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.

2023 Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

1,270

Headquarters

Primary Segment

Video processing and playout

Ownership

Privately Owned

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Red Bee Media will headline sponsor the DPP European Broadcaster Summit for the fourth consecutive year, taking place March 12-13, 2025, in Cologne, Germany. On an unspecified date, the company partnered with the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) to improve content management through standardization and metadata enrichment, offering EIDR members access to resources for faster catalog onboarding and asset registration. Red Bee Media's Discover team will attend the NCTC Winter Educational Conference 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The company also teamed with EIDR on a separate occasion to enhance content management practices through global standardization and improved metadata enrichment, again offering EIDR members access to resources for faster catalog onboarding and asset registration.

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Red Bee Media offers 9 products in the media tech industry. Red Bee Media's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout, video data and analytics, production and post production, broadcast professional services, connectivity and distribution services, content supply chain and video business systems.

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Red Bee Media's revenues were less than $500M in 2023. Caretta Research has split Red Bee Media's revenue into 11 different product categories, the largest of which is linear and FAST playout. For full access to Red Bee Media's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Apr

4th

2025

02:07

M&A Activities, Funding Activities

Simply.TV: Majority Growth Investment Raised From Summit Partners

Simply.TV, a video metadata provider, announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business. This move accelerates Simply.TV’s global expansion strengthens its position in the U.S. market. In connection with this deal, Simply.TV has secured a majority growth equity investment from Summit Partners, marking the company’s first institutional funding.

Pulse 2.0

Apr

3rd

2025

12:10

M&A Activities, Divestiture

Simply.TV acquires Ree Bee Media's Content Discovery Business

Danish video metadata provider Simply.TV has announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media's Content Discovery Business in a bid to strengthen its market visibility in the US and wider global expansion. The Copenhagen-headquartered company is also announcing a majority growth equity investment from private equity firm Summit Partners, marking Simply.TV's first institutional funding since its inception in 2019.

Telecompaper

Apr

3rd

2025

10:01

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Red Bee Sponsors AVTpro to Advance Audio Description Standards

OOONA, a leading provider of professional management and production tools for the media localization industry, announced today that Red Bee Media will be sponsoring the AVTpro certification in audio description. This partnership underscores Red Bee Media’s commitment to promoting high-quality access services for, and with, blind and low-vision audiences.

Broadcast Infrastructure News

Apr

3rd

2025

06:05

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Red Bee Sponsors AVTpro to Advance Audio Description Standards

Ooona

Apr

2nd

2025

18:30

M&A Activities, Divestiture

Simply.TV acquires Red Bee content discovery business

Video metadata provider Simply.TV has acquired Red Bee Media’s content discovery business. Funded by an equity investment from Summit Partners, the deal will strengthen he company’s position in the United States. By integrating Red Bee Media’s extensive US data offerings with Simply.TV’s advanced technology, the company wants to deliver enhanced content discovery solutions to a growing global customer base.

Broadband TV News

Apr

2nd

2025

14:30

M&A Activities

Simply.TV Expands in North America with Acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business and Announces Growth Investment from Summit Partners

Simply.TV Expands in North America with Acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business and Announces Growth Investment from Summit Partners Simply.TV , a leading video metadata provider, today announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business, further accelerating Simply.TV’s global expansion and strengthening the company’s position in the U.S. market.

Morningstar

Apr

2nd

2025

14:22

M&A Activities

Simply.TV Expands in North America with Acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business and Announces Growth Investment from Summit Partners

Simply.TV, a leading video metadata provider, today announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business, further accelerating Simply.TV’s global expansion and strengthening the company’s position in the U.S. market. In conjunction with this acquisition, Simply.TV has secured a majority growth equity investment from Summit Partners, marking the company’s first institutional funding.

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Apr

2nd

2025

11:06

M&A Activities

Simply.TV Expands in North America with Acquisition of Red Bee Media's Content Discovery Business and Announces Growth Investment from Summit Partners

Simply.TV, a leading video metadata provider, today announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media's Content Discovery Business, further accelerating Simply.TV's global expansion and strengthening the company's position in the U.S. market. In conjunction with this acquisition, Simply.TV has secured a majority growth equity investment from Summit Partners, marking the company's first institutional funding.

FinanzNachrichten.de

Apr

1st

2025

18:30

M&A Activities

Simply.TV Expands in North America with Acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business and Announces Growth Investment from Summit Partners

Redbeemedia

Mar

13th

2025

18:24

Events, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

2025 DPP European Broadcaster Summit

Just as in 2024, Red Bee Media is the Headline Sponsor for the DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025, taking place on March 12-13 at RTL Deutschland’s office in Cologne. The purpose of this special, invitation-only, Summit is both to promote collaboration between European broadcasters, and facilitate engagement on key topics between those broadcasters and senior executives from the supplier community.

Redbeemedia

Mar

5th

2025

18:30

Events, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Red Bee Media confirmed as the Headline sponsor for the DPP European Broadcaster Summit 2025

Red Bee Media is delighted to announce that it will be the Headline sponsor for the DPP European Broadcaster Summit, marking the fourth consecutive year of support. The Summit will take place at RTL Deutschland’s offices in Cologne, Germany from 12-13 March 2025.

Redbeemedia

Feb

26th

2025

22:10

Partnerships and Alliances

Red Bee speeds up onboarding assets registration on EIDR

Red Bee Media, a global media services provider, has partnered with the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) to enhance content management practices through global standardisation and improved metadata enrichment. To support this initiative, the companies are offering EIDR members the opportunity to utilise Red Bee Media’s resources for faster catalogue onboarding and asset registration in the EIDR database.

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting+

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

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