紫溪首席执行官戈登·布鲁克斯说 Talks 紫溪-Clearhaven伙伴关系 and IP-based Streaming Growth

On June 14, scalable IP-based media transport software supplier 紫溪 announced that it had secured a significant strategic investment from Clearhaven伙伴总部位于波士顿的软件私募股权公司. 在宣布的时候，紫溪首席执行官戈登布鲁克斯描述了与 Clearhaven 说是“天作之合”, and one that would enable the company to “double down on product innovation” and “pursue the significant opportunities” in the fast-growing market for IP-based video systems.

We spoke with Gordon to get more insight on the 紫溪-Clearhaven partnership and what’s ahead for 紫溪, 其获奖软件定义视频平台，以及基于ip的流工作流程.

紫溪首席执行官戈登·布鲁克斯说

紫溪首席执行官戈登·布鲁克斯说

流媒体:为什么要投资? 为什么不公开呢??

戈登·布鲁克斯: 拿钱的好时机是在你不需要钱的时候, and we didn’t need it as we are growing quite well and very profitability. 但是我们的控股投资者, 帆船的资本, had been with us for over ten years and they were great and helpful at each stage. 他们的创始人, Vin瑞安, was an initial investor in Iron Mountain and he had been using the proceeds from their stock sales to fund investments. 但几年前，库存耗尽了, and they started to exit about two companies a year in order to continue to fund new investments, 所以当这个机会来临时, 他们相处融洽. A little bittersweet after our journey, but ready to fund their next investments.

现在上市不适合我们. It takes a lot of time and is very costly, Sarbanes Oxley and a lot of pricey regulation maintenance. A private equity investment with Clearhaven helps us look at the long-term growth and new strategic possibilities 3–5 years down the road. 也许我们会考虑IPO.

SM:很明显, 这样的收购完全是为了资本化, and enabling a company like 紫溪 to grow--which by all appearances it was doing quite a bit of already, particularly expanding into IP-based cloud and REMI production for major sports leagues. Is sports expected to be a continued area of growth for 紫溪?

GB: 体育发展势头强劲, but demand continues to grow and we are seeing expansion from OTT platforms like Amazon Video, Fubo and AppleTV+ as they obtain the content rights for major sporting leagues that has been traditional held by the legacy broadcast networks and the need to deliver that flawlessly to multiple partners all the time. And then that has put us on the radar of the sports leagues with the NHL, 大联盟, MLS and others standardizing on 紫溪 for their content which breeds more and more distribution. 一个主要客户已经从2021年的几次活动中消失了, to 28K in 2023 and expected to broadcast over 100K this year alone. 这还只是一级内容, with partners like FloSports and Pixellot delivering over a million Tier 2 and Tier 3 content each year.

SM: Are there other specific plans you can talk about in terms of how 紫溪 will use the investment?

GB: 这主要是资本重组, but it does present the option for potential strategic acquisition if there are some complementary companies available. 否则, our plan is to work on our organic product roadmap development and geographic expansion just as we would have without the investment.

SM:从战略上讲，Clearhaven是如何受益的?

GB: Clearhaven正在与紫溪合作, 全球领导者, at a time when the media and entertainment industry is in a bit of chaos and will help us continue to grow as this market sorts itself out. 他们对视频软件领域有着坚定的信念, 还投资了Wowza和SundaySky, and see the very large opportunity in the market as workflows continue to migrate to the cloud and IP workflows. 60%的卫星c波段正在重新分配, and media organizations are looking for multiple new ways to personalize and monetize content with 紫溪 transport and management offerings, so Clearhaven will ultimately be able to realize the benefit of our next level of growth.

SM:还有什么 流媒体 读者需要知道这对子禧意味着什么? 或者是基于ip的直播?

GB: Clearhaven had the faith in 紫溪 and the executive management team to make the very significant investment, and the management team is equally as optimistic and investing alongside them in recognition of their expertise in scaling enterprise software businesses as this exciting new chapter of 紫溪’s journey to solve complex problems for the world’s largest media organizations begins.

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