Sorenson Media Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1995

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 300

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 3

Sorenson Media General Information

Description

Provider of a video encoding services intended to enable smart televisions to become part of the networked digital world through analytics, intelligent ad serving and interactive applications. The company's video encoding services offer online trans-formative capabilities to automate and vastly improve viewer analytics and to serve individual ads to the smart TV in a manner similar to how individualized ads are served on internet browsers enabling broadcasters and advertisers to provide a better TV viewing experience than ever before.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 25 East Scenic Pointe Drive
  • Suite 100, Draper
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84020
  • United States
Primary Industry
Other Commercial Services
Vertical(s)
SaaS, TMT
Corporate Office
  • 25 East Scenic Pointe Drive
  • Suite 100, Draper
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84020
  • United States

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Sorenson Media Valuation & Funding

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Sorenson Media Comparisons

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Provider of a video encoding services intended to enable smart televisions to become part of the networked digital world
Other Commercial Services
Salt Lake City, UT
300 As of 2017

York, United Kingdom
 

New York, NY
 
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Sorenson Media Competitors (15)

One of Sorenson Media’s 15 competitors is Piksel, a Corporation company based in York, United Kingdom.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Piksel Corporation York, United Kingdom
Effectv Corporation New York, NY
Imagine Communications Formerly PE-Backed Plano, TX
Vibrant Media Formerly VC-backed New York, NY
Haivision Systems Formerly VC-backed Montreal, Canada
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Sorenson Media Patents

Sorenson Media Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-11379448-B2 Cold matching by automatic content recognition Active 13-Sep-2017
US-20200341960-A1 Cold matching by automatic content recognition Active 13-Sep-2017
US-20160316261-A1 Automatic content recognition fingerprint sequence matching Inactive 23-Apr-2015
US-20090207316-A1 Methods for summarizing and auditing the content of digital video Inactive 19-Feb-2008
US-20040179618-A1 Smart loader video slicing method and system for using the same Inactive 26-Jul-2002 H04N21/435
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Sorenson Media Signals

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Sorenson Media Former Investors

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Sorenson Media FAQs

  • When was Sorenson Media founded?

    Sorenson Media was founded in 1995.

  • Where is Sorenson Media headquartered?

    Sorenson Media is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

  • What is the size of Sorenson Media?

    Sorenson Media has 300 total employees.

  • What industry is Sorenson Media in?

    Sorenson Media’s primary industry is Other Commercial Services.

  • Is Sorenson Media a private or public company?

    Sorenson Media is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Sorenson Media?

    The current valuation of Sorenson Media is .

  • What is Sorenson Media’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Sorenson Media is .

  • Who are Sorenson Media’s investors?

    Samsung NEXT Ventures, Sinclair Digital Ventures, and Sorenson Capital have invested in Sorenson Media.

  • Who are Sorenson Media’s competitors?

    Piksel, Effectv, Imagine Communications, Vibrant Media, and Haivision Systems are some of the 15 competitors of Sorenson Media.

  • When was Sorenson Media acquired?

    Sorenson Media was acquired on 21-Feb-2019.

  • Who acquired Sorenson Media?

    Sorenson Media was acquired by The Nielsen Company.

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