| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2006[1] |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg,Luxembourg |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder | Ray Mia[1] |
| Key people | Timur Sardarov (director) Oliver Ripley (director) Ray Mia (Group CEO) |
| Industry | Streaming Media |
| Employees | 11-50 |
| Parent | Ocean Group International[1] |
| URL | streamworksint.com streamworksinternational.com streamworks.lu |
| Launched | 2010[1] |
Streamworks International S.A is aprivately held company owned byOcean Group International and headquartered inLuxembourg,Luxembourg, with operational offices located inLondon,United Kingdom, andNew York City,New York,United States.
The streaming media company provides online video through live and on-demand services to several companies, which includesMajor League Gaming,[2] TheAssociated Press,[3]Jamie Oliver,[4]MSN,[5] theInternational Court of Justice and theUnited Nations.[6]
Founded in 2006 by Ray Mia, which went on to become Streamworks International. In June 2010, the company got the backing fromOcean Group International. Their services went live in February 2011.[1]
Jesta Digital, formerlyFox Mobile Entertainment, announced an agreement with Streamworks International for mobile distribution of theRoyal Wedding ofCatherine Elizabeth Middleton andPrince William Arthur Philip Louis.[7] Streamworks acquired rights from TheAssociated Press to stream the wedding live and distribute the Video on Demand.[8]
Major League Gaming forms a partnership with Streamworks International in delivering live streams of the 2011 Pro Circuit competitions worldwide.[2][9][10] This was a response to adjustingMajor League Gaming's delivery infustructure of the live streaming of their competitions.[11]
Streamworks delivers record-breaking audience figures forMajor League Gaming's live streaming of the 2011 Pro Circuit video game competition, first at theAnaheim Convention Center,Los Angeles,California,United States[12][13] with 138,000 concurrent viewers,[14] 181,000 concurrent viewers[14] at theGaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center,Kissimmee,Florida,United States,[15][16] and finally, 241,000 concurrent viewers[17][18] at theRhode Island Convention Center,Providence, Rhode Island,United States.[13]
Streamworks International announces an ongoing relationship withJamie Oliver and hisFood Revolution, streaming weekly live shows exclusively toUS audiences.[4]
TheLawn Tennis Association announced the live streaming of theDavis Cup tie byBNP Paribas betweenGreat Britain andLuxembourg with the association of Streamworks International.[19]
A partnership withWorld Rally Championships promoter,North One Sport and Streamworks International was formed to offer live streaming of theWRC race of the Rallye de France inAlsace.[20] The project was a pilot with plans for full coverage for races in 2012.[21]
TheAssociated Press and Streamworks International offersAPTN news content to digital publishers as online internet stream.[3][22][23]
Elemental Technologies announced a joint solution with Streamworks International to provide TheAssociated Press Elemental Live products for the real-time streaming of theAPTN news content across the internet.[24]
An agreement was signed between Streamworks International andLevel 3 Communications to use itscontent delivery network forAPTN.[25][26]
Streamworks International made itsConsumer Electronics Show debut in 2012 at theMandarin Oriental,Paradise, Nevada,United States, demonstrating its technology to members of the media.[27]
Associated Press and Streamworks made the live stream ofWhitney Houston's Memorial Service from the New Hope Baptist Church inNewark, New Jersey, available through theirAPTN Direct premium video service.[28]
The continued partnership betweenMajor League Gaming and Streamworks International[29] brought another record breaking viewership forMLG's 2012 Pro Circuit Spring Championships[30] at theAnaheim Convention Center,Los Angeles,California,United States. Over 4.7 million unique online viewers tuned in[31] during the weekend with concurrent viewers peaking at 437,000 viewers.[32][33]
Two formerAssociated Press executives, Markus Ickstadt and Tim Santhouse join Streamworks as part of the streaming technology firm's expansion plans.[5]
Streamworks continued their partnership withMajor League Gaming with the broadcast of theMLG's 2012 Pro Circuit Summer Championships at the GreaterRaleigh Convention Center,Raleigh,North Carolina,United States.[34]
TheUnited Nations have partnered with Streamworks to launchUnited Nations Television providing coverage of the 67th session of the General Assembly taking place at the United Nations headquarters inNew York City,New York,United States.[35] Content will include live coverage of theSecurity Council, theGeneral Assembly, press conferences, special events and short-form documentaries produced by theUnited Nations.[36]
A discussion forum entitled 'The New Live News Paradigm: Anywhere, Any Device'[37] was held at the British Consulate-General inNew York City,New York,United States sponsored by Streamworks and theUK Trade & Investment.[38] The event focused on how technology is driving the production, distribution, consumption and commercialization of live news.[39] The panel was led byMerrill Brown, a formereditor-in-chief fromMSNBC withRoy Sekoff, the president ofHuffPost Live atThe Huffington Post, Joe Ruffolo, seniorvice president of digital media atABC News,Andrew Heyward the former president ofCBS News, and Ray Mia, CEO of Streamworks International.[38]
A new deal between Streamworks International andAssociated Press was formed to expand the live news streaming service toAssociated Press's AP Video Hub live news service.[40] This allows clients to have access to breaking news events as well as the ability to book and schedule planned live news events on an ad-hoc basis.[41]
BT Sport acquired the television rights toRio Ferdinand'sManchester United testimonial match with partnership for the game with Streamworks International.[42] The deal betweenBT and Streamworks International enabled all UK broadband users to view the football match.[43]
Streamworks are currently headquartered inLuxembourg,Luxembourg, with operational offices located inLondon,United Kingdom, andNew York City,New York,United States. The company are looking to expand in territories such as Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.[44]
Streamworks International uses patented encoding technology[24] on live and on-demand video streams by using video signal processing to optimize video and audio data.[46] This then reduces bandwidth for live video streams,[44] allowing efficient delivery towards end users.[47] The video signal processing happens before compression allowing the technology to be used alongside existing video encoding systems.[1]
Their Universal Delivery Network (uDN) utilizes their ownpoints of presence (PoP) and third-party data centres to achieve delivery of multimedia data globally to multiplecontent delivery networks (CDNs), mobile network operators, andinternet service providers (ISPs).[1][26]
Streamworks International's clients and partners includeMajor League Gaming,[2]Level 3 Communications,[25] Jesta Digital,[7] TheAssociated Press,[3]North One Sport,[20] TheLawn Tennis Association,[19]Jamie Oliver,[4]MSN,The Daily Telegraph,The Daily Mail,[5] and theUnited Nations.[6]
