Bitmovin

https://bitmovin.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitmovin/

Bitmovin, a privately owned company headquartered in the United States, reported $27.0M in revenue as of 2025 and employs approximately 170 individuals. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in video processing and playout, providing video streaming infrastructure and developer-focused media software. Originating from academic research at Klagenfurt University in Austria, its founders co-created the MPEG-DASH video streaming standard, which powers platforms such as YouTube and Netflix. Co-headquartered in San Francisco, California, and Vienna, Austria, Bitmovin enables broadcasters, OTT platforms, and digital publishers to deliver high-quality, seamless viewing experiences across various devices.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2013

Headcount

163

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Video processing and playout

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Privately Owned

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News Summary:

On July 23, 2026, Bitmovin and Cloudflare highlighted the maturing message and recent demonstrations of Media over QUIC (MoQ), positioning it as the video industry's solution for sub-second live streaming. This development coincides with projections that the global video streaming market will encompass over 1.7 billion users by 2030, increasing expectations for seamless experiences across diverse environments and fragmented devices. Previously, on July 16, 2026, Bitmovin integrated its video playback tools into the ChatGPT App Directory and Claude connectors, enabling users to query in plain language for structured data or inline charts via a single connector (mcp.bitmovin.com) covering all Bitmovin products. Earlier, on July 3, 2026, Bitmovin upgraded its MoQ player to stay current with the evolving Media over QUIC Transport standard, reinforcing its commitment as a member of the OpenMoQ consortium. The company also hosted an MCP Community Happy Hour in Vienna on July 1, 2026.

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Bitmovin offers 6 products in the pro AV and media tech industries. Bitmovin's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout, user experience and devices, video data and analytics and conferencing.

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Bitmovin's revenues were less than $50M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Bitmovin's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is file-based encoding, ABR and packaging. For full access to Bitmovin's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jul

23rd

2026

06:30

Events, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

Bitmovin, Cloudflare recast MoQ as flexible HTTP killer

For the last two years, Media over QUIC (MoQ) has mostly been pitched as the video industry’s answer to sub-second live streaming, as the new protocol kid on the block. However, it has come to Faultline’s attention that the MoQ messaging is starting to mature, just as MoQ demos themselves have recently come of age.

ReThink Technology Research

Jul

20th

2026

09:22

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Engineering the Next-Gen Video Platform: From Cloud Scale to Device Intelligence

The global video streaming market is expected to cover over 1.7 billion users by 2030. As the trend strengthens and Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) nudges past USD 60, expectations from video platforms are changing. They are increasingly expected to deliver seamless experiences across live, on-demand, ad-supported, and hybrid broadcast environments, while operating across an increasingly fragmented device landscape.

L&T Technology Services

Jul

16th

2026

09:30

Big Data/Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, New Offerings

Video Playback on Claude/ChatGPT

TL;DR Live today on the ChatGPT App Directory and Claude connectors, plus Cursor, Codex, and any other MCP client. Ask a question in plain language. Observability’s tools return structured data or an inline chart. One connector, mcp.bitmovin.com, covers every Bitmovin product.

Bitmovin

Jul

3rd

2026

10:00

B2B Tag

MoQ Player Upgrade: Replacing @moq

MoQ (Media over QUIC Transport) is still an evolving standard, which means the libraries and implementations built on it are a moving target. For Bitmovin as a member of the OpenMoQ consortium, staying current is not optional.

Bitmovin

Jul

1st

2026

19:30

Events

Drinks & Conversation in Vienna

21 JULY 2026 MCP Community Happy Hour in Vienna Join Bitmovin for Drinks & Conversation EVENT DETAILS 🗓 Date: Tuesday, 21st July 2026 ⏰ Time: 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM 📍 Venue: Bierteufl, Ungargasse 5, Vienna After a full day of technical discussions, standards work, and networking at IETF, join fellow members of the MCP community for a relaxed evening in the heart of Vienna, just a short walk from the IETF venue.

Bitmovin

Jun

24th

2026

01:00

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, New Offerings

Bitmovin Partners with Simplestream and Xperi to Support OTT Services to Launch on TiVo OS – Broadcast Industry Network

Vienna, 11 June, 2026 – Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has partnered with Simplestream, a provider of OTT and broadcast solutions, and technology provider Xperi, to make it easier for streaming services to reach new audiences by extending playback to TiVo OS smart TVs and devices.

Broadcast Industry Network

Jun

22nd

2026

01:00

Partnerships and Alliances

Bitmovin partners with Simplestream to support TiVo OS services

Under the new partnership, Bitmovin and Simplestream have created an integrated streaming platform combining Simplestream’s content management and application framework with Bitmovin’s playback technology. According to Bitmovin, the consolidated platform enables video providers to deliver a consistent, high-quality user experience to viewers with TiVo OS devices.

IBC UK

Jun

19th

2026

09:51

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence

Powered Ad Insertion Using Generative Video Models

TL;DR Ad insertion has always been a hard cut. I wanted to explore whether generative AI could change that. At Bitmovin’s Q2 2026 hackathon with ByteDance, I built two approaches: AI product placement inside scenes, and seamless AI-generated transitions between content and ads.

Bitmovin

Jun

12th

2026

08:45

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

native AI agent for engineering teams

By David Steinacher and Roland Kákonyi TL;DR We built a Slack-native AI agent called Hummer during Bitmovin’s Q2 2026 hackathon that works only in public channels, so the whole team can see, learn from, and contribute to every session.

Bitmovin

Jun

12th

2026

06:29

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Custom observability dashboards for real

TLDR Operations teams have requested native custom dashboarding in Bitmovin’s Observability solution for years, and existing workarounds require developer involvement they should not need. Over a two-day hackathon, we built a working proof of concept: a new Custom Dashboarding view with drag-and-drop, resizable widgets, global time-frame controls, and one-minute auto-refresh, all configured through a no-code UI.

Bitmovin

Jun

12th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances

Bitmovin Partners with Simplestream and Xperi to Support OTT Services to Launch on TiVo OS

Bitmovin has partnered with Simplestream and Xperi to help streaming services launch on TiVo OS smart TVs and devices. The collaboration combines Simplestream’s content management and application framework with Bitmovin’s playback technology, creating an Denver USA( ) Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has partnered with Simplestream, a provider of OTT and broadcast solutions, and technology provider Xperi, to make it easier for streaming services to reach new audiences by extending playback to TiVo OS smart TVs and devices.

Streaming Media

Jun

12th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances

Bitmovin, Simplestream, and Xperi Partner to Support OTT Services on TiVo OS

Bitmovin and Simplestream have announced a partnership with Xperi to simplify the launch of OTT streaming services on TiVo OS smart TVs and devices. The collaboration combines Simplestream’s content management and application framework with Bitmovin’s playback technology in a single integrated platform.

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Bitmovin's customers primarily consist of entertainment Providers, broadcast television and radio and spectator Sports companies. Examples of Bitmovin's customers include Warner Bros. Discovery, BBC and National Basketball Association. Bitmovin has commercial and technical partners like Grass Valley, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Akamai.

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