Plex, a privately owned US company founded in 2009, operates a streaming service offering access to thousands of movies and television shows. As of 2023, the company employs approximately 180 people and generates less than $250 million in annual revenue.

Revenue

Founded

2009

Headcount

172

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Media and TV services

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On September 8th, a data breach affected a subset of users, exposing email addresses, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. This was confirmed by Plex in a forum post. The company later acknowledged this as a second major breach in two years, again involving unauthorized access to a limited subset of customer data, including email addresses, usernames, authentication tokens, and securely hashed passwords. Following the breach, Plex urged twenty-five million users to reset their passwords. Separately, Plex announced the addition of eight new free channels: Yahoo Sports Network, Game & Fish, Highway Thru Hell, MotoGP, Z Nation, Judge Nosey, Nosey, and Wicked Tuna.

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Plex offers products in the media and telecoms services industry. Plex's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services.
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Plex's revenues were less than $250M in 2023. All the revenue comes from video streaming.
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Examples of Plex's suppliers include Oracle, LiveRamp and Synamedia.

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Plex currently holds broadcasting rights for sports competitions including combat sports.

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