Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
Strategic acquirers, private equity (buyout funds and growth funds) firms, and valuation benchmarks for Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms
1.1 - About Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
Companies in the Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms category build cloud services that host, distribute, and monetize both on‑demand and live video at global scale. They enable reliable ingestion, encoding, storage, discovery, and community interaction so customers publish user‑generated and premium content across web, mobile, and connected TV. The value centers on audience growth, engagement, brand‑safe experiences, and predictable revenue through advertising and subscriptions.
Typical platforms offer scalable video hosting with global CDN delivery, multi‑bitrate transcoding and adaptive streaming (HLS/DASH), and a video CMS to manage channels, playlists, and metadata. They provide search and recommendation engines to surface content, community features with trust‑and‑safety moderation, and rights protection via DRM and watermarking. Monetization tools include ad serving with server‑side ad insertion plus subscription and pay‑per‑view billing, supported by granular audience analytics.
Primary customers include media companies and publishers, brands and marketing teams, and independent creators. For strategic buyers, these platforms help expand reach across devices, grow watch time and community engagement, and increase monetization through advertising, subscriptions, tipping, or commerce. They also improve brand safety and rights compliance while delivering data to inform programming decisions, campaign performance, and content acquisition with lower delivery costs and reliable uptime.
2. Buyers in the Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
2.1 Top strategic acquirers of Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms companies
YouNow
- Description: Provider of a live streaming broadcasting platform that enables users to broadcast live video and interact with others in real time via web, Android and iOS apps, offering tag-based and trending discovery features.
- Key Products:
- YouNow Live Streaming Platform: Web and mobile service enabling users to broadcast live video, perform music or games, and engage viewers through real-time chat, tag-based browsing and trending discovery
- Android and iOS Apps: Native mobile apps enabling on-the-go live broadcasting, viewing and chat, allowing users to create streams, watch others, send virtual gifts and manage accounts via smartphones
- Partner Program: Program granting qualifying broadcasters revenue by sharing about 60% of income from viewer-purchased virtual goods, rewarding popular creators for engagement and performance
- Safety and Moderation Tools: Suite combining automated systems and human review with block, silence and flag tools, enforcing standards, protecting minors and allowing suspension or removal of harmful accounts.
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2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
M&A buyer group 1: Online Video Management
Telestream
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- Description: Provider of software and cloud solutions that span the entire digital media lifecycle, offering media processing, workflow automation, live capture and streaming, video test and synchronization, and quality assurance monitoring for media, entertainment, corporate, education and government customers.
- Key Products:
- Silver Support: Standard coverage offering 6-8 hour response, phone, web and email access Monday–Friday for Vantage
- Lightspeed
- Vidchecker and captioning products, plus free software updates
- Gold Support: Faster 4-6 hour response, two annual health check-ups, database maintenance and expanded portal access for Vantage
- Lightspeed and Vantage Cloud Port environments
- Platinum Support: 24×7 emergency assistance, two-hour response for priority issues, global after-hours hotline and dedicated customer advocate for mission-critical Vantage and Lightspeed systems
- Express Replacement Service: Hardware program that ships a permanent replacement Lightspeed server immediately upon fault diagnosis, reducing downtime compared with standard return-and-repair processes.
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●● companies3. Investors and private equity firms in Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
3.1 - Buyout funds in the Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
4 - Top valuation comps for Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms companies
4.2 - Public trading comparable groups for Media and Entertainment Video Sharing Platforms sector
Valuation benchmark group 1: Consumer Social Networking and Dating Platforms
Tencent
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- Description: Provider of internet services and portals, offering cloud computing, fintech, social networks, music, e-commerce, mobile gaming, and online advertising services, with significant investments in various tech startups, focusing on user value and technological innovation.
- Key Products:
- Cloud Computing: Scalable cloud solutions for businesses of all sizes
- Fintech Services: Financial technology solutions including payment systems
- Social Networks: Platforms for social interactions and media sharing
- Mobile Gaming: Extensive portfolio of mobile games and online multiplayer games
- E-commerce Solutions: Comprehensive e-commerce services for online retail