Imagine Communications

http://www.imaginecommunications.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/imagine-communications/

Founded in 1922 (under a previous name), Imagine Communications is a privately held US company with approximately 580 employees. Its primary focus is live production technology, generating less than $250 million in revenue in 2023. The company develops digital solutions for advertising, enabling features such as on-demand viewing, interactive television, personalized broadcasting, improved bandwidth efficiency, enhanced video quality, targeted advertising, and personalized audio.

2023 Revenue

Founded

1922

Headcount

574

Headquarters

Primary Segment

Live production

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

127

News Summary:

Imagine Communications will showcase IP-based production and cloud-driven efficiencies at WABE 2025. On September 4th, 2025, and at IBC2025 (September 12-15, RAI Amsterdam, stand 1.B73), Imagine Communications launched XVR, a new line of scalable playout engines. XVR engines are designed to streamline the launch and management of broadcast-quality linear and live streaming channels across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments. These engines run on Linux foundations and leverage data center technologies for deployment. The company's expertise in powering broadcast operations informed the development of XVR.

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Imagine Communications offers 40 products in the ad tech and media tech industries. Imagine Communications's product portfolio comprises of content supply chain, video business systems, video processing and playout, media cloud and storage, tV and streaming ad tech and live production.

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Imagine Communications's revenues were less than $250M in 2023. Caretta Research has split Imagine Communications's revenue into 15 different product categories, the largest of which is linear playout. For full access to Imagine Communications's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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1st

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30th

2025

18:30

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25th

2025

19:01

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The Future of Stadium and Arena Video Control Rooms: Tech Leaders Talk 4K, IP, and More

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17th

2025

18:30

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Eight European Genre Projects Ready to Pitch in Tallinn

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13th

2025

02:15

Emerging Tech, CT_Monitor Company

Customer Success Story: IMS Productions

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2025

01:14

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Imagine Communications

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Imagine Communications's customers primarily consist of higher Education, enterprise and telecoms software and telecoms services companies. Examples of Imagine Communications's customers include Ericsson, Sky Group and North Carolina State University. Imagine Communications has commercial and technical partners like Deltatre, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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