Red Bee Media

http://www.redbeemedia.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-bee-media/

Red Bee Media, a privately owned British company headquartered in the UK, provides managed media services. Founded in 2002 as a BBC subsidiary, it was subsequently acquired by Creative Broadcast Services Holdings in 2005 and then by Ericsson in 2014. Employing approximately 1270 people, Red Bee Media specializes in video processing and playout, offering services encompassing playout, OTT management, media management, distribution, master control room operations, access services, content discovery, live and post-production, and creative services. In 2023, the company reported revenues of approximately $250 million.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

1,270

Headquarters

Primary Segment

Media managed services

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

106

News Summary:

Red Bee Media will return to IBC 2025. The BBC recently completed a transition, moving the assembly and playout of its news channel from Broadcasting House to Red Bee Media's facilities. Oliver Rook from the BBC discussed the use of Hitomi MatchBox technology during this transition. Ryan Property Tax Services UK leased 32,080 sq ft at MediaCity's Orange Tower, joining other tenants including Red Bee Media. A client using Red Bee Media's hosting services implemented the Automate-IT and Share-IT platforms to automate promo creation and improve team collaboration.

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Red Bee Media offers 11 products in the media tech industry. Red Bee Media's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout, video business systems, connectivity and distribution services, media managed services, broadcast professional services and content supply chain.

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Red Bee Media's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Red Bee Media's revenue into 12 different product categories, the largest of which is playout and channel origination services. For full access to Red Bee Media's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Dec

12th

2025

05:12

ESG, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Highlights from Recent Industry Events: DPP Leaders Briefing, SATIS, SportsPro Media Summit, and Rise Awards 2025

By Gabija Jonsson, Head of Communications The final quarter of 2025 has been a whirlwind of global events, confirming that the media, broadcast, and sports industries are undergoing rapid and exciting transformation. Our team was on the ground across Europe, from London and Paris to Madrid, gathering intelligence on the strategic priorities that will define the year ahead.

Redbeemedia

Dec

8th

2025

13:54

SATIS 2025: A Key Event for Media Broadcast Industry in France

SATIS is the annual trade show for professionals in the media, entertainment and audiovisual communication industries. The 2025 edition, held in Paris on 5 and 6 November at Les Docks de Paris, stood out for its innovations and exclusive networking opportunities.

Redbeemedia

Nov

20th

2025

08:31

Emerging Tech

Wow. And Next. brand proposition for Red Bee Media

Red Bee is a global broadcast media services company, part of Ericsson. Chaos has been working with Red Bee since last summer on a series of branding, creative and marketing projects. We developed their brand DNA and an energetic brand proposition, ‘Wow.

Chaos Design

Nov

11th

2025

18:56

Red Bee Media

Red Bee Media is back at SATIS 2025! EN Our Red Bee Media France is heading back to SATIS 2025. SATIS is the only trade show in France that brings together numerous technological solutions, innovations, and new products dedicated to the media, entertainment, and audiovisual communication markets.

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Oct

14th

2025

18:29

B2B Tag

Red Bee adds Pryor as marketing director

Pryor joins after roles with the likes of base, Grabyo, and The Football Association Media services provider Red Bee Media has appointed Emily Pryor as its marketing director. Pryor has previously held senior marketing roles with the likes of base, Grabyo, and The Football Association, as well as completing the NEF program at the Centre for Entrepreneurs.

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Oct

14th

2025

08:23

Emerging Tech, CT_Monitor Company

Open-source broadcast takes center stage in Hilversum

On Thursday, Oct. 9, Dutch Guild organized a meeting at the media center of regional broadcaster NH Media in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Dutch Guild brings together multimedia professionals and organizes networking events several times a year, each focusing on a current technical topic.

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Sep

16th

2025

20:29

Events

Red Bee Media

RED BEE MEDIA RETURNS TO IBC 2025 As the leading global media services partner for innovation and growth, we are returning to IBC 2025, where visitors can experience the future of broadcast. Expand your reach and make it easier for your audiences to find the right content.

Redbeemedia

Sep

13th

2025

00:40

CT_Monitor Company

Case Study: BBC News Channel Migration

The BBC recently completed a significant operational change, moving assembly and playout of the news channel from Broadcasting House to their playout partners, Red Bee Media. We spoke to Oliver Rook at the BBC about his use of Hitomi MatchBox technology during this transition.

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Aug

26th

2025

08:44

Divestiture, CT_Monitor Company

UK arm of global tax firm agrees major MediaCity deal - one of Salford Quays’ largest lettings

A global tax services and software provider has agreed one of Salford Quays' largest lettings, taking 32,080 sq ft at MediaCity's Orange Tower. Ryan Property Tax Services UK joins existing Orange Tower tenants, including ITV, Kellogg's, Intelligent Lending, the University of Salford, Red Bee Media and Horwich Farrelly.

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Aug

25th

2025

11:53

CT_Monitor Company

Red Bee Media case study

Client Feedback “Our channels are available in different territories, with various brands and multiple time zones. Automating the promo creation process is essential in our context. With the help of Red Bee Media hosting us, we opted for the Automate-IT platform to automatically generate promos combined with Share-IT to easily bind the creative team to our production environment and ecosystem.

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Jul

28th

2025

15:26

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Case Study: BBC News Channel Migration

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Jun

19th

2025

10:15

Procurement and Sales,

Exclusive: Red Bee Media loses TNT Sports playout contract

WBD is taking playout inhouse and moving it from the UK to the US, leading to redundancies at Red Bee Media Red Bee Media has lost the playout contract for TNT Sports in the UK. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) plans to move playout operations for its UK TNT Sports channels to inhouse operations in Atlanta at the start of August 2025.

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Red Bee Media's customers primarily consist of telecoms services, restaurants and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Red Bee Media's customers include McDonald's, Sky Group and BBC. Red Bee Media has commercial and technical partners like Akamai, Fastly and Lumen Technologies. Examples of Red Bee Media's suppliers include Synamedia, Net Insight and Rohde & Schwarz.

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