| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | video encoding technology |
| Founded | San Marcos, Texas, USA (2004) |
| Headquarters | San Marcos, Texas |
| Key people | - Peter Forman, CEO - Robin Rush, COO - Chris Gottschalk, Co-founder & CTO - Blake Wenzel, Co-founder & VP |
| Products | XStream Live 2 [1], iStream Live 2 [2], XStreamCast Nomad [3], XStreamCast Voyager [4], XStreamCast Server [5], XStreamCast Traveler [6] |
| Website | www.kulabyte.com/ |
Kulabyte is a private company headquartered in San Marcos, Texas that develops live video encoding and video streaming software, servers and provides streaming event services. Kulabyte's claimed advantage in video encoding is that it provides higher quality live HD H.264 video than any other encoder on the market while requiring lower delivery bandwidth.[1]
In 2004 (November), Kulabyte was founded by Chris Gottschalk and Blake Wenzel.[2]
In 2005, Kulabyte first unveiled its video encoding technology at the IBC show in Amsterdam[3]
In 2006, Kulabyte announced a partnership with MainConcept to use the MainConcept video encoding codec.[4]
In 2007, Kulabyte announced a partnership with On2 Technologies to use KulaByte’s TimeSlice technology with On2’s VP6 for Flash video based personal and professional grade desktop encoding and publishing solutions.[5] Kulabyte also announced support for H.264 in the Adobe Flash player using MainConcept's H.264 codec.[6]
In 2008, Kulabyte delivered its first major live streaming event using its video encoding technology. The event was a live concert webcast from Kuwait called "Operation MySpace" and was done in partnership with MySpace.com using Adobe Flash Media Server through Akamai’s content delivery network.[7]
In 2009, Kulabyte released its XStream Live version 2 Flash encoding software and iStream Live version 2 HTTP Streaming software for iPhone.[8]