Starfish Technologies

https://www.starfish.tv
https://www.linkedin.com/company/starfish-technologies-ltd/

Starfish Technologies, a privately owned company headquartered in the UK, founded in 2000, employs approximately 10 individuals and reported $1.2M in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in video processing and playout, providing broadcast technology for programme replacement, ad insertion, stream splicing and processing, OTT delivery, monitoring, encoding, scheduling, compliance, and closed captions.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2000

Headcount

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Video processing and playout

Ownership

Privately Owned

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Starfish Technologies will showcase the flexibility of its transport stream processing software, including the latest versions of TS Splicer (Win) and TS Splicer (K8), at IBC2026. The TS Splicer handles various functions for processing encoded media streams, such as clean switching of live feeds, ad replacement, regional program substitution, SCTE-35 processing, and logo insertion. Previously, on June 2, 2026, the company announced its TS Splicer product received certification for use with HEVC/H.265 encoded streams, expanding its support beyond MPEG2 and H.264. This product performs low propagation delay, frame-accurate, or GOP boundary splicing for applications including advertisement insertion, blocking, and regional TV content insertion. Also on June 2, 2026, Starfish Technologies reported it had delivered 1000 processing channels in production systems worldwide. The company’s software, running on COTS hardware, supports applications such as live content replacement, advertising insertion, and parental control marker processing.

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Starfish Technologies offers 6 products in the media tech industry. Starfish Technologies's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout and content supply chain.

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Starfish Technologies's revenues were less than $10M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Starfish Technologies's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is transport stream processing. For full access to Starfish Technologies's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jul

21st

2026

04:19

Events, Events and Conferences

TS Splicer Showcases Flexible Transport Stream Processing at IBC2026

Starfish Technologies will use IBC2026 to showcase the flexibility of its transport stream processing software, including the latest versions of TS Splicer (Win) and TS Splicer (K8). TS Splicer Delivers Flexible Broadcast Stream Processing TS Splicer handles a wide range of functions for processing encoded media streams, from clean switching of live feeds and ad replacement to regional programme substitution, SCTE-35 processing and logo insertion.

Digital Studio

Jul

20th

2026

11:36

Events, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

IBC: Starfish To Showcase Flexible Transport Stream Processing

Starfish Technologies will demonstrate the flexibility and scalability of its transport stream processing software at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14., in Stand 1.C37j . The demonstrations will feature the latest versions of TS Splicer for Windows servers (TS Splicer (Win)) and for Kubernetes environments (TS Splicer (K8)).

TVNewsCheck

Jul

20th

2026

06:32

Events, Events and Conferences

Starfish highlights flexible, scalable transport stream processing at IBC2026

Starfish Technologies will use IBC2026 to showcase the flexibility of its transport stream processing software, including the latest versions of TS Splicer (Win) and TS Splicer (K8). TS Splicer handles a wide range of functions for processing encoded media streams, from clean switching of live feeds and ad replacement to regional programme substitution, SCTE-35 processing and logo insertion.

Svconline

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

New Offerings, Emerging Tech

Starfish Technologies TS Splicer Certified for HEVC/H.265 Encoded Streams

Starfish Technologies has announced that its TS Splicer product is now certified for use with HEVC/H.265 encoded streams, supporting MPEG2, H.264, and HEVC/H.265 encoded media. The TS Splicer performs low propagation delay, frame accurate or GOP boundary splicing for applications including advertisement insertion, advertisement blocking, and regional TV content insertion.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Emerging Tech

Starfish Technologies Delivers 1000 Transport Stream Processing Channels

Starfish Technologies has passed the milestone of delivering 1000 processing channels in production systems worldwide, providing powerful workflow benefits to broadcasters and content delivery enterprises. The company's software running on COTS hardware simplifies architectures and streamlines workflows, enabling applications such as live content replacement, advertising insertion, and parental control marker processing. This achievement reinforces Starfish's market-leading position in transport stream processing and emphasizes the trust of leading broadcasters in the company's mission-critical applications.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Events, Emerging Tech

Starfish Highlights Flexible TS Splicer Releases and New Monitoring Dashboard at NAB Show 2026

Starfish Technologies will present the latest releases of its TS Splicer (Win) and TS Splicer (K8) at NAB Show 2026, along with a new Monitoring Dashboard. The TS Splicer has a wide range of functionality for processing encoded media streams, including clean switching of live feeds, ad replacement, and SCTE-35 processing. The updated releases are designed for flexible deployment across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. The Monitoring Dashboard provides a consolidated view of running services and system status, helping engineering teams supervise distributed environments more efficiently.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

New Offerings, Emerging Tech

TS Watermark Inserter Software for Watermark Overlay on Encoded Media Streams

TS Watermark Inserter is a software application that overlays a pre-recorded watermark sequence onto an encoded media transport stream. It supports multiple independent channels and can switch to bypass mode when the overlay isn't active. The system uses MainConcept encoding algorithms and operates with MPEG-2, H264, or HEVC/H265. It requires generic enterprise-grade server hardware with a minimum specification of an Intel Xeon E5-2400 Family processor, 4 core, 12GB RAM, and Microsoft Server 2019 or later operating system.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Starfish Supplies Compliance Recording System to The National Library of Sweden

Starfish Technologies has supplied a multi-channel compliance recording system to The National Library of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden. The system utilises Starfish's 'Verify' compliance recording technology, which can record multiple channels of live TV broadcast. The system is built using generic IT hardware from HP and includes a web-based monitoring application to view and manage the operation of the N+N configuration.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Emerging Tech

Starfish Technologies Supplies Transport Stream Splicer to Sky

Starfish Technologies has announced the sale of its TS Splicer product to Sky, the UK's largest pay-TV provider. Sky is moving 20 of its premium UK OTT channels to a more componentised platform and needed to block or replace some content. Starfish was chosen to supply TS Splicer in a fully redundant 1+1 configuration, complete with a secure remote web-based monitoring and control system.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Starfish Technologies Supports Linux OS with Latest Transport Stream Processing Solutions

Starfish Technologies has announced that its Transport Stream processing products, including the TS Splicer, are now available running on a Linux operating system in addition to Windows. The latest versions provide significant improvements in performance, increased efficiency, and channel density. Customers can now run the same application on either Linux or Windows operating systems, giving them greater flexibility.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Events, Emerging Tech

Starfish Technologies Showcases Enhanced Stream Processing at NAB Show 2024

Starfish Technologies will showcase its enhanced stream processing at NAB Show 2024, highlighting its innovative software products that deliver valuable functionality and flexibility to support new revenue opportunities. The company's software is installed in over 1,000 live channels worldwide, and its TS processing products are scalable from single channel to high-density installations. The TS Splicer is a key product, supporting clean switching of content in transport streams encoded as HEVC/H.265, H264, and MPEG2, and supporting SD, HD, and UHD media resolutions. The company is also looking for partners to work with on its latest development, the Vinyasa Origin Server, a cloud-based streaming media delivery technology.

Starfish

Jun

2nd

2026

19:30

Emerging Tech

Starfish Granted European and US Patents for TS Splicer Reading

Starfish Technologies has been granted European and US patents for its TS Splicer product, a software-based solution for clean switching of encoded transport streams. The patents cover a range of techniques invented by the company's engineering team, enabling the TS splicer to offer clean switching across different modes of operation.

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Starfish Technologies's customers primarily consist of connectivity and distribution services, broadcast Media Production and Distribution and libraries companies. Examples of Starfish Technologies's customers include Sky News, Kungliga Biblioteket (The National Library of Sweden) and Levira. Starfish Technologies has commercial and technical partners like HP, Turk Telekom and Friend MTS. Starfish Technologies has suppliers like MainConcept.

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