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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Streaming media |
| Founded | 2013; 12 years ago (2013) |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA,United States |
Area served | Europe,North America,Asia,South America |
| Website | bitmovin.com |
Bitmovin is a multimedia technology company which provides services thattranscodedigital video and audio tostreaming formats usingcloud computing, and streaming media players. Founded in 2013, the Austrian company contributes toMPEG-DASH, anopen standard that allows streaming video to be played inHTML video andFlash Video web players.
Bitmovin was founded in 2013 after research and standardization in the area ofMPEG-DASH at theUniversity of Klagenfurt.[1] In 2014 the company secured an investment round with the venture capital fond Speedinvest and Constantia Industries.[citation needed] In 2014, the company was part of the top 100 companies in online media.[2][3] Bitmovin is the author of theMPEG-DASH reference softwarelibdash[4][5] and contributes to the standardization atMPEG,[citation needed]DASH-IF,[6]IETF,[citation needed] etc.
In 2015, Bitmovin participated in theYCombinator program.[7]
The company provides the cloud-based transcoding service bitcodin,[8] which increases the efficiency of transcoding by usingCloud computing,[9] and also enables transcoding ofultra-high definition video.[citation needed]
The company also created the HTML media and Flash-based web player bitdash[10][11] which can be used inWeb Browsers on desktop computers andsmartphones. This player supports the streaming and playback ofMPEG-DASH or Apple'sHTTP Live Streaming, using either theMedia Source Extensions or Flash, depending on the platform.[citation needed]DRM is enabled through the usage of theEncrypted Media Extensions as well as Flash.[citation needed] It is compatible to tools such asx264 orMP4Box.[12]