iStreamPlanet® develops and provides digital media strategy, managed webcasting services, and Rich Internet Applications. The company successfully integrates managed services and SaaS-based digital media applications that cover all aspects of a media delivery, enabling enterprises and other content owners to distribute and monetize their digital media across multiple platforms. iStreamPlanet’s team of digital media and broadcast experts has managed and enabled the deployment of more than 1,000 large live events viewed online by millions. The world’s top business leaders (American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Microsoft), trendiest music festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, SXSW), most popular sporting events (Masters Golf Tournament, Phoenix Suns, World Series of Poker), and major broadcasters (CBS Television, Cablevision, Fox International) rely on iStreamPlanet’s digital media solutions. Through its partnership with Smart City, iStreamPlanet also supports over 60 of the largest U.S. convention centers and event facilities. Founded in 2000, the privately held company is headquartered in Las Vegas with offices in Orlando, Florida; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Washington, D.C.
iStreamPlanet provides a full-scale end-to-end managed product with redundant methods for transport and encoding. Unlike several live event companies, iStreamPlanet ensures the event is flawless. While streaming is definitely mainstream, iStreamPlanet believes it has a responsibility to add luster to the reputation of the industry. The slightest hiccup at the wrong time can sink the next step in acceptance for a mainstream brand as well as the adoption of a specific streaming technology.
iStreamPlanet’s proven, detailed-oriented production methodology and world-class services team get new customers’ live video events up and running in industry record time, with no technology glitches. To deliver an enterprise-grade digital media solution and live video streaming event over the Web for hundreds of customers and tens of thousands of users, iStreamPlanet’s software engineers have embraced a customer-centric approach to software development, which promotes development iterations throughout the lifecycle of a project. iStreamPlanet is thus able to deliver major themed releases every six months to a year, with minor updates on a quarterly basis. Solutions to customers’ digital media challenges are conceived, developed and integrated into the solution offering according to real-time market trends and innovation, at a fraction of the time and without the technology glitches experienced by competitors who can’t offer the benefits inherent to being a digital media expert and a SaaS provider. And iStreamPlanet is both browser- and platform-agnostic; the team does not force customers to use a certain solution if the customer objects or if it wishes to leverage an existing relationship. iStreamPlanet understands the mechanism the customer wants, when the customer needs it.
iStreamPlanet’s executive team includes key personnel that have over 100 years of combined experience in digital media, streaming video and webcasting. They co-founded companies such as ClickHear (sold to CMGI/Navasite), Nine Systems (acquired by Akamai), and Visual Radio, and gained additional management experience at Webcast Solutions (sold to StarMedia), UP Internet (now part of MSN), Limelight Networks, IBM and Xerox. The iStreamPlanet team prides themselves on taking a true consultancy approach to their customer relationships. They are passionate about providing customer-centric services, not just technology. When companies choose to work with iStreamPlanet, they get a trusted partner, not an in-and-out-the-door vendor.