Conviva

Conviva is a venture-backed, privately held company, offering solutions for online video optimization and online video analytics.[1][2][3] Conviva is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in New York and London.[4] The translation of Conviva in the Spanish language is “to co-exist in harmony”.[5]

History

The company was founded as Rinera Networks in 2006 by Dr. Hui Zhang and Dr. Ion Stoica both Carnegie Mellon alumni.[6][7] The company changed its name from Rinera Networks to Conviva in April 2008.[8] Conviva has raised a total of $59 million, with $44 million from Foundation Capital, GGV,[9] New Enterprise Associates and Pelion Venture Partners[10][11] and $15 million from Time Warner Investments in February 2012.[12] In 2011, the founders received the ‘Test of Time’ award at the 2011 annual ACM SigComm Doctoral Dissertation Competition for their dissertation, "Understanding the impact of video quality on User engagement."[13] In July 2012, Conviva won AlwaysOn Global 250 top private innovative technology companies.[14]

Technology

Conviva sells a control platform said to pre-emptively locate video streaming issues and make adjustments to avoid buffering and low quality. Conviva also provides online video analytics on viewer engagement and video performance.[15][16]

In February 2013, Conviva launched a Viewer Experience Report, analyzing 22.6 billion streams globally throughout 2012. Conviva’s data discovered that 39.9% of their customer’s online video streams experienced buffering in 2012.[17][18] Their data claimed that on average audiences watch 250% more video when there's lower buffering, quicker start time and higher bitrate.[19]

In 2013, Conviva analyzed global data from 45 billion video streams, seen across more than 1.6 billion individual devices and on more than 400 premium media video players. .[20]

Partners

Conviva works with media brands including HBO[21] ESPN, AEG, Vevo, NBC, Turner, Disney,[17] and Yahoo[22] The company has worked on live streaming events including The Super Bowl,[23] 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics,[24] March Madness,[25] Wimbledon, and The Masters,[26] In February 2013, Conviva announced a six-year agreement with HBO GO to provide data and video delivery optimization for their HBO GO TV Everywhere platform.[21]

Conviva has partnerships with leading Online Video Platform (OVP) companies including Brightcove,[27] thePlatform [28] and others. Conviva also partners with content delivery networks (CDN) including Limelight Networks [29]

References

  1. ↑ Kishore, Aditya (2013-08-07). "Why quality of experience is the most critical metric for internet video profitability | Media Network | Guardian Professional". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
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  7. ↑ "Providing Guaranteed Servies Without Per Flow Management". Cseweb.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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  10. ↑ "$15m Series C streams into Conviva | VCVibe.com | Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Funding News, VC Directory". VCVibe.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  11. ↑ "Conviva’s Innovative LIVE Media Platform Attracts $20 Million Investment - Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation - Carnegie Mellon University". Cmu.edu. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Venture Capital News: Conviva Cloess $15M Round". Vcnewsdaily.com. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  13. ↑ "Understanding the Impact of Video Quality on User Engagement". Conferences.sigcomm.org. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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  15. ↑ Summers, Nick (2013-01-23). "HBO Extends Conviva Deal By Six Years To Improve HBO GO". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  16. ↑ "Entrepreneur's 'double happiness' day|Across America|chinadaily.com.cn". Usa.chinadaily.com.cn. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "RGB Vet Farassat Joins Conviva | Cable Television News | Broadcast Syndication | Programming". Multichannel.com. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  18. ↑ "Why Watching The Oscars Will Be Different This Year". Forbes. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  19. ↑ "News Article". Ibeconnects.com. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  20. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/31/ca-conviva-idUKnBw315202a+100+BSW20140331. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "HBO Inks Six-Year Deal With Video-Optimizer Conviva | Cable Television News | Broadcast Syndication | Programming". Multichannel.com. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  22. ↑ "Innovator: Hui Zhang's Hiccup-Free Streaming Video". Businessweek. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  23. ↑ Peggy Dau (2013-04-16). "NAB 2013 Interview: Darren Feher, CEO of Conviva". nScreenMedia. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  24. ↑ "Conviva to Provide Video Streaming Management Platform for NBC's Coverage of the Vancouver... - NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  25. ↑ "NCAA March Madness Live Dunks Record 36.6 Million Video Streams | Cable Television News | Broadcast Syndication | Programming". Multichannel.com. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  26. ↑ Stacey Higginbotham (2009-12-18). "New Conviva CEO Comes From Big Media — Tech News and Analysis". Gigaom.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  27. ↑ http://blog.brightcove.com/en/2013/04/making-live-easy-3-2-1
  28. ↑ "thePlatform Customers Gain Conviva Analytics - Streaming Media Magazine". Streamingmedia.com. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  29. ↑ "Limelight Teams With Conviva". Light Reading. Retrieved 2013-10-28.