NeuLion Inc
Encyclopedia
NeuLion is an IPTV
company headquartered in Plainview
, New York
, USA. The company provides an end-to-end
service for the delivery of video and other multimedia
content and a range of other IP based technology services.
combining technology and client partnerships in sports, international and variety programming. In July 2009, JumpTV Inc. changed its name to NeuLion, Inc. and continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the new name and new symbol NLN. In November 2009, NeuLion acquired Vancouver
based webcasting company Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc. ("INSINC") which held among other properties, eight North American
based hockey leagues. In October 2010, the NeuLion closed an acquisition of TransVideo International Ltd. TransVideo is a Chinese based IPTV
technology provider and a manufacturer of set top boxes utilized by the company.
and Sanford, Florida
and additional offices in Toronto, Ontario, London, England, Shanghai, China, and Vancouver, Canada.
company, NeuLion provides services for hundreds of sports, international and specialty television content partners. Content partners are responsible for content aggregation and the sales and marketing for the individual IPTV service. Additionally, satellite company Dish Network
contracted with NeuLion in early 2010 to use NeuLion’s IPTV platform as an alternate distribution channel for programming.
See also: Clients and Partners
, mobile phones
, tablets
, IP enabled devices, gaming consoles, and TV through the company’s HD set top box. Web platform services, e-commerce tools, and online ticketing solutions are also available to NeuLion customers.
nominated NeuLion for Best in Sports Technology in 2009 and 2010. The company was also named to the 2010 Mobile Excellence Awards Finalist list.
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
company headquartered in Plainview
Plainview, New York
Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA. The company provides an end-to-end
End-to-end principle
The end-to-end principle is a classic design principle of computer networking which states that application specific functions ought to reside in the end hosts of a network rather than in intermediary nodes, provided they can be implemented "completely and correctly" in the end hosts...
service for the delivery of video and other multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
content and a range of other IP based technology services.
History
NeuLion was founded in 2004 as a privately held company by a group of Computer Associates, Inc. (now CA Technologies) Executives, who serve as the company’s executive team and co-founders. Nancy Li serves as CEO; Michael Her serves as EVP of Research and Development; Ron Nunn serves as EVP of Business Operations; and Chris Wagner serves as EVP of Marketplace Strategy. In October 2008, NeuLion finalized a merger with Internet streaming company JumpTV Inc.JumpTV
JumpTV Inc. is a Canadian company, the country's largest internet television carrier. JumpTV operates at the intersection of two growth sectors: Internet Protocol Television and ethnic media services...
combining technology and client partnerships in sports, international and variety programming. In July 2009, JumpTV Inc. changed its name to NeuLion, Inc. and continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in Canada, the third largest in North America and the seventh largest in the world by market capitalisation. Based in Canada's largest city, Toronto, it is owned by and operated as a subsidiary of the TMX Group for the trading of senior equities...
under the new name and new symbol NLN. In November 2009, NeuLion acquired Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
based webcasting company Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc. ("INSINC") which held among other properties, eight North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
based hockey leagues. In October 2010, the NeuLion closed an acquisition of TransVideo International Ltd. TransVideo is a Chinese based IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
technology provider and a manufacturer of set top boxes utilized by the company.
Company Information
NeuLion works with content partners to develop end-to-end solutions for multimedia IPTV services. NeuLion has approximately 240 employees and principal offices in Plainview, New YorkPlainview, New York
Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....
and Sanford, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Sanford is a city in, and the county seat of, Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,291 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 50,998...
and additional offices in Toronto, Ontario, London, England, Shanghai, China, and Vancouver, Canada.
Partnerships
As a B2BBusiness-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
company, NeuLion provides services for hundreds of sports, international and specialty television content partners. Content partners are responsible for content aggregation and the sales and marketing for the individual IPTV service. Additionally, satellite company Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
contracted with NeuLion in early 2010 to use NeuLion’s IPTV platform as an alternate distribution channel for programming.
Major Customers
- National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
- National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
- National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
- ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
- Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
- Professional Bull Riders
- Professional Bowlers AssociationProfessional Bowlers AssociationThe Professional Bowlers Association is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the PBA membership consists of almost 4,300 members worldwide...
- Top Rank BoxingTop Rank BoxingTop Rank, Inc. is a Las Vegas based boxing promotion company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Bob Arum, which was incorporated in 1973. Since its founding, the company has promoted several world class fighters, such as Muhammad Ali, JI Penalver, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Frazier,...
- Bellator Fighting ChampionshipsBellator Fighting ChampionshipsBellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...
- Duke University AthleticsDuke Blue DevilsDuke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...
- Big 12 ConferenceBig 12 ConferenceThe Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
- University of Oregon AthleticsOregon DucksThe Oregon Ducks refers to the sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon. The Oregon Ducks are part of the Pacific-12 Conference in the Division 1 of the NCAA. With seventeen varsity teams, the Oregon Ducks are best known for their football team and Track and Field...
- Ohio State AthleticsOhio State BuckeyesThe Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...
- University of Nebraska AthleticsNebraska CornhuskersThe Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
- DISH NetworkDish NetworkDish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
- Sundance Now
- Sky AngelSky AngelSky Angel U.S. LLC. describes itself as a "Christian-owned and operated multi-channel television service specializing in Christian and family-friendly TV and radio programming." It is one of the first niche-oriented television providers in the United States....
- American Hockey LeagueAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
See also: Clients and Partners
Technology & Service
The NeuLion IPTV platform encodes, delivers, stores and manages an unlimited range of multimedia content and the Operational Support System maintains all billing and customer support services. The end-to-end service provides the following: Signal Capture, Encoding Services and Support, Personalization, Content Management, CDN Services, Geo Targeting, Registration, Monetization, Total Ticketing, E-Commerce, Support, Reporting, Settlement. NeuLion’s IPTV platform enables content to be streamed to multiple devices including: PCPersonal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
, mobile phones
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
, tablets
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...
, IP enabled devices, gaming consoles, and TV through the company’s HD set top box. Web platform services, e-commerce tools, and online ticketing solutions are also available to NeuLion customers.
Recognition
In 2007 and 2008, NeuLion was named a Streaming Media Reader’s Choice Finalist; also nominated in 2010 for Best Online Video Company and Mobile Video Platform. Sports Business JournalAmerican City Business Journals
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nominated NeuLion for Best in Sports Technology in 2009 and 2010. The company was also named to the 2010 Mobile Excellence Awards Finalist list.