CDN, transcoder and anti-fraud security layer - lets an operator run live TV, video-on-demand, billing and subscriber management end to end. The platform has been deployed in more than 40 countries and serves over two million subscribers.
FloSports
FloSports is an Austin-based direct-to-consumer sports streaming company that broadcasts underserved and niche sports - wrestling, cycling, track and field, motorsports, gymnastics, grappling, hockey and more - with the depth typically reserved for major professional leagues. Founded in 2006 by brothers Martin and Mark Floreani, the subscription platform streamed roughly 40,000 live events in 2024, reached more than 23 million viewers, and reported record revenue and sustained profitability ahead of its 2025 Series D round led by Dream Sports.
Minerva Networks
Minerva Networks is a San Jose-based software company that builds carrier-grade service management and video delivery platforms for pay-TV and broadband operators. Founded in 1992, its platform lets telcos, cable and satellite providers offer IPTV, OTT and hybrid television - with live TV, VOD, network DVR, catch-up and FAST channels - across set-top boxes, smart TVs, mobile and web. More than 300 operators worldwide run Minerva, and the company now layers AI-driven content discovery through its Minnie AI Companion and its FAST+ streaming service.
Maestro
Maestro is a Los Angeles-based interactive video and live streaming platform that lets brands, creators, and rights holders build their own direct-to-consumer streaming destinations. Instead of renting an audience on someone else's platform, Maestro customers own the experience end to end - custom branded sites, interactive overlays (chat, polls, tip jars), and built-in monetization through ticketing, subscriptions, live shopping, and tips, while keeping their data and most of their revenue. Founded in 2015 by Ari Evans, the company powers streams for names like Billie Eilish, the Grammys, Coachella, Fortnite/Epic Games, and Microsoft.
Twitch
Twitch is the world's largest live-streaming platform, where creators broadcast video games, IRL content, music, and talk shows to a real-time audience that talks back in chat. Founded as a gaming-focused spin-off of Justin.tv in 2011 and acquired by Amazon in 2014, Twitch turned watching someone play a game into a social, participatory medium, building a creator economy powered by subscriptions, Bits, ads, and a culture of emotes and live community.